MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

We have now been in India for one month...and we are lovin it :)

Kate and Carl arrived yesterday and we are living large at a very westernized retreat on a lagoon at a beach north of Kovalam. We are not used to this poshness... but we are surviving :) The prawns I had for dinner last night were enormous and very tasty (Mom, I would have shared with you :) I have been out twice to check on the bikes - they are banished to some back road - but we did ride them right up to the front door when we arrived yesterday, much to their amusement....and confusion as to what to do with us :)

It's much more overcast than it has been, but last night we could gaze at the stars and see the barest sliver of a moon while listening to a variety of choral pieces that included everything from hymns in Malayalam (local dialect) to Silent Night and even Feliz Navidad :)

Oh...and this morning we had a Christmas visit from an elephant youth that had a huge appetite for bananas - we all got to feed him! He must have eaten a couple of dozen, which is way more than I can eat in one sitting :)

Have a great day!!!!! We miss you all!!!!

Love,

K&A