Crashed out for a couple of days in Goa. We are just at the tail end of the Monsoon here in South India and we were speaking to friends who had spent 3 days there where it rained continually! However for us the weather was great! Very hot and sunny.
This is a picture of Colva beach from our hotel dining room.

India has been busier for us in terms of speaking engagements and other things than we expected and it was good to escape the noise and traffic of Bangalore for a couple of days. This is the off season in Goa and the place was pretty deserted which suited us perfectly! We just wanted to lie on the beach and play in the surf and recharge our batteries!

Got into a conversation with some Goan fishermen, (if you can have a conversation when neither of you understands the other's language!) Interesting to watch them clean the fish and wash them in the sea and then the women lay lots of them out to dry in the sun.
And old man and his grandson one evening were line fishing using pretty basic equipment, an empty beer bottle and a length of line with about a dozen hooks on it. It actually works very well. The line is wrapped round the beer bottle which he holds by the neck, swings the weighted line around his head like a slingshot and then releases it pointing the beer bottle in the direction he has just shot the line. The line then spools off the beer bottle like a spinning reel! Pretty clever!

Constant reminder that although Goa is mainly Roman Catholic, Hinduism is still strong here. One morning early on the beach as I was reading and praying a Hindu fisherman came down to the water's edge, lit an incense stick and prayed to the sea.

It got very hot, and although at this time of year the sea is rough, the water is lovely and warm.

We went out for a meal in a beach side restaurant called "Kentuckee". Lilian ordered a "Chicken Sizzler". Obviously there are no smoke alarms in this restaurant!

So as not to make this post too big, I'll continue it on "Lindsay and Lilian's Blog".

Just heard about the arson attach on Thriving Life Church in Newtownards. You can read about it on their Church Blog. I know Rick and Katie and Gareth and Melissa would value your prayers.