moving day

hi all,
just a little update.
we finally moved house.
the beach hut was my dream and all about location, location, location, view.
But it was so.... "rustic".
the picture of the outside of the hut makes it look fancy compared to the inside. haha.
so we finally moved.
away from the beach, away from the thumping bass at night (there were 3 or 4 nights in there that were quiet) and into the town.

We have a lovely 2 bedroom, with kitchen and hot shower for the same price as the beach hut on the beach. but no view, and no sound of the ocean waves.
Its warmer though at night, which is good, and there is no morning dew from the sea, so its not damp in the morning.
its a pretty great place, centrally located.
the only drawback is that it shares a roof with a small family next door who are quite noisy in the evening and again at 7am. i think we'll get used to that.
hot water is hard to find anywhere, and now that we have it... i kinda like that.
luxury.
you don't need hot water if you shower in the middle of the heat of the day here.
but if you want to shower in the morning, or the evening, it is pretty nibbly for a canadian girl like me. You'd think that coming from a cold climate that i would have a thicker skin, but the indians have way higher tolerance for extreme temperatures than i will ever have. i know my family in rishikesh has cold water bucket baths all through the winter. although i think this is temporary while they are renting and waiting for their new house to be built. that is just amazing to me, that you can strip down and stand it, the cold water in cold weather, long enough to get clean!!
i am not that tough.
haha

so i have a feeling we will stay where we are at.
no place is perfect.
every place will have some downside... so its just a matter of enjoying it anyway.

we are booking our flights back to delhi on the 25th.
we have abandoned the idea of taking the 38hour train ride from goa to delhi in favour of a more sane approach: the same way we came here, by 2 hour flight.
it just makes sense people.
both mom and i are into this idea. The thought of 38hrs on the train, after how homesick and just plain sick she has been, isn't so appealing. she's ever the trooper though. we have one week left here and then we go.

hmmm,
what other news...
thats about it for now.
missing everyone.
hope you are enjoying a lovely winter.
i miss the snow.
peace and hugs and kisses
ang