Tuesday
15th January
Yesterday our main Attenborough Moment
was the sight of a very big and beautiful lone sea eagle flying right over Waub’s
Beach. Fabulous!
The eagle has been eclipsed today, for the
boys at least. They spent the first few
hours after 8.30 in Richard and Meriloy’s runabout, surrounded by small
dolphins, fishing for squid. Yes everyone fishing for squid - boys, and dolphins...
Meriloy kept us all horrified and
fascinated by a story involving her finger and a large, rusty fish hook. She actually made the whole situation worse
by throwing the lines overboard, with a whole lot of weights, which pulled the
fish hook further into her poor injured finger.
Oh the pain!
Tonight, on a happier note, we are going
to eat the squid, algn with a big parcel of chips from the local take-away shop
with the unedifying name of…Pork’s.
India
“Shahpura House has a vast choice of rooms and suites
available. Each room appointed with the furniture originally created for
Maharajas. Some of the old retainers of royal household are still there
to serve the needs of present day guest with gracious hospitality that has
always been a unique hallmark of Shahpura House.” (from Google)
Believe it or not this is where we stayed! Raj was
very keen to find us somewhere splendid and Vish was particularly wanting
something splendid as well, so that
Hana could get a taste of Luxurious India. (Well she had already had that
at the Polglase’s but never mind…) It was an amazing hotel, with bright
frescoes all over the walls. The staff were all dressed in brightly
decorated costumes and turbans as well, and they in fact blended into the walls
so that it was at times hard to see them, and a bit startling when they emerged
from the frescoes. My notes say, slightly hysterically, “Just fabulous,
swimming pool, amazing décor, hairdryer, special bumcleaning toilet, internet.”
We were a bit overwhelmed by the colour and splendour. The perfect place
for an afternoon nap!
Pete and I slept very well in
Jaipur. But Hana…well a different story. She loves her mum and dad
most dearly, but she would sometimes appear in the mornings looking slightly
cross and rumpled. When we questioned her about it, she would say,
somewhat tersely, “Well it is hard to sleep in the same room as an elephant and
a water buffalo!” Yes, Vish and Mary are snorers par excellence…
Hana made us laugh a lot by telling
us about the time she went to Mayfield, on the East Coast, with an exchange
student friend, of demure and quiet demeanour. This poor girl hardly
slept. The next morning, she said to Hana, eyes wide with fear, “I
couldn’t sleep because of the wild animals on the roof.” Poor Hana had to
explain to this poor little petal that no, it wasn’t wild animals rampaging on
the rooftops, it was her darling gentle mummy and daddy…
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