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We are now in Goa!!! In some respects it is exactly what I thought it would be and in others it is still quite traditional. We are in the far north in Arunbol, a place that is full of long haired, drealocked g string wearing yoga loving vegetarian misfits!! I have the idea some people come here to visit and never leave again they also never shave or have a haircut again!! It has its charm and the beaches are lovely and we have eaten some of the best food we have had in India but it is a little to western for me! The contrast from other places is huge, here everyone wheres bikinis etc but on all the other beaches in Karantaka and Kerala it is wiser to wear shorts and T.shirts, the Indian ... read more

Hello everyone Well I cant believe it is almost a month since we left, how time flies when your having fun - and fun it is. We are in Sikkim which is in the North East and borders onto Tibet and Nepal, we are surrounded by the himalayas and wake up to views of Kanchendzonga the 3rd highest mountain in the world. the mornings are best as the skies are clearer. Ronald has been busy with work projects and Joshua and Charlie did well with 2 weeks of school. The school seemed honoured to have them and was a great experience for the boys. The comparison to the schools in the UK and Holland is amazing. The schools here are very basic with simple classrooms and very little materials but the children seem very content and ... read more

We have been in India a week now it feels longer than this and we all feel very at home here. Our first taste of India was Delhi, an amazing city but so polluted even inside the airport you have smog!! despite this it is a very interesting city with so much to take in. A mixture of richness and poverty, colour, noise and all sorts of smells!!! We had 3 days in delhi and visited the Red Fort, and had interesting walks around the back streets into the more residential areas, one thing that stirkes me hard is that we have a life of comforts and luxuries but little time for eachother, but here they have so little in the respect of materialistic things but are so much richer than us westerners in other ways. ... read more

I thought I had the visas sorted but alas not, had to send more things for the boys and re-send all mine!! It will be so worth it when we get there. Had a imformation avond at school, it will be interesting to see how the home ed goes, I am trying to incorporate it inot things at home already, i need to become more disciplined and have time to do it.... read more

I am busy making preparations for our trip to India, I think we have got everything correst for the visas, its never straight forward as we have different passports.... read more