Hello all..well we continue to be amazed by India..I will start with interesting news clips(the news and papers here are most entertaining).In our first week here there was a story of a baby who was born on a train and slipped right through the toilet onto the train tracks of a moving train(see previous Indian toilet picture..to fully imagine!!All goes straight onto the tracks)well they had to stop the train and find the poor baby…who had a rather shocking start in life! and ‘happily ever after ending’ the baby was found ,taken to the hospital and pronounced fine!!the doctors in the hospital said they would fund any medical and school fees the child would need throughout her life..wow what a great story!!lets hope it doesn’t start a trend! Another child had fallen down a bore well..covered with carpets..after 16 hours of digging the 2 yr old was rescued unhurt after a 40ft drop. Another news article..very shocking and sad..it was reporting on the fact that still 6000 children under six in India die every day due to malnutrition and starvation..a sobering thought.

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Spice plantation

Auntie Kirsty brought a surprise for the children to the flat!!the kids ran down to see what it was and all I heard was ELEPHANT! apparently Flora went and asked Kirsty what the surprise was with the elephant standing next to her!!They all had a ride..enjoy the photos! We went to a restaurant which does a carnival night..it was mad, weird masks..King Mamo..micky mouse..an all singing all dancing night..the kids had their faces painted and enjoyed the magician and balloon man..it was ended with African dancers limbo dancing and eating fire!!It was quite a night though totally bizarre!!Today we went to old Goa to see some big churches and a Hindu temple..then onto a spice plantation which was beautiful..seeing how all the spices grow..it was in a lovely place…mangroves with loads of water snakes(Seth was SO thrilled..at least 100 photos of them!)then we all sat on an elephant who gave us a bath and we scrubbed him….fantastic experience..(Enjoy the photos)The kids also rode on a dancing cow this week along the beach..there is nowhere quite like here!!Bus journeys are quite something.. we thought central America was crowded…but we were on a bus that said it could have 11 standing..and there were more than that in the first couple of rows..it was nose to nose squashed…and there was always room for more..I have a pretty high tolerance of uncomfortable and dangerous travel..but I had never seen anything like it..then Kirsty said…if we were in the big cities you would be hanging off the sides and on the roof! its fairly tame here because of the tourists!!We are enjoying the most delicious food and a fab meal for all of us with drinks rarely costs over a fiver..which is a blessing at the end of our trip!!Enjoy the photos..looking forward to seeing you all very soon…love Rachel Hamish and children!!

Ps..it rained last night we got soaked and it was so refreshing!!Soon the cool!!

Don’t forget the pics

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