Nancy Brian and I went down a few days earlier, and then the rest of the crew joined us on the morning of the 24th.
Dec 19 - (We traveled down to Kerala after work)
System Malfunction at Airport - hand written boarding cards and luggage tags!
Delay
Chaos
Reflecting/processing time for me
Late arrival
Cold weather
Dec 20 - (Munnar - a trek)
30 Ft. Lenin (its a elected Communist State)
Wild Elephant sighting
Campfire
Seeing my breath
Endless stars
"would you rather" with Brian and Nancy
Dec 21 - (second day of trek, time in the "city" of Munnar)
LakeTree house lunch
Tea plantations
Cheetah man billboard
Driving tour
Men in lungis everywhere (the "traditional" bottoms instead of pants)
Dec 22 (travel to Cochin)
Early morning wrapped in blanket - time to journal, think, and a sermon
6 hrs of travel by bus
"Lunch" at 4:30
Found the Kashi Art Cafe (recommended by someone we met on our trek)
Chinese fishing nets
2 more meals at Kashi Art Cafe (when you find something good...)
World's largest Varpu (i didn't even know what a varpu was...but i've seen the world's largest one!)
A visit to "Jewtown" (really that's what its called) - it was weird to see the star of David and the Hindu gods next to each other
Kids start asking for pens (i don't get it, i really don't get it, but over and over kids asked us for pens)
Walk on the beach in Alleppey - i wrote "Merry Christmas" in the sand with the group of kids
Sunset
Cute hostel...chillin' on our porch
A man in a towel, fresh out of the shower took my order at breakfast...a bit unnerving..
Good coffee
Reading
Our first "Christmas Miracle" - a bunny. I'm not sure why its a miracle, but it is.
A Christmas Eve service (we did it ourselves...we sang Christmas Carols, read a Christmas Eve liturgy, and then sang fun Christmas songs too)
Boys came around to sing for us with a pregnant looking Santa
Fireworks
Christmas bells at midnight
Dec 25 (Houseboat Day 2)
Personal time celebrating the arrival of our Savior, our Emmanuel
Nap
Reading
Incredible food (Krista was trying to figure out how to get the cook from our houseboat to come home with us and cook everyday!)
A Christmas swim by a rice paddy
Playing "frustration" with Krista
Endless Christmas Miracles (our standard for "miracle" was really low!)
Canoe Ride, with a Disney song sing-a-long
Talking with my family
Early morning wrapped in blanket - time to journal, think, and a sermon6 hrs of travel by bus
"Lunch" at 4:30
Found the Kashi Art Cafe (recommended by someone we met on our trek)
Chinese fishing nets
Dec 23 (Cochin, Alleppey)
2 more meals at Kashi Art Cafe (when you find something good...)World's largest Varpu (i didn't even know what a varpu was...but i've seen the world's largest one!)
A visit to "Jewtown" (really that's what its called) - it was weird to see the star of David and the Hindu gods next to each other
Kids start asking for pens (i don't get it, i really don't get it, but over and over kids asked us for pens)
Walk on the beach in Alleppey - i wrote "Merry Christmas" in the sand with the group of kids
Sunset
Cute hostel...chillin' on our porch
Dec 24 (Houseboat day 1)
A man in a towel, fresh out of the shower took my order at breakfast...a bit unnerving..Good coffee
Reading
Our first "Christmas Miracle" - a bunny. I'm not sure why its a miracle, but it is.
A Christmas Eve service (we did it ourselves...we sang Christmas Carols, read a Christmas Eve liturgy, and then sang fun Christmas songs too)
Boys came around to sing for us with a pregnant looking Santa
Fireworks
Christmas bells at midnight
Dec 25 (Houseboat Day 2)
Personal time celebrating the arrival of our Savior, our EmmanuelNap
Reading
Incredible food (Krista was trying to figure out how to get the cook from our houseboat to come home with us and cook everyday!)
A Christmas swim by a rice paddy
Playing "frustration" with Krista
Endless Christmas Miracles (our standard for "miracle" was really low!)
Canoe Ride, with a Disney song sing-a-long
Talking with my family
Dec 26 (Varkala Beach)
A ride in a mini bus
Paying in waves
The never ending lunchPuking travel-mates
A "boardwalk" cliff
A disappointing "burrito" with masala (the spice that is in most Indian food, don't get me wrong...its good, but not in my burritos!)
Stars
Dec 27 (Varkala Beach)
Dec 28 (Varkala Beach...and back to life....back to reality)
Lots of time at the beach and in the waves
Great breakfast with a great view
Floating in waves
A walk in the hottest part of the day...i was melting
Mango dollys (like an orange creamscicle but with mango. YUM)
Orange mentos
Sunglasses lost and found (mine got ripped off my face by a huge wave. very disappointing. about an hour later Brian found sunglasses floating around. they weren't mine, and i like my old ones much better...but it was nice of the ocean to try to make restoration for my stolen shades) Dinner all together with games
Floating in waves
A walk in the hottest part of the day...i was melting
Mango dollys (like an orange creamscicle but with mango. YUM)
Orange mentos
Sunglasses lost and found (mine got ripped off my face by a huge wave. very disappointing. about an hour later Brian found sunglasses floating around. they weren't mine, and i like my old ones much better...but it was nice of the ocean to try to make restoration for my stolen shades) Dinner all together with games
A long walk after dinner - like my family does at the beach in Grand Haven
Dec 28 (Varkala Beach...and back to life....back to reality)
Lots of time at the beach and in the waves The last time packing up my backpack :(
Snickers in the airport
More airplane troubles (we had to switch planes due to technical difficulties. Then we were leaving the gate and the new plane's engine just shut off, multiple times...doesn't exactly instill confidence...but then the pilot got on the PA and said, "This plane is in perfectly perfect flying condition" i'd say a bit of an overstatement...but i did get home safe!)
A late night
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