Saturday, January 4, 2014

Arrived! ....well, that was a few days ago...

Anne and I have settled in very comfortably at the Secret Garden Guest House in Agonda.  Took about 34 hours to get here, but - whoo hoo!! - got upgraded for free to business class for the longest 14 hour leg of the trip.  Luxury! (but still pretty exhausting in the whole) Got here on Dec 31, slept for the whole day, then up for a very yummy New Year's dinner & greetings with our buddies at the Monsoon Guest House down the beach from Secret Garden.  It's been peaceful, warm and lovely here since we arrived.  Currently staying in the 'penthouse' at Secret Garden, well taken care of, catching the beautiful breezes, staring away at the ocean and beach through the palm trees.....not bad at all.
Here are some assorted pics from my camera and my cellphone from the last few days.

Some of the fireworks on the beach.
Fynn from the Monsoon playing with fire.
Our good buddy Sudipl serving some champagne.

The view towards the beach from the 'penthouse.'
A sunset from the beach.
The quiet beach on a pre-dawn walk (cellphone pic).
A poor dead sea turtle (easily over a meter head to tail)  on the beach.  Some local fellows took it off for burial shortly after. (cellphone pic)