South Asia Beach Experience

March began with a trip to the beach....

Now close your eyes and imagine sitting on a beautiful, breezy, calm, quiet beach...

listening to the waves crash onto the shore...

Peaceful....

Isn't it?

Ok- Now open them...

Come on now, this isn't Nags Head folks, we are talking about South Asia...

So of course it had the appropriate South Asia touch :)

(I had to note the "Myrtle Beach" touches that we saw though- haha)

. Name on Rice .

. Lifeguard Hut .

Some similarity, huh?

And maybe some NOT so familiar touches:

. Anyone spot a single bath suit? .

. Vendors walking up & down the beach w/ their merchandise .

. Did I mention there were just a "few" people .

. This says it all, our lovely friends to share the beach with .

(Not to mention the mound of trash in the background)

. Beggar children .

Soooo... it may have been different than what I dreamed up in my mind,

but rest assured, I gazed upon all of these "surprises" with a nice chuckle.

(Trust me... I do love this place, and am so grateful for moments like these that crack me up)

See- we were still excited to be at the beach!

And it was all of our FIRST time at the Indian Ocean :)

So whether we were finding ourselves amused and responding with words like:

"Niiiiiiice".....

Or eating out at several fun beach front restaurants in the evenings

Or gazing out upon the beautiful ocean waves and sunset that our God so perfectly created

I would say our First South Asia beach experience was a success.