Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Fish n Kids and a side portion of Mum

Hello everyone. Its been a month since we lasted updated you all so we thought that we had better get round to writing up the next chapter, where does time go?
We thought that January had been a pretty quiet month for us but as I write this I realise that actually we have achieved alot.
Andrew was back to full health which meant that we could go and visit an orphanage in Goa which had been one of our main aims whilst being in India. Through speaking to friends we had met in Goa, we were kindly put in touch with a organisation called Mother Theresa's Roses, a orphanage in Parra, Goa.
We popped in to introduce ourselves and to see if there was anything we can do to help. We met the Sisters who run the orphanage and they advised us we could spend a couple of hours with the children at the weekend, as during the week they were busy with their studies so they just wanted us to have some fun with them. The children are aged between 4 - 13 and there are about 27 kids in total. We spent the next week thinking about all the games we could play, dances we could however we realised that the best plan is to have no plan espescially with that many kids! 27 kids in one room = chaos! We turned up on our first day to find the orphanage in carnage with kids jumping and playing everywhere, a very kind couple had arrived on their hols and had bought the kids a huge suitcase of dressing up clothes and toys so we had spiderman, a sailor and barbie dolls bouncing off the walls.
The kids were amazing; we had a mini disco, played games, sang nursery rhymes and just had a bit of fun with them. We loved spending time with them however we soon realised how tiring it is to keep 27 kids occupied and we were both knackered after only spending just couple of hours with them. The people who do it full time really do deserve a medal, it is very hard work.
It was really rewarding though to see about 15 of the kids doing 'Saturday Night' by Whigfield (its the only thing that I can remember the dance too!) whilst the others sat watching and giggling. I took my itouch to play the music, as the Sisters had said the kids loved music and dancing - which turned out to be a bad idea as the boys became obsessed by touching the screen, and then started arguing about being the one who put the next song on that they began fighting with each other!
I had put a selection of songs on which I thought they would like but all they were interested in was listening and dancing to 'Jai Ho' from the Slumdog soundtrack, we must have had it on about 50 times! The next time we went all they kept on saying to me was 'put Jai Ho on'! They just loved it! I was a bit disappointed that they didnt take so well to Cleopatra's 'Cleopatra's Coming Atcha!' Moss Side's finest.
We will go back and spend a bit more time in the orphanage when we get back to Goa.


The kids in fancy dress!

















We decided to book ourselves on a sunset fishing trip as we had wanted to do some fishing since arriving in Goa but like most things in our life we just never got round to doing it. The tour picked us up and we set off for our little boat which was due to take us to various spots around Candolim Beach. We had a great time as we sat and fished and enjoyed a couple of local beers. I hadnt caught a fish since I as younger so was very excited when I caught two! A group and a Goan snapper. I wouldnt say you could have fed 5000 with it, or even half a sandwich but I was very proud. Andrew was rather disappointed as nothing was biting for him however in the end he managed to catch one (see the photographic evidence below)!



One of my fishies!

















Andrews little tiddler!

















Sunset on the boat at Candolim Beach - this man caught 6 fish!





Andrews mum, Jane, was due to arrive on the 27th January and the plan was that we would spend a few days chilling in North Goa, then head down to South Goa until we had to catch a plane to Jaipur for our 3 week trip to Rajastan. Jane is going to create her own version of events so we wont divulge too much information as we dont want to spoil her blog entry (plus it saves me having to write too much more!)

I dragged Jane down to the beauticians we we both enjoyed a lovely pedicure and manicure! It was nice to be pampered for a few hours.







Andrew and Jane in Honey's Restaurant



















We went down to Ingo's Saturday Night market where we enjoyed a few drinks and some food













We must say a HUGE thanks to Keith and Sheelagh, my Mum and Dad's good friends from back home who have a beautiful villa in Goa. They had sorted out so much for us for our arrival in Goa (back in October), they have bought some much needed stuff across from the UK from my mum and we have enjoyed some excellent nights out with in Goa, one of which resulted in a 2 day hangover, a severely grazed knee and me jumping in the pool fully clothed at 4am in the morning! Oops!

When Andrews mum Jane arrived they took us to the loveliest restaurant called 'Au Reverie' where we had a a beautiful meal in a gorgeous setting, we all loved it. Thank you for everything you two! XX

Keith and Sheelagh





Keith, Sheelagh, Dennis (Sheelagh's brother), Andrew, Sarah & Jane in Au Reverie













Andrew trying to take a sneaky shot of me in Honey's as I try and avoid the camera again - still not liking having my picture taken but Andrews says there are not enough pictures of me on blog so must put it on!






























Andrew and Sarah up the tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G. (Jane caught us out on Patnem Beach - who said romance is dead!)
















Patnem Beach - this was our second time here, we first visited it back in November, the bloke even remembered us in one of the bars. We stayed in a lovely hut on the beach
















This is our cottage in Agonda where we stayed for a couple of nights, Agonda is definitely one of our favourite places in Goa. This place only cost £10 per night and was a great little find, hope to go back again before we leave Goa as we love it so much




















'Lets Get Physical' is it Jane Fonda or Jane Davies... who knows!

















Sunset on Agonda Beach























Jane playing hide n seek on Patnem Beach

















Jane and Andrew chilling in Shanty on Agonda Beach watching the sunset










Well people, hope you enjoyed our latest blog entry. Thats about it for now. The next part will keep you updated on our trip to Rajastan and a much anticipated visit to the Taj Mahal.

Love to everyone back home, keep in touch, Sarah & Andrew xxx






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