Kovalam

Last one on the Kerala trip.

Kovalam beach was like bonus. Considering Kanya Kumari became a damp squib, we just headed back and decided to hangout someplace for rest of day. Considering it was quite a few hours, we first headed to the beach for lunch........as it turned out we spent rest of day there.  

It's a fairly short and very narrow stretch of beach, and there's cafes alongside, just by the ocean. Sitting there, sipping beer, watching the sea.....could have spent way more than half a day there. I just sat there five hours doing nothing else....even the pictures were from the same seat I plonked myself on.

The candle, the lamppost and the lighthouse....that's Dhruva's picture.....composition of a design student. 

It also gave us some extended, only talking time. Topics ranging right from relationships to artificial intelligence to apathy to cruelty to spirituality to beauty........it was fascinating. Being able to talk at level with ones children, and seeing the subtlety and strength of thought and opinion ......and you know all over again that what you share now is a friendship, way more than a parent child relationship, and it's at one time deeply gratifying and liberating. 

However opposing the perspective, or maybe specially when totally opposing, you touch that space of unconditional love in your effort to understand......it's a different high.......... and the beer of course helped :). One of my best parts of the trip for sure.

For whatever reason, beer bottles are not allowed, you drink beer in coffee mugs. It's pretty literally under the table as can be seen in this picture, with them watching Shafi ( five hours there and you know him on first name terms ) pour the beer.

Fisherwomen bringing in their catch in the evening...I loved my vantage point

There's two dots deep in, that's Dhruva and Diksha out for a swim

Final picture of a wonderful trip