Merry Christmas!!!

We hope everyone is having a festive day back home and, as we understand it, a very white Christmas for everyone! Not quite the case here...it is sunny and 35 degrees. Sorry to break the news...

Well, Colin and Asha are now officially married. For those that don't know, the wedding date was December 25th. The main part of the cermony was this morning and we are leaving for the reception in about an hour. We are 12.5 hours ahead of mountain time in Canada so most of you are still sleeping or just getting up to open some presents and stockings depending on where you reside.

We had a little taste of Christmas a few days ago when we attended the Christmas party for the Madras Boat Club. It was a strange experience sitting on a patio in the warmth having a full turkey dinner and listening to Christmas carols being sung in English by a male quartet with thick Indian accents. Adds a new twist to some of our old favourite carols. It was nice to get a bit of Christmas though and it made us miss our usual Christmas celebrations.

But, there were other celebrations that were equally joyous at the wedding. It was an amazing experience being at an Indian wedding. There will be pictures coming at some point since literally thousands were taken and there was also a film crew, so be patient and I am sure numerous people will start posting pictures on facebook and other places shortly. It is hard to really explain what went on at the wedding, and we weren't sure what was happening sometimes. But, they ended up married at the end of it, and everyone was exceedingly happy.

We leave for Dubai in two days for another wedding reception and we will be there for new years before heading off to Africa on the 2nd of January.

Once again, best holliday wishes to all and a Happy New Year!!!

Thank you to those that have sent us back little emails, it is great to hear what is going on in your neck of the woods.

Bye for now!

Andrew & Judy