Spending time on the beach

Aww, I wish I could have checked that video out...that was so kind of you to do. One of these days I'll be able to have as much fun as everyone else here. I still want to see the one with the elephant too.

Nice to know you have access to lakes. Being on a coastline we have several beaches, some have been developed but some I would call them as virgin beaches but as adults those beaches are best to spend quiet moments. Eating indeed is a common feature. We too went on picnics from the school, and also with family and friends. In 2010, I took the orphans to spend time at one of the Beach Resorts as a Christmas outing. Had a great time. There is a video link in Jenny's box. But you had once said downloading takes time.

And while spending time with family and friends as kids we would be busy doing our things. As a kid how did you spend time on the beach?

Crossing a river to go to the beach! Wow!That is another thing I love--to bathe in knee deep clear river water[shallow water/the brave heroine that I am ] Have done it when I was unmarried in river Cauvery and later, twice in river Tamiraparani in Tirunelveli disrict. I love wading through this water and also having a bath in shallow sumps or medium sized concrete tubs of water.Getting wet is another experience. It is more than thirty years since I went to Mumbai beach[Juhu, the famous one] but despite its fame the black water does not appeal to me [even way back in 1974 when I came here as a visitor I found the black sea water very distasteful].The Bhelpuri and eatables make up for this however.

You are right about Mumbai kala. I have been to several beaches there but have not dared to get in. I forgot about my Bahamas cruise kala and there the sands are pure white specially the Coco Kay beach. That part of the Beach in Venice where I had gone was owned by this hotel and they had equipped it with lovely chairs and garden umbrellas. I better start a blog on the beaches I have visited! I have gone to the river to collect cockles along with family when I was a teenager. That was yet another wonderful experience. I too am not comfortable in the water. I have learnt to swim but I could only do that in the children's area! And now after the accident I don't do it any more.

That was indeed a very exciting experience there kala. I too have visited several beaches including beaches in Goa; ofcourse as an adult. But as a kid our visits were restricted to a beach that one could reach after crossing a river. That was the most memorable beach experience - some times with family and sometimes on a school picnic all packed with wonderful memories. As an adult I have visited Goa, Mumbai and also a beach in Australia called Bondi Beach - the cleanest in the whole world. This beach is attended to I am told every 4 days, every spec of dirt is removed. Close to home where I live now, I have several beaches and in the year 2010 we took the orphans as a Christmas Gift, to a Beach resort. There is a video link up in Jenny's box. You might like to have a peep here. I have been to Goa a couple of times but once we chose rains to be there - the best time to go there. We were sipping tea in one of the tea stalls quite protected and suddenly there was a heavy downpour. It was a treat watching unprotected revelers on the beach getting completely drenched and to think that they continued to get drench and did not run for cover made the sight all the more exiting. In Mumbai where I spent my prime years who can forget the hawkers selling tender coconut, bhel puri, kulfi, and the famous corn on cob!

I have several beaches here around me and not all are commercial beaches as you have put it. But there is one which has a Beach Resort. We took the orphans there during Christmas 2010. Here is a link that shows a bit of what the kids were up to! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KozQJgbqhNQ Put your speakers on!

I saw the link and though I liked the screams of mirth there was an indescribable pain within to think they are orphans. We have so much to thank God for and you are doing a wonderful thing all-knowing!

These nuns are doing a good job. I have been involved with this Order since the last almost 10 years. I have taken these kids to various locations - locations where only the well to do get the experience. Why not anyway. These kids have a future better than even those kids whose mothers are working and only maids care for them. These nuns are dedicated and bring out the best in these kids.

Have you watched the sun set there Suebee. We have spent hours just waiting for the sun to go down. And this not as kids but as grown ups. As kids we look at the beach with different eyes. It is amazing how we view the same place differently.

I have had the joy of feeding Dolphins when I was in the US on my package holiday. I think it was in Forida that we were taken to the sea world. We had to buy fish there and feed these Dolphins. They would come to the shore waiting to be fed. I could see a smile on their faces. It is worth getting up early Suebee to get that experience.

How very true. As a kid I was always more interested in playing in the water and the waves and looking for shells. Now I would rather sit quietly and watch the others play. I haven't watched a sunset on the beach for ages...something I'm gonna have to make sure I do next time. There is one place where we like to take a vacation where in the wee hours of the morning, at sunrise, the dolphins come close to the shore to play. I am not a morning person but that is worth getting up early for!

Camping trips sure would have had so many exciting moments. Would you like to share your experience?

Just as the sea the wild could be equally exciting and thrilling. When on holidays I have experienced it specially when I was in Australia. We were taken on a cable car through the most dense forests at Cairn. And then in Christchurch,New Zealand we walked through forests - no we did not encounter any wild life. But it is my dream to go to the Africa where one can sit in a vehicle and watch animals freely roaming the forests!

There are so many, I just find you get in touch with nature. This past summer I went with a bunch of people, we went canoeing, and paddle boating. We sat around the fire, adn relaxed. When I was younger we would go with the girl guides, learn different ways of cooking, and techniques of being in the wild.

Nowadays beaches are polluted and one needs to be careful. During our days we were carefree and none of these things worried us. You could still visit the beach. Just sit there and watch the waves and wait for the sun to set. Have you witnessed a sun set it is beautiful! The sun is surrounded by a glow and it sinks in the sea!!

A beach experience is meant to be repeated. One never gets tired of it no matter what age. Just sitting and watching the waves and even waiting for the sunset is time well spent. I particularly like to watch the sun set. It actually moves! Or is it the world that moves! Walking along the sea shore bare feet is considered healthy. Do you walk bare feet maximax? Your kids must be enjoying it too.

Vow! You must be a water baby! Is the beach lit that you can safely enjoy your time there in the night silver...? Here we have several hawkers selling stuff on the beaches. Besides ice cream we have a special item called 'bhel puri' No visit to the beach is complete without savouring this speciality. We also have corn on cob well roasted with a brush of lime, salt and chilli powder. Both children and adults enjoy these goodies.

I know there are places where there is no sand but only rocks. I have seen such sea shores. Sitting on the rocks or climbing, or even chasing each other is indeed yet another exciting experience. But sand or no sand, rocks or no rocks if there is one thing that one will see on any beach is ice cream. We have more than ice cream. The vendors will scream their guts out with lots of other goodies and who bothers about their dirty hands when they mix that bhel puri and hand it over! Have you tried eating tubs of ice cream now hoping that you will yet not lose your 36-24-36 figure!

Nothing like spending time with your grand kids and building castles in the sand together. These are memories that will last a life time not just for you but also for your grand kids as once they grow their priorities change and off they go!

What we do as kids we hardly do when we grow up but I love collecting shells even now whenever I take my guests to the beach which is close by. We have our breakfast there. Walking on the sand with bare feet is considered to be a very good exercise.

Does it mean vandana you have never been to a beach even as an adult? I quite understand how exciting it must have been to do those things that you did on the terrace. As kids our mind works differently and ofcourse why not. Eating at a place other than a dining table and that too on the terrace? Vow truly exciting.

We live on the coastal line and so we have access to several beaches. Even as children we used to go there.

You are really fortunate to have your own beach house. How many times do you go there. I have heard people owning beach houses spending all their week ends there.

Nothing like spending time on the beach be it the lake or the sea. It is amazing how as kids we all do the same thing no matter where we live. Same is the case with the type of games we played!