Saturday, January 11

Lighthouse Beach, 14:45
For the first time ever we take the dog to the beach on its lead.
Its the longest walk Shanti has done since she arrived ten days ago. Today’s question: will she like the sea?
The answer became apparent as soon as we got there. She trotted down happily and into the waves. It took her very little time to get used to the waves and to rise and fall with them.
Interestingly, neither of us have ever seen any of the street dogs swimming, or going into the sea. Some of them approached as we went down onto th beach, but they all backed off and wandered away when they saw her heading for the waves.
Later we will sit in Leo with her, while Irma dries off. José will pass and invite us to his and Jolly’s 37th anniversary party at Leelakanta. That adventure won’t finish until about 5 am on Sunday, and will involve a lot of interesting people, some of whom we already knew and some of whom we didn’t.