Early Xmas

As it happens with many expat communities, Christmas is celebrated when it suits the timing of those leaving the country.. It was no different recently went we had an afternoon on the deck at Vie, our local "surf club".. About 10 of the Mumbai mob gathered for a 750 rupee (about $20 aussie) buffet with beer included.. It was too late for Vie to change the pricing once they realized we were all Australian... We forgot to take pics til late afternoon and the buffet/beer was over..
It's so nice to have a place to have a beer on the beach. As luck would have it Vie is directly under the flight path of the busiest airport in Mumbai, those 747s are low on take off sometimes and when the tide is out it pongs a bit.... We've seen a few ladies asking for money on the beach but this was the first time for a bloke on the beach in budgie smugglers... Indians are generally a little more bashful..

The next weekend we enjoyed an Aussie xmas lunch at Megan and Jason's which had the works... Roast chooks, spuds, honey carrot, ham Megan smuggled into Mumbai a week earlier, chocolate cake, eskies of beer and Australian wines. An Indian Santa dropped in to hand out the secret Santa pressies (Rs500 limit) and entertain/distract the kids.. Good fun!