We arrived back on less balmy shores yesterday, but last week allowed time to accumulate a lot of sketches, which, as I've nothing else to show, may whet your appetite for holidays of your own in my coming posts.
Where we stayed at Kovalam there were plenty of rocky outcrops interspersed with sandy beaches. The sand had a golden tint and the sea was warm
Fishermen pulled their boats up on the beaches during the day providing crows with a perch to survey their surroundings. At night these same boats littered the horizon with clusters of lights as they lured the fish into their nets.
We sat on the seawall in the evening, eating south Indian curries prepared in the shoreside restaurants - waves breaking on the rocks below - and watched the movement of the boats.
It was great to have a whole new set of places to paint. Even better if you could find a place in the shade and sit without interruption for an hour or so before heading off for a well deserved (even though I say it myself) cold beer and a freshly made vegetable samosa or two.
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