Beach Life

On occassion we would stumble into a private beach, where all the chairs were booked for the guests of that hotel. While being white in South Africa can be problematic today, being white in India is a perk. Kristen and I are still debating the ethics of using our "birth circumstances" to our benefit.

That is Kristen on the beach in the distance...

A whole fish that we ordered on the beach... cooked with some delicious garlic and masala spice

I still don't understand the huge concern with security in the most random of places, especially when it really seems to be more of a facade of security, anyway.  In this case I can just as easily walk around it!

You often see metal detectors going into shops, restaurants, trains, metros, etc, but sometimes they are unguarded like this one.  Even when they are guarded, the guards don't seem to take much concern when the detectors beep.  I know that India has experienced some terrorist threats and attacks in recent years and some people say these detectors and heightened security are supposed to make things safer, but I can't help but question the efficacy of these measures.... maybe it's my politics background....