Maui

Last week the Narjalas were in another world - far from the daily routine and Portland's grey skies, on the sun-kissed beaches of Maui.

It's not easy to capture five days of lazing in luxury in words. Let's see....essentially we ate, swam in the ocean, went sightseeing, ate some more, swam in the pools, took naps, and decompressed. Sandhya and Bhasker mama joined us on the trip but had a much more adventurous agenda. We were quite content to look at sharks swimming over our heads - in the aquarium. To our credit, dad did some snorkeling and Ranjit and I actually went parasailing - five minutes of feeling like a bird, except I had scuff marks from gripping the harness so tight (kids, when you grow up and read this, know that your dada was a brave man that morning, packing a double punch by beating his trepidation of heights and water).

A super vacation and a real blessing to see beauty in the vastness and yet the incredible detail of God's creation.

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