Wed day 2 of teams

Wed – Day 2 teams
Morning was quiet time getting ourselves organized for the day. Then we went off to do battle against the South African team. Mike Collins, one of the Jesters from South Africa, sat out with us and enjoyed the match, rather than refereeing it. Sam, Laura and Danielle played and each won their matches 3-0.
Then Team Canada headed off – some to do some serious shopping, others to mentally get ready for their match the next day. Jack, Jan and Alex went to Marina Beach for the afternoon. The beach is ~15 miles long, and is composed of two beaches, Marina and Elliot. Apparently there are over 1 million people on them every evening from 6:30 on. We weren’t there then and didn’t wish to be! We saw the men in the water, but few women as the women have to go in fully covered. There are lots of stalls selling every Made in China/India item you can think of. We were really too early, so have no idea if some better stuff comes out later. Somehow I doubt it as the sand conditions would not have been good. There were rides for the kids, horse rides on the beach, ice cream, all kinds of food (fried fish is big), fishermen sleeping, working on their nets and their fish catches. One was busy spreading out his fish to dry out. There were lean to’s by the boats and so we assume that they slept on the beach during the day. It was interesting and typical of the collage and contrasts that makes up India!