{"id":369,"date":"2014-08-16T12:19:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T02:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=369"},"modified":"2014-08-19T03:20:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T17:20:41","slug":"the-place-where-3-seas-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"The place where 3 seas meet…."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC01067\"<\/a>What a view! \u00a0There really are three different colors that come together…. three seas meet… Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea. \u00a0This is Kanyakumarai! \u00a0The waves were strong and there were signs cautioning people not to attempt to go out swimming.<\/p>\n

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Just off the coast was a huge statue – 133 ft tall… the famous Indian poet Thiruvalluvar. \u00a0The statue took more than 5000 sculptors to build it and honors the poet’s 133 chapter poem – ‘Thirukural’. \u00a0Quite frankly we have never heard of him, but all young people are very familiar with his poems as they have had to memorize them in school. \u00a0Nearby was also the Ghandi Memorial \u00a0which house some of Ghandi’s ashes.<\/p>\n

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People waiting for help each day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We stayed just 30 km away with some YWAM friends. \u00a0Every day there were people at the house waiting to see Jamie for medical help. \u00a0I became his assistant once again to check blood sugars and listen to the many needs of the people. \u00a0We were busy each day with speaking opportunities and were blessed to take one day to drive to the nearby waterfall as well as take the drive out to the sea. \u00a0On our way back to the house, we made a pit stop…after using google to search out “pizza”! We found “Pizza Corner” on the way \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I have found another lover of pizza – thanks Daniel!!<\/p>\n

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We have NEVER before seen so many coconut trees and varieties of bananas! \u00a0Coconut chutney\u00a0for our dosas\u00a0and banana chips cooked in coconut oil – can you say “LOVE!” \u00a0 Also lining most of the roads in the area were rubber trees – tapped and dripping with white pitch. The pitch is poured into ‘mats’ and left to dry in the hot sun. \u00a0It is then sold to be processed.<\/p>\n

The weather was a bit cooler but the humidity was higher, being closer to the sea. \u00a0There were definitely some sleepless nights, but thankfully once 8 pm rolled around, the mosquitoes seemed to hide – THANK GOODNESS!! \u00a0… For some reason I attract them! \u00a0I kid you not! \u00a0There can be NONE around Jamie, and I get many bites. \u00a0Thankfully we brought Muskoil repellent to protect ourselves and afterbite for the ones that ‘got me’. \u00a0We are glad we haven’t had a problem with many bites as the doctor in Chennai says he does see malaria and cholera in the village areas. \u00a0PTL our health has been good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a view! \u00a0There really are three different colors that come together…. three seas meet… Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, and the Arabian Sea. \u00a0This is Kanyakumarai! \u00a0The waves were strong and there were signs cautioning people not to attempt to go out swimming.   Just off the coast was a huge statue – 133 … <\/p>\n

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