No More Swimming

Although Pondicherry is a pleasant town with good restaurants there is not much to do for children. The beach is rocky and there is no swimmingpool. At first we thought about finding a beach place near the town but the one we looked at was pretty run down, and with many small sentient beings in the pool. Alice has developed an ear infection, probably from all the swimming and diving she did last week. Eventually we had to see a doctor. It was the same day as we were returning to Mamallapuram so it was a little stressful. The doctor spoke about the weather in Sweden and prescribed about five different drugs. It didn't cost much, though. We decided to use only the antibiotic ear drops and nasal drops. She is not feverish but disappointed about not being able to swim. The good place we stayed at last time was full so now we are staying in a budget place in the tourist ghetto street of the village, Othovadai Cross Street. The room is small but clean and has an AC. This time we will cut the visit short and return to Chennai on the 17th. Alice can still go shopping, and we can have some more time with Tsering.

It's a bit worrying with the security restrictions and delay for flights through Heathrow. But it seems like they are aiming to be back to normal in a couple of days. I hope we won't be stuck at Heathrow Airport on the 22nd.

Esbjorn finally found some Power Rangers toys. We bought one and it broke immediately- export quality! He was in tears, forcing me to repair it with a steel wire.