Yesterday was Holi, the Hindu festival of colours. Our first warning was the night before when a lot of food places were closed due to Holi. Our next taste was as soon as we left our place in the morning, there were two boys in the neighbouring place covered in coloured dyes, bottles in hand ready to help others get similarly coloured up.

We are staying at a place right on Chivla Beach in Malvan. Our place is literally on sand, although is raised a couple of metres above the high tide mark. Here is the view of the place from the top of the beach:

Looking down a street at the market: