Today was the India-Pak World cup semi-final cricket match. A HUGE deal, for those of you not in the know. I was agitating to get back quickly from night survey (the game started at 5 AM, and we usually don’t finish up at the beach till 6:15 or 6:30 AM). While we were clearing up on the beach Kimron talked to some fisherman who were relaying the latest score (India was batting) and debating who would win. Argh! Can we just get going??!! Kimron sped up the hill to the house only for me to find that none of the online streaming sites were working. Double Argh!! Another volunteer of Indian descent from the UK was as frustrated as I.
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The only other possibility was of course Kurt’s bar (which opens at 6 AM and has a TV). So, we raced up to the bar only to find that the TV wasn’t getting match reception. Foiled again! (triple argh!) Seeing our frustration, the owner of the bar took us across the road. Not knowing where he was going, we followed dumbly and found a young woman and her mother chopping vegetables outside. He had a word with them, then said we could watch the game there. I thought at first it was a B&B, but it turned out to be their beautiful home! Without thinking too much, I plopped my still-sandy self down on their bed to watch the first innings. Then it dawned on me, how unusual this was – who opens their home before 7 AM for strangers for of all things a cricket emergency?! Both of us were touched beyond what I can describe here, and will never forget the Frasers for their kindness. To top off the “argh’s“ Tendulkar got out 5 minutes after we got there. BUT, it was all worth it because we won the game! Yeah!
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