We spent New Years Eve at a beautiful lake in Pavna with Sanjeev and his family and Suhas and Medha.


First activity of the day was wind surfing which Sanjeev (an expert) made look SO easy.  Suhas was the first and pretty much last person to give it a try.  After watching him struggle so much to lift the sail out of the water AND feeling how cold the water actually was - the rest of us bowed out.  We had a great time staying nice and dry in the rescue dingy while heckling Suhas!





The view was just absolutely beautiful almost like one of the breathtaking scenes from the TV show Lost. Surprisingly the entire area around the lake is almost uninhabited. Just a few very fancy vacation homes and some scattered small farms.


Suhas getting ready to put our New Years eve dinner on the grill.  Nilima and Tina hard at work in the kitchen.  I offered to help but had no idea what spices to add to each dish so decided I was a better help to them if stayed out of the kitchen.
We had a quiet but memorable New Years Eve stuffing ourselves with amazing shrimp, paneer and chicken tikka fresh off the grill along with the best black lentil daal (Tina's special dish) in the world!