Sunday, March 26, 2006

India Ho! - Entry for December 25, 2005

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Christmas morning - like 1:05 am. Getting my head around leaving in five days. Not much more to do.... just get my head in to the thing, fin...

Entry for December 30, 2005

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2:15 am. Leaving here by taxi at 4 am. The wind has been just nuts this evening, blowing like crazy. Made a little anxsy about the first sho...

New Delhi, India - Entry for January 01, 2006

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In the Hare Ram Lodge in Pahar Ganj, New Delhi. A good first day in Delhi. Though there are new pollution controls in Delhi, since...

Entry for January 01, 2006 - take 2

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Just a snapshot of a Vietnamese woman (with her French husband) in Pahar Ganj having her arms covered in designs with henna for a celebra...

Entry for January 03, 2006 - Part 1

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The picture is of my favorite Jelaybe seller on Pahar Ganj - mmmmm... 10 rupees for a big bag of hot jelaybes. There's been two sellers...

Entry for January 03, 2006 - Part 2

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Me at the Kashmiri rug seller in Connaught place. Tuesday January 3, 2006 - 08:55am (PST)

Entry for January 03, 2006 - Part 3

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Nightime fruit stall at Pahar Ganj. Tuesday January 3, 2006 - 08:56am (PST)

Entry for January 03, 2006 - Part 4

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Mmmmm.... nightly stop at the hot spiced milk seller up the corner. Love to watch the guys froth up the hot milk from the wok by sloshing i...

Entry for January 05, 2006

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Crap, I'm cold. I headed for the south, going to do little jumps, but I was really so cold (the whole Deccan plains are supposed to be ...

Entry for January 07, 2006 - a couple of tourist pics

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The weather is still pretty chilly in Delhi, but during the day it's fine - as long as you're not tearing down the road in an open ...

Agonda, Goa - Entry for January 11, 2006 - part 1

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Back in paradise. After some awful cold, I decided to head south to Goa. On the way (I flew - first time on a flight in India) met an Englis...

Entry for January 11, 2006 - part 2

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My first stop in Agonda, with friends Nick & Sam, after the flight from Delhi. Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 10:55pm (PST)

Entry for January 11, 2006 - part 3

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It surely did feel good to be out of the north! Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 10:56pm (PST)

Entry for January 11, 2006 - part 4

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A view of the rocky southern part of the beach at Agonda. My guest house ('The Secret Garden') is on the north part of the beach. We...

Entry for January 11, 2006 - part 5

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My host, Godwin, and Welson (sp?), his oldest son. Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 11:01pm (PST)

Entry for January 20, 2006 - Part 1

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My beach hut....mmmm. About 2.5 meters above the ground, view from my porch over the beach and the sunsets, nice bed with mossy net and over...

Entry for January 20, 2006 - Part two

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Oops... Had already posted the picture of my beach hut. This is me and my English friend Nick, waiting at the post office in a nearby town. ...

Entry for January 20, 2006 - Part three

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A quick pic of women planting rice. Goes on all year, and the planting is by hand by women, while the men use bullocks or 'walking tract...

Entry for January 20, 2006 - Part 4

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A woman walking down 'my' beach at Agonda in the morning. This is definitely a good place to chill (though the temperature does go d...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 1

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My friend Walter from Austria shows up in Agonda. First priority! - get some water and pakhoras at a beachside restaurant. Tuesday January...

Margao, Goa, India - Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 2

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Ladies selling some stuff outside the market at Margao, about an hours ride from Agonda. 'Biggish' city, but small for Indian standa...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 3

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One of the many mountains of chillies inside the Margao market. Tuesday January 24, 2006 - 01:42am (PST)

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 4

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Strings of Goan sausages at the Margao market - very much like portugese sausages. Maybe not for the squeamish once you see that the meat go...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 5

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A little girl and her grandfather reading and sitting out in front of her Dad's store, later in the evening in the cool (in Margao). Alm...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 6

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Friends Jai and Christie (and Walter) from Kamloops. They're traveling around a bit of India with their 20 and 18 year old boys, so came...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 7

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Me, Godwin and Weston, his son, at sunset the day before he headed out for an 8 month stint on an oil tanker starting at Suez. Pretty rough ...

Entry for January 24, 2006 - Part 8

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The daughter of the family where I sometimes have breakfast. Tuesday January 24, 2006 - 02:24am (PST)

Entry for January 27, 2006 - Part 1

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Today's lunch at a little corner store/restaurant. A vegetable thali is usually a good bet - healthy with a variety of veg curries, chea...

Entry for January 27, 2006 - Part 2

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A Hindu holy man going from village to village doing blessings and ritual cleansings on the side of the street (a little tough when the ...

Entry for January 27, 2006 - Part 3

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Sunset over local rice fields near (ugh) Palolem. Friday January 27, 2006 - 02:21am (PST)

Entry for January 27, 2006 - Part 4

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Fisherman's outrigger boat at the south end of Agonda beach. As the fishing has become more 'rationalized', there have been clas...

Entry for January 29, 2006 - Part 1

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A pic of a couple of ladies getting fish from the fishermen first thing in the morning on Agonda beach. Sunday January 29, 2006 - 10:31pm (...

Entry for January 30, 2006 - Part 2

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One of the small 'dry goods' stores on the main 'road' (read: dirt track) in Agonda. Everything from washing soap to sodas t...

Entry for January 30, 2006 - Part 3

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The gas tank of a quite beautiful Royal Enfield motorcycle. Got to learn to ride a motorcycle and get one of these beauties. They're onl...

Gokarna, Karnataka, India - Entry for January 30, 2006 - Part 4

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Shiva lingams along a wall in Gokarna, just across the border in Karnataka. Sunday January 29, 2006 - 10:38pm

Entry for January 30, 2006 - Part 5

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Fellow in Gokarna looking out his front door, with a small Shiva 'temple' on his front porch. Sunday January 29, 2006 - 10:40pm (PS...

Entry for February 01, 2006 - Part 1

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Dave and Gertie the pregnant pig. Godwin, the guest house owner is not real happy to have a barnyard (pig, chickens, dog and cats) but his m...

Entry for February 01, 2006 - Part 2

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Ah.... the view of the main 'road' that runs in front of my guest house. The only problem is that all the ground is red soil, so ev...

Entry for February 01, 2006 - Part 3

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A couple of the local Agonda girls, out to get water. Most of the houses have wells or are connected to a public system, but some use the co...

Entry for February 01, 2006 - Part 4

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A mattress seller wandering through the village. They have a number of people that sell stuff too large for the little stores in the village...

Entry for February 01, 2006 - Part 5

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Back in Delhi! Street in my normal haunt - Pahar Ganj. Bummer, but it's really not too bad.. except for the noise, pollution, and numbe...

Entry for February 02, 2006 - Last day

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End of the trip. Last day/eve in Delhi. Good experience as a send off - a big wedding going by in the street, with groom on horse and elepha...

Entry for February 02, 2006 - Last day, 2

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A poor photo of a wonderful old female elephant, waiting in the street for the wedding party. They always bring out a warm and fuzzy feelin...

Entry for February 03, 2006 - Home again

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Man, what a long journey. It took 31 hours of travel time (from takeoff in Delhi to landing in Victoria), and about 24 hours flying time to ...
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