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Flying kites from the roof tops in Ahmedabad ala 'The Kite Runner.'
Cruising (the locals say loitering) the streets of Ahmedabad in our new found friend's car listening to ear splittingly loud Hindi trance.
Chilling ...
When the snakes come down
... us. It was made
available to us by my father's old friend who is a big wig.
When
we met my father's friend and his wife it was a great moment for me. I
have never seen my dad so pleasantly happy. I loved every moment of
their account of their service days. We took a boat ride on a man made
lake, on which we learned that the friend was the one that conceived
Saputara as ...
Quiet times
... where people come with their relatives’ ashes and they float them out to sea. We didn’t actually see that happening, but the locals were friendly and I was very taken by this fellow with his wonderful moustache with curled up end, he makes a pretty good photo subject I think.
The trip home didn’t take forever, the roads are nowhere as congested as in the bigger cities but it’s still a bit ...
Vipassana meditation
... of which they have no experience themselves. After all, how many people went to heaven and came back confirming that due to performing all these rites and praying however many times a day they ended up in the place they desired? Sure, it's easier to cede responsibility for your salvation to a god or have his son die for all our sins. Remember, though, he's coming back so better behave accordingly and still give for the mass. Not so long ...
Jamnagar und meine ersten Cricketversuche:
07.02 Jamnagar, Gujarat, Indien
Ich muss mir wohl eingestehen, dass nach Ahmedabad auch Jamnagar ein wenig ein Griff ins Klo war. Diese beiden Staedte hatten nicht wirklich viel fuer mich zu bieten. In Jamnagar gab es aber nicht desto trotz ein wenig Erwaehnenswertes.
Als ich nach einer Bahnfahrt die um 4:30 morgens begann dann schliesslich in Jamnagar ankam, war ich mir bereits sicher, dassich hier nicht lange bleiben wuerde. ...


