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Sweating My Bindi Off
... servants and parts of which date back to the 12th century, only to be able to take a couple pictures of the onegoings from the top of a library in a nearby alleyway, seeing as we aren't Hindu. Not terribly exciting and it's a bit impossible to get a full understanding of the spiritual significance when you're stuck beyond the walls with the screaming people, constant stream of transport, 100 degree heat and probably 10,000 people trying to sell ...
Funny Stories
... caused us to assume that 'bandega' was a cuss word.
"Ok", said Franny, "do you know the word '********'?"
"Bule shize?" He repeated. "Buuulle shiiize".
"*********", we said, and after much parroting, he had advanced to saying "**********". So the rest of the car ride consisted of him chanting "Bandega" and us repeating, then us chanting while he repeated.
When we left the cab we entered a torrential downpour. As ...
Malaria!
... next week sucked. All types of food disgusted me yet I was still hungry. The worst was nighttime where everything was closed. I slept so much in the day that I didn't sleep all night. I had to sustain myself on bananas and pop. I sure wished I were back in Canada while I was recovering! It took about 7 days before I felt mostly recovered. But now, I'm ok again and ready to keep going! Oh and Puri is alright. It's a beach town. The waves crashing in are ...
Puri, Light and Dark
... and they sell it to you. It's cheap, too. Now well familiar with this routine, my 5 day regimen of Flagyl 400mg, 3xDay cost me exactly Rs 10 (about 30 cents!). I slept for 3 days, ate nothing, and was thrilled to get on the night train back to Kolkata, but fast approaching zero tolerance for the filth of India. Part II: The God of the Small There were high points to my time in Puri before I got ill. The Peace Restaurant's clean little garden ...
Mishi on a Downer
... He firmly believed in Radha and Krishna. He had faith in the divinity of the authors of the lila’s.
But to just try and challenge this made him distant for the rest of the day.
In one of his downers I asked him what was wrong, and he replied that he was beset by thoughts of life and death.
Jai and Ellie told me they had seen Mishi sitting with a woman on the beach, so I asked him who he met, and ...


