The Residency Tower Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)

... an hour. We killed the time checking out the nearby crocodile enclosures, which were incredibly depressing. For starters, each croc was kept in a separate pen barely longer than its body length, making them look pathetically lethargic and confined. Why they weren't put into a single large enclosure with freedom to move and swim boggled us (I'm pretty sure they aren't cannibalistic), but whatever the reason, the effect of these big crocs in their tiny ...

... foutus et assez branleurs, mais nous les mecs on peut pas toucher leurs filles. Et oui elles doivent etre vierges pour le mariage et en temps normal des leur premiere relation sexuelle elles tombent enceintes.... Donc ceinture... :-(
Sinon ce matin lever a 4h30 puis aeroport, pour retrouver ces porcs d'indiens qui sont vraiment impolis et sans respect.. Ils crachent, parlent fort, passent ...

... out.
Hollowed out. Will it be better that I stop thinking about beautiful people around me? Will it be better that I assume the camouflage of a cold-hearted cynical person that plays around with humor and defense rather than reveal my fragile heart to this unpredictable world which is full of vile and betrayals? Should I disarm my cynical façade and load off the anger, the discontent and the ...

... at home and a worthy stop in the travels around India. Each day we would attend a lecture where the teachers spoke about things like yoga, mantras, Ayurveda, quantum physics, reincarnation and the astral plane and their was time to ask the swami questions. A couple of times we were invited to attend special prayer events once to honour Ganesha and the other one was for shakti (feminine energy). We were seated on the floor in long rows in front of a Hindu priest ...

... so is the surf. No swim today. Tamil Nadu and eastern Kerala are getting it in steady rain. We are getting only patches. 2008.11.28 Time to leave We have a dog! She first picked us out to lie under our table in the restauraht on the lawn. Then she would lie under our chairs on our porch, be there in the morning when we woke up, and once we found her IN the chairs when we got home. It must be tough to adopt tourists as ...

... since I started to get sick a month ago settled in a little deeper; I was getting broken sleeps and wandering around zapped of energy. Again. To say I was sick of being sick would probably sum it up, but for both our sakes, one afternoon on the beach after another fight with my lungs I suggested another doctor trip. In Kerala they don't have a GP system so off we trotted in a rickshaw to the local hospital. Of course the fact that we were coming straight from the beach ...

... later at the Italian restaurant (yummy!). We ended up stumbling into the infamous craft shop and when we asked the owner if he remembered our friend, Bibianna, it was like coming home to pappa! He ushered us in, gave us a place to drop our bags, asked us what we wanted to eat/drink and out of thin air he produced these fried lentil balls and sweet lime drinks. I swear, nothing takes less than an hr. in India, so to have food appear inside a store like that in seconds was ...

... Varkala and stayed another 2 nights. Still a bit burnt but getting better so headed down to the beach again. Was very cloudy but reasonably warm, and not raining so thought wed swim a bit. I burnt again, and even ol burnt, but I actually burnt in the clouds, through a long sleeve black cotton top. Insane. Just waiting for the shoulders to peel now, but in the mean time were pretty black. Eventually after 5 nights managed to leave the resort to Alleppey.

... i feel like we've arrived on a different planet but thankfully it's one where i don't have to wear shoes or a shirt, and throwing the frisbee seems to be an acceptable daily activity plan. this town is touristy, which is only to say that the town is small but the view from the top of the cliff of the sun setting is sublime, best enjoyed with a cold kingfisher beer and a delicious coconut curry. all the hotels and restaurants here front a small ...

... were confronted with the depths of poverty and suffering asking us pleadingly for a few rupees. Often we gave, or else bought some food to share instead... At other times we would bow with folded hands as we walked, or even rushed by, ashamed by our helplessness and obsene wealth and freedoms, until the next few steps and another beggar appeared before us... And so the conundrum unfolds. There are many reasons why these people are begging. There is poverty, inequality, caste segregation ...