Well, here I am in Goa.
I was on the overnight 2nd class train to Goa. Most interesting. The Indians do like to party. There I was on my perch (upper berth) looking down at all the going's on. I have to say that I've had a very good experience for the most part on the train. They have a pantry car and so they make all kinds of food and then the chai wallahs come down the aisles all the time to give you tea or coffee. Okay...now there is one thing. You really, really don't want to use the bathrooms.
I am staying with Christopher my CS host and he is very cool. He is into film making and documentaries and so he has so many wonderful stories to tell me about his work. He has done a lot of real documentaries about varies real life issues in India, which have never been talked about or put on TV.
I haven't gone to the beach as the weather is still too hot and humid for me. Plus my fishy white skin would surely not like it... There are no reefs to enjoy when snorkelling where I'm staying in Arpora and there are so many Russians. I'm waiting to get in the groove when I get to the Maldives....!
It is very reasonable to rent a scooter R250 per day, but the way they drive here, I have decided it isn't the best time to learn how to drive a scooter. My bones won't mend fast enough. Plus you have the crazy Russian scooter drivers and the less crazy locals, and so who are you to follow? I decided to use the local transport and it is very good R10 to most bus hubs. Pretty reasonable if you ask me.
I've been just getting into the groove here and Goa is a place where a lot of artist talent comes from all over the world. I didn't even consider this when coming here. The last couple of nights Christopher and I have been checking out the artist scene. He is well known here. He has a scooter so I jump on his scooter with him and two nights ago arrived in Margao and attended a classical piano concert at a studio of a German fellow named Rudy. We paid R300 for a two hour concert with only about 40 people in attendance. Last night at the Astoria Hotel in another area of Goa for R400 we went to a organized jam session where there were 6 different acts which consisted of a famous Sufi musician, a flamenco dancer, a woman that does some pretty amazing hoola hoop, some Russian musicians and a German guy, named Naffe, who designs his own instrument and it plays sort of like a zither, amazing sound comes from an instrument he made with a Kenyan gourd and a bamboo.
Christopher documentary film maker here in India, and has done some pretty amazing stuff. I'm trying to get a website and I'll link it here.
I am heading next to Hubli tonight on the sleeper bus...sounds kinda odd to me, but it's a five hour bus ride to Hubli where my next CS host will meet me.
I was on the overnight 2nd class train to Goa. Most interesting. The Indians do like to party. There I was on my perch (upper berth) looking down at all the going's on. I have to say that I've had a very good experience for the most part on the train. They have a pantry car and so they make all kinds of food and then the chai wallahs come down the aisles all the time to give you tea or coffee. Okay...now there is one thing. You really, really don't want to use the bathrooms.
I am staying with Christopher my CS host and he is very cool. He is into film making and documentaries and so he has so many wonderful stories to tell me about his work. He has done a lot of real documentaries about varies real life issues in India, which have never been talked about or put on TV.
I haven't gone to the beach as the weather is still too hot and humid for me. Plus my fishy white skin would surely not like it... There are no reefs to enjoy when snorkelling where I'm staying in Arpora and there are so many Russians. I'm waiting to get in the groove when I get to the Maldives....!
It is very reasonable to rent a scooter R250 per day, but the way they drive here, I have decided it isn't the best time to learn how to drive a scooter. My bones won't mend fast enough. Plus you have the crazy Russian scooter drivers and the less crazy locals, and so who are you to follow? I decided to use the local transport and it is very good R10 to most bus hubs. Pretty reasonable if you ask me.
I've been just getting into the groove here and Goa is a place where a lot of artist talent comes from all over the world. I didn't even consider this when coming here. The last couple of nights Christopher and I have been checking out the artist scene. He is well known here. He has a scooter so I jump on his scooter with him and two nights ago arrived in Margao and attended a classical piano concert at a studio of a German fellow named Rudy. We paid R300 for a two hour concert with only about 40 people in attendance. Last night at the Astoria Hotel in another area of Goa for R400 we went to a organized jam session where there were 6 different acts which consisted of a famous Sufi musician, a flamenco dancer, a woman that does some pretty amazing hoola hoop, some Russian musicians and a German guy, named Naffe, who designs his own instrument and it plays sort of like a zither, amazing sound comes from an instrument he made with a Kenyan gourd and a bamboo.
Christopher documentary film maker here in India, and has done some pretty amazing stuff. I'm trying to get a website and I'll link it here.
I am heading next to Hubli tonight on the sleeper bus...sounds kinda odd to me, but it's a five hour bus ride to Hubli where my next CS host will meet me.
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