I guess this will be my last post as I’m sure some people know I’m back in England. So much as happened (as always) that I’m sure I will miss lots out but hey.
So left varkala with Angelina, had a great time. Went to the southern tip of india, which was nice not like everybody had described it. A few highlights were
Juggling at the train stations
Getting guided around the temples and being shown the ‘opening of the door’ strange event when the priest opened the door to the temple to show the statues of the gos and everyone looked amazed, I wasn’t but it was nice.
Getting kicked out of a restaurant while trying to enjoy a chai and a cigeratte
Seeing the Ghandi memorial (another one :- )
Walking round the streets and being greeted by lots of women, which is a strange thing for india as most women won’t even look at you.
Going to the island temple and following an official tour around and having a meditation in the om room
Telling everyone in the cue that Angelina was my wife – was so much fun having her as my wife that I decided she is my wife!
From here we went to a place called maduri. Didn’t stay for too long (maybe two nights). Went on a big tour of all the sights which was good fun. Had 8 people on a jeep and just went looking at stuff, think I’ll just write highlights again as it was a while ago
Highlights
Walking around the streets for a very long time eating omletes and chatting.
The monkeys at one temple trying to get my peanuts and me being scared
Angelina trying to give a donation and not being possible
Seeing the best statue at the ‘disney’ hanuman temple
Sneaking showing affection while nobody was looking
Trying sugar cane juice
From here we got the bus to ramaswala which took about 3 hours (felt like 6). Arrived got a rickshaw to a hotel and got an expensive room. We were the first people to stay in it as it had just been refurbished!
Highlights:
Watching the birdcage staring robin Williams
Being guided round the temple with my wife and making a few blessings
Finding out my cousin was having a baby!!!
Walking through the fishing village and back smelling some strange fish
Getting room service
Losing Angelina for a couple of hours and finding that I was worried about her...
Going to adams bridge and seeing a thunder storm across the bay
Lots of stuff was really a magical couple of days I spent there.
From here got a 3rd class train at night to Chennai.... managed to get a luggage rack between us to sleep in (took it in turns), told a man we were married and he started asking us lots of questions about it. I lied and told him a whole story, made us laugh. Train journey was a bit of a pain but arrived ok. Me and Angelina both have very dodgy stomachs at this point.
Went to a hotel and decided we want some western food so go to burger joint where I have my first bit of meat for 2 and a bit months. Was nice but felt really ill afterwards. To top it all off go to the internet have a message from each of my sisters and brother (3) saying phone home. I know something is up. Check facebook and on there my cousins status is RIP gandma you will be missed. Basically my gran is dead!! Shit. If you know me you know I love my gran so I was gutted. Really gutted. Luckily Angelina was there and cheered me up no end. Had to make a descision about whether to go home to funeral , stay in india or go to srilaka and do what I really wanted to do. Made the wrong descision which I may regret forever but may turn out to be ok.
That evening helped anglelina throw stuff away.. and then she left in the morning, didn’t even get to say goodbye (maybe it was a nice way to leave it..) love her to bits and always will.
I decided to fuck on Chennai and go the beach. At beach decided to fuck of beach and go to England. Got a flight to dehli next day ~(left my phone in Chennai like a dick) which was easy. Would have got the train but didn’t want to be stuck on a train for 30 hours as was a little emotional. Delhi I bought a load of handbags and earings to sell in England then got the worst case of dsyentry you have every seen (and you would not want to see it) couldn’t even have a wee standing up as my arse would leak :- (. This meant I couldn’t fly home on the Wednesday and I spent 3-4 days sat in a hotel room watching cnn (depressing) got over illness and got a flight home through dubai.
Got to gatwich and I had £20 to my name so I decided to hitch. Wow never hitched properly before and it was easy.
First guy was a muslim guy who droped me in Luton and gave me £2. Then a baker took me to the service station where I say ronnnie o Sullivan. Then went up the M1 with a guy (who took me to far) ended up standing in the rain for 30 minutes when this guy picked me up and took me almost all the way (really usuful trip) he tried to give me a fiver which I refused. Then some strange guy took me to the service station near my dads, then I started walking and these two young lads picked me up and dropped my straight outside my dads pub. Took 6 and a half hours and was great fun!!
So I’m back in England, had a funeral to go to which was nice.. saw family and wore a suit. Back to real life for a bit. lol
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this was a rush job just wanted to get it written
may write one more entry after i've reread everything
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
"Ich bin eine bloomer"
I’ve forced myself to come to the computer room and write this blog today as I said in my last blog I don’t want to get behind with it and forget half the stuff I’ve done… luckily this won’t be a problem as literally 1hour after I wrote the last entry I decided I was going to be ill (bottom end) and went to the room and vegetated for a number of days (6).
Now I’m not bad at being ill. I’ll sit in bed watch TV, read a book, play chess, smoke (no drinking though) and generally have a good time being ill. This time was no different really. I was in varkala which is full of tourist and so its not a problem getting anything (toilet roll) and I could just go for a walk and get a drink if the room became a little oppressive. Jim and RIA stayed in the room with me most of the time having a laugh and a chat.
Funniest moment of the room was when me and Ria were sat on the bed chatting about ria’s future and I was talking through what was possibly going to happen each year for the next 5 years. We were in stitches laughing about her French boyfriend (who she will love although she didn’t look very impressed when I talked about him, but like I said to ria you can’t choose who you fall in love with sometimes - disclaimer – ria doesn’t have a French boyfriend (or any boyfriend) this is just a possible future that I outlined for her and may or may not actually ever possible happen although if it did it would be nice until she reached the age of 65 and her legs fall off! :) ….. anyway funniest moment was not this but was 5 seconds after this when we were laughing our heads of and I just heard this voice say “Chris doesn’t sound very ill”! (I didn’t) and it was jenny (pirate wench) and Karl (could be a pirate if he wanted to although he doesn’t like water that much I don’t think). Hilarious maybe you had to be there. So jenny and Carl turned up and I felt better. That night no body would drink with jenny so I did and me and her sat up till the bars closed and everybody had gone to bed and the vodka had nearly all been drunk. At this point where sensible people go to bed jen turned to me and suggested some night swimming. I most definitely thought it was a superb idea (may have been the vodka) and we went to the beach. .. The waves in varkala are BIG.
I interject this blog to talk about the guy sat next to me. He’s been moaning to his bank for the last 20 minutes about his credit card.. He’s just mentioned speaking to his lawyer. I feel for him… banks aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh. Apparently the best bank to go abroad with is the nationwide don’t ask me why it just is…….
So big waves, me and jen jumped around a LOT (nice use of capitals today I’m sure you’ll agree). Unfortunately after jumping for a while I decided to try diving under the waves. Unfortunately although the waves were HUGE the actual depth of water when there wasn’t a wave was about 30 cm I reckon! This was a problem because I dived about 40 cm… this means that I dived 40cm down into water that was 30 cm deep… you may think this is not possible but I have a beautiful cut on my nose and my head (not deep at all more of a scratch) that says otherwise. Didn’t hurt that much. Parents please don’t worry I was never in any real danger jenny was there and she would have saved me I’m sure.. oh Jen also lost her ring that she made by herself in puskar at a silver smith class :-(
The next day we all went to the beach, me jim and karl played Boulez, everybody had a swim and had an enjoyable day. Evening time we decided to get dressed up fancy like. Wore my shirt and my waist coat at the same time! This wasn’t fancy enough though so I added glitter and a stylish hair stylie.. apparently I looked a bit like garry glitter but I couldn’t see it. Went for a meal, drank some drinks acted a little silly (jim, ria jenny and karly) made me ask people silly questions as people walked past the restaurant had a dance (not a good dance) and then came home. This were the night ended for me (or my memory at least) but apparently according to jim and ria tell me that I stayed up talking to the neighbour and regaling her with my knowledge of the German language – Ich Bin Eine Bloomer which is all the german I know (oh i also know - hast du und fuyer) . the german girl now greets me as ‘Bloomer’ which I like!
So jim and ria have gone with karl and jenny. They wanted me to go with them but I politely declined the offer as I need some space. Love them both to bits really do and wouldn’t change them for the world but I can’t agree with what there doing to themselves.. Will defo see them again on this trip at some point though (if they want to) Told jenny I might go to Nepal with her which would be cool.
Ria read my last blog and quite rightly was a little upset that I made her out to be a bit of a ditz and basically a pain in the arse. This is not true ria is a truly amzing wonderful person who I’ve shared some great memories with (not just in India but all over wales too). I love her to bits and think she is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk the earth. If you are reading this ria (I know you are;-0) then just remember that I love you and although I’m a bit of a dick I am always right about stuff probably! Now you just have to remember what I’m right about! And jim your ace to!
Anyway so ria, jim karl and jenny have all left me on my own boohoo poor me. So on my own for at least 4 hours enjoying the freedom having a little whistle contemplating all the wonderful things I can do know I’m on my own (erh?) then who walks in to my life but the most gorgeous intelligent and scrumptiously edible Angelina (german girl from the om beach and boat trip) who I’d like to have my babies. Turns out she wants to have my babies. Brilliant!!!! That last sentence may not be quite true but you never know ; -) had some dinner with her and a guy called matthew, sat on the roof of angelinas dorm and talked rubbish for hours about reality the universe and that sort of bolloxs. Leaving tomorrow for the cape should be fun, Angelina is coming with me
Extra bits
Stomach still aches a little but hopefully I’m going to be ok
Been thinking about the future - I need to stop this
Tried to call krissy berry at 9 in the morning on Saturday and she hung up on me!!! I’ll get you berry ;-)
i'm a flower .. get over it
Now I’m not bad at being ill. I’ll sit in bed watch TV, read a book, play chess, smoke (no drinking though) and generally have a good time being ill. This time was no different really. I was in varkala which is full of tourist and so its not a problem getting anything (toilet roll) and I could just go for a walk and get a drink if the room became a little oppressive. Jim and RIA stayed in the room with me most of the time having a laugh and a chat.
Funniest moment of the room was when me and Ria were sat on the bed chatting about ria’s future and I was talking through what was possibly going to happen each year for the next 5 years. We were in stitches laughing about her French boyfriend (who she will love although she didn’t look very impressed when I talked about him, but like I said to ria you can’t choose who you fall in love with sometimes
I interject this blog to talk about the guy sat next to me. He’s been moaning to his bank for the last 20 minutes about his credit card.. He’s just mentioned speaking to his lawyer. I feel for him… banks aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh. Apparently the best bank to go abroad with is the nationwide don’t ask me why it just is…….
So big waves, me and jen jumped around a LOT (nice use of capitals today I’m sure you’ll agree). Unfortunately after jumping for a while I decided to try diving under the waves. Unfortunately although the waves were HUGE the actual depth of water when there wasn’t a wave was about 30 cm I reckon! This was a problem because I dived about 40 cm… this means that I dived 40cm down into water that was 30 cm deep… you may think this is not possible but I have a beautiful cut on my nose and my head (not deep at all more of a scratch) that says otherwise. Didn’t hurt that much. Parents please don’t worry I was never in any real danger jenny was there and she would have saved me I’m sure.. oh Jen also lost her ring that she made by herself in puskar at a silver smith class :-(
The next day we all went to the beach, me jim and karl played Boulez, everybody had a swim and had an enjoyable day. Evening time we decided to get dressed up fancy like. Wore my shirt and my waist coat at the same time! This wasn’t fancy enough though so I added glitter and a stylish hair stylie.. apparently I looked a bit like garry glitter but I couldn’t see it. Went for a meal, drank some drinks acted a little silly (jim, ria jenny and karly) made me ask people silly questions as people walked past the restaurant had a dance (not a good dance) and then came home. This were the night ended for me (or my memory at least) but apparently according to jim and ria tell me that I stayed up talking to the neighbour and regaling her with my knowledge of the German language – Ich Bin Eine Bloomer which is all the german I know (oh i also know - hast du und fuyer) . the german girl now greets me as ‘Bloomer’ which I like!
So jim and ria have gone with karl and jenny. They wanted me to go with them but I politely declined the offer as I need some space. Love them both to bits really do and wouldn’t change them for the world but I can’t agree with what there doing to themselves.. Will defo see them again on this trip at some point though (if they want to) Told jenny I might go to Nepal with her which would be cool.
Ria read my last blog and quite rightly was a little upset that I made her out to be a bit of a ditz and basically a pain in the arse. This is not true ria is a truly amzing wonderful person who I’ve shared some great memories with (not just in India but all over wales too). I love her to bits and think she is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk the earth. If you are reading this ria (I know you are;-0) then just remember that I love you and although I’m a bit of a dick I am always right about stuff probably! Now you just have to remember what I’m right about! And jim your ace to!
Anyway so ria, jim karl and jenny have all left me on my own boohoo poor me. So on my own for at least 4 hours enjoying the freedom having a little whistle contemplating all the wonderful things I can do know I’m on my own (erh?) then who walks in to my life but the most gorgeous intelligent and scrumptiously edible Angelina (german girl from the om beach and boat trip) who I’d like to have my babies. Turns out she wants to have my babies. Brilliant!!!! That last sentence may not be quite true but you never know ; -) had some dinner with her and a guy called matthew, sat on the roof of angelinas dorm and talked rubbish for hours about reality the universe and that sort of bolloxs. Leaving tomorrow for the cape should be fun, Angelina is coming with me
Extra bits
Stomach still aches a little but hopefully I’m going to be ok
Been thinking about the future - I need to stop this
Tried to call krissy berry at 9 in the morning on Saturday and she hung up on me!!! I’ll get you berry ;-)
i'm a flower .. get over it
Monday, 9 February 2009
the end of the beach and the begining of remembering
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
i'm actually in paradise!! BRILLIANT
Haven’t wrote anything for a while, basically I’m living on the beach in a beach hut, been learning to juggle, gong on little missions, chilling out a lot. Life is really good here, very hard to remember exactly what’s happened but I’ll try to share some stories.
Most of the pirates from Christmas have left, was a little bit sad but that’s what happens, still a few people around I’m having a ball on the beach. Somebody took my picture and I didn’t recognize me as I was so tanned and happy looking, my camera has stopped working (the flash anyway). Can’t stay on the beach forever so heading south to this project soon ish (although may stay for another month)
Decided I’m not going home on the 4th feb as I don’t want to. Got a few routes planned but maybe through America home would be good? I’m not sure. Asked my friend who works for a shipping company if he can get me from china to America? That would be good! Money is not a good subject.. (donations are allowed!!!) spent 300 roupes on the phone to a bank in England today! Spent my phone call budget on this so no body else got a call sorry! Going to phone airlines and see about changing my ticket! Australia is a maybe ..
I’ve been doing a lot of juggling at the moment, I think another 3 years and I could go professional and earn the big bucks… Met a professional clown yesterday who is going to give me and a girl a juggling lesson. I’ve got quite reasonable at juggling now, just need some new tricks.
Stopped drinking for a bit (2 and a bit days) then had a relapse on full moon night and the night after aswell(night after I got very drunk by a camp fire.) went for a swim with jim. I did a jenny and stood on someones head who was sleeping as well (not Shankar though jen!!) I’ve stopped drinking again !!! see how long it last this time!
Met wicked person who does braclet making and hair wraps, got one so I’ve got a hair wrap / braid in my hair. Hair is getting quite long and has lots of sand and salt in it
I’ve got a new appreciation for being clean and washing in fresh water, its nice to be clean sometimes when you’ve been on the beach all day.
Jim and ria are here. It’s a bit strange with everything that’s been going on. Difficult to be a friend to both of them at the same time.
Meet so many interestion and amazing people over here, last night I was sat with a translator and a clown, meet a guy who has traveled here by land. Amazing guy lots of wicked stories, not sure if I could do it like him though, very hardcore.
Read a terry pratchet book “jingo’ was very good will look out for more of these.
I’ve done so much and so little that I can’t put it all down…
In summary life is good, not coming home, very happy. Hope all is well
Chris xxx
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hope everyone got their postccards sent 14~! didn't have many peoples addresses though so had to do it keith and rob prague stylie
Most of the pirates from Christmas have left, was a little bit sad but that’s what happens, still a few people around I’m having a ball on the beach. Somebody took my picture and I didn’t recognize me as I was so tanned and happy looking, my camera has stopped working (the flash anyway). Can’t stay on the beach forever so heading south to this project soon ish (although may stay for another month)
Decided I’m not going home on the 4th feb as I don’t want to. Got a few routes planned but maybe through America home would be good? I’m not sure. Asked my friend who works for a shipping company if he can get me from china to America? That would be good! Money is not a good subject.. (donations are allowed!!!) spent 300 roupes on the phone to a bank in England today! Spent my phone call budget on this so no body else got a call sorry! Going to phone airlines and see about changing my ticket! Australia is a maybe ..
I’ve been doing a lot of juggling at the moment, I think another 3 years and I could go professional and earn the big bucks… Met a professional clown yesterday who is going to give me and a girl a juggling lesson. I’ve got quite reasonable at juggling now, just need some new tricks.
Stopped drinking for a bit (2 and a bit days) then had a relapse on full moon night and the night after aswell(night after I got very drunk by a camp fire.) went for a swim with jim. I did a jenny and stood on someones head who was sleeping as well (not Shankar though jen!!) I’ve stopped drinking again !!! see how long it last this time!
Met wicked person who does braclet making and hair wraps, got one so I’ve got a hair wrap / braid in my hair. Hair is getting quite long and has lots of sand and salt in it
I’ve got a new appreciation for being clean and washing in fresh water, its nice to be clean sometimes when you’ve been on the beach all day.
Jim and ria are here. It’s a bit strange with everything that’s been going on. Difficult to be a friend to both of them at the same time.
Meet so many interestion and amazing people over here, last night I was sat with a translator and a clown, meet a guy who has traveled here by land. Amazing guy lots of wicked stories, not sure if I could do it like him though, very hardcore.
Read a terry pratchet book “jingo’ was very good will look out for more of these.
I’ve done so much and so little that I can’t put it all down…
In summary life is good, not coming home, very happy. Hope all is well
Chris xxx
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hope everyone got their postccards sent 14~! didn't have many peoples addresses though so had to do it keith and rob prague stylie
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
pre new year post
Christmas to New Year has been interesting and fun, can’t really be bothered to say exactly what happened for the whole time. Firstly I’m knackered; Christmas takes it out of you defo. I may have developed a rum problem, and affairs of the heart although fun and interesting can also be a little draining and tiring. What can you do? This has been a Really Great Christmas and wouldn’t have changed very much - just one person I would have swapped for another (cryptic!). The last days I’ve been chilling out during the days, drinking a little bit some evenings, eating good food. Here are a few of the highlights
Watching Steve eat lobster in the freedom café. Freedom café is famous for its slow service and Steve ordered his lobster at 6.30 went for a walk for an hour then went back with me and Emma. At about 10 Steve had had enough and decided it was time to leave. I wanted to stay and see if there was actually a lobster but got outvoted and left, good tip though if you are in a bar and the beers warm, order a beer that nobody really drinks (fosters) and they have lots of cold ones – this was a fun night but nobody else agrees.
Went and danced at the sound system and sat by a fire after. Met Dennis who was cool, he left me with this Irish girl by a fire that was a bit fucked (she threw up in the fire) had to walk her home with her trying it on with me. I declined the offer!
Sat by a fire watching the sun go up when me and a girl called Corrine decide to walk to the next beach, neither of us had a room and we weren’t very tired. Got there and stayed there all day found a nice guest house then sat in café all day. What a nice girl she is.
Coming back to ohm beach after moving to paradise beach for 2 days, felt like coming home, was really nice, missed saying goodbye to some people. Haven’t got a room on ohm though and have been sleeping a little funny.
Having to tell jenny mark (and Emma I think but she denies this) to shut up as they were waking up the whole beach. I told them to shut up they thought it was funny and laughed some more so had to tell them again. They woke me up, they woke my other neighbours up they woke everyone up!! Was funny ish. Then in the morning I heard that mark shouted at some hippies for chanting and waking him up!!!!! Very very cheeky that!!
Marks new beach hut on paradise beach is absolutely amazing!!! Great view, I’m jealous I have no home.
Thats all I can be bothered to write today. I’m knackered now just been lying in the hammock practicing with gariks (that’s a person) catapult. Tonight’s New Years Eve so everybody is deciding what to do…... as per usual. I’m going to put on my sword and pirate about a bit
Extras
Juggling practice has had to be put on hold as I lost a ball
Going to arambol for a juggling festival
Happy birthday big boz man (40!)
Happy new year everyone
Oh quick note for myself on 2008 as I may not remember it in 10 years time and this is a good place to record my thoughts
2008 was a year of change….. lol,
Lots happened, biggest thing was splitting up with ex girlfriend. Changed my life but not for the worst. I actually can’t remember much that happened this year before this event, don’t know what that means but hey. I have been a heartbroken mess of a man occasionally but some really good things have come out of it.
discoving mid-wales !! I love mid wales thanks wayne!!
Sneaking into festivals is useful occasionally, also getting lost with gilly on way to sneaking into festival is also good
Living at Ralph road with the gang was great
Just had a rush of memories from the year and I’m going to share them..
Discovering gin!
Meeting dangerous dave!
Birthday in Cornwall was gorgeous
Taking my little brother to his first festival (he was well behaved I ‘m a good influence – honest…… :)
Leaving my job – was sad about this because didn’t leave in the best way but did not want to work a months notice, plus I miss everyone there sometimes. Jez was a really good boss learnt a lot from him
Seeing my little sister sing Valerie at her school with my grandma and kev was fun.
My gran still being gran
PASSING MY DRIING TEST!!!!!!! forgot about that what a fucking brilliant moment this was, borrowing my brothers car after being talked out of buying a van (that won’t happen again – I’m getting a van!!!)
Mum surprising me at work in Bristol when I was having a fag (she heard my voice and followed it)
Sneaky lunch time drinks with gemma
6 festivals, all with rain, some messier than others!!
Losing car keys at big chill and finding then on the Sunday sticking out of the lock (big chill was best festival last year – snuck in pretending to be a journalist – brilliant (thanks rhi)
Getting pissed as a fart with krissy many nights sat on the couch chatting till we run out of beer.
Carrying lae home many times :-)
Great night with Jackie ‘camping’ in kevs back garden!!
Jim and ria splitting up was very sad hope there ok
Big Chris Evans may have a woman !!
Carla and chris coming to see me in Bristol
Little sister tiff getting rid of her boyfriend and moving on brilliantly
Watching vampire strippers at James office on Amy’s leaving do!
Uncle stuart getting lung cancer and dieing, great funeral - song as we were walking out was living la vie da loca by ricky martin and you could see the priest physically wince as it started playing and we started filing out.
Cousin Remy expecting a baby and getting engaged
Cousin Stacey also getting married!!
Mum and Dad both being worried about me and phoning me up very often to check I’m ok
Think the summer was amazing so many great weekends and nights
Trying to find the street party with saira, lae and krissy
Krissies tomato’s plant extravaganza
Getting loud speakers for my computer and annoying everyone on the street.
Suppose going to India is also good…….
This year has been amazing! As I get older ever year gets better! Long may this continue!
Anyway I’ve decided I’m in a new years resolution mood so I’m going to do one. I was going to stop drinking but that’s changed and at the moment I’m going to go vegetarian (I’ll eat fish – not lobster though ). May change between now and then though..
Happy New Year hope your year has been at least as good as mine and I hope your next one is even better! xx
Watching Steve eat lobster in the freedom café. Freedom café is famous for its slow service and Steve ordered his lobster at 6.30 went for a walk for an hour then went back with me and Emma. At about 10 Steve had had enough and decided it was time to leave. I wanted to stay and see if there was actually a lobster but got outvoted and left, good tip though if you are in a bar and the beers warm, order a beer that nobody really drinks (fosters) and they have lots of cold ones – this was a fun night but nobody else agrees.
Went and danced at the sound system and sat by a fire after. Met Dennis who was cool, he left me with this Irish girl by a fire that was a bit fucked (she threw up in the fire) had to walk her home with her trying it on with me. I declined the offer!
Sat by a fire watching the sun go up when me and a girl called Corrine decide to walk to the next beach, neither of us had a room and we weren’t very tired. Got there and stayed there all day found a nice guest house then sat in café all day. What a nice girl she is.
Coming back to ohm beach after moving to paradise beach for 2 days, felt like coming home, was really nice, missed saying goodbye to some people. Haven’t got a room on ohm though and have been sleeping a little funny.
Having to tell jenny mark (and Emma I think but she denies this) to shut up as they were waking up the whole beach. I told them to shut up they thought it was funny and laughed some more so had to tell them again. They woke me up, they woke my other neighbours up they woke everyone up!! Was funny ish. Then in the morning I heard that mark shouted at some hippies for chanting and waking him up!!!!! Very very cheeky that!!
Marks new beach hut on paradise beach is absolutely amazing!!! Great view, I’m jealous I have no home.
Thats all I can be bothered to write today. I’m knackered now just been lying in the hammock practicing with gariks (that’s a person) catapult. Tonight’s New Years Eve so everybody is deciding what to do…... as per usual. I’m going to put on my sword and pirate about a bit
Extras
Juggling practice has had to be put on hold as I lost a ball
Going to arambol for a juggling festival
Happy birthday big boz man (40!)
Happy new year everyone
Oh quick note for myself on 2008 as I may not remember it in 10 years time and this is a good place to record my thoughts
2008 was a year of change….. lol,
Lots happened, biggest thing was splitting up with ex girlfriend. Changed my life but not for the worst. I actually can’t remember much that happened this year before this event, don’t know what that means but hey. I have been a heartbroken mess of a man occasionally but some really good things have come out of it.
discoving mid-wales !! I love mid wales thanks wayne!!
Sneaking into festivals is useful occasionally, also getting lost with gilly on way to sneaking into festival is also good
Living at Ralph road with the gang was great
Just had a rush of memories from the year and I’m going to share them..
Discovering gin!
Meeting dangerous dave!
Birthday in Cornwall was gorgeous
Taking my little brother to his first festival (he was well behaved I ‘m a good influence – honest…… :)
Leaving my job – was sad about this because didn’t leave in the best way but did not want to work a months notice, plus I miss everyone there sometimes. Jez was a really good boss learnt a lot from him
Seeing my little sister sing Valerie at her school with my grandma and kev was fun.
My gran still being gran
PASSING MY DRIING TEST!!!!!!! forgot about that what a fucking brilliant moment this was, borrowing my brothers car after being talked out of buying a van (that won’t happen again – I’m getting a van!!!)
Mum surprising me at work in Bristol when I was having a fag (she heard my voice and followed it)
Sneaky lunch time drinks with gemma
6 festivals, all with rain, some messier than others!!
Losing car keys at big chill and finding then on the Sunday sticking out of the lock (big chill was best festival last year – snuck in pretending to be a journalist – brilliant (thanks rhi)
Getting pissed as a fart with krissy many nights sat on the couch chatting till we run out of beer.
Carrying lae home many times :-)
Great night with Jackie ‘camping’ in kevs back garden!!
Jim and ria splitting up was very sad hope there ok
Big Chris Evans may have a woman !!
Carla and chris coming to see me in Bristol
Little sister tiff getting rid of her boyfriend and moving on brilliantly
Watching vampire strippers at James office on Amy’s leaving do!
Uncle stuart getting lung cancer and dieing, great funeral - song as we were walking out was living la vie da loca by ricky martin and you could see the priest physically wince as it started playing and we started filing out.
Cousin Remy expecting a baby and getting engaged
Cousin Stacey also getting married!!
Mum and Dad both being worried about me and phoning me up very often to check I’m ok
Think the summer was amazing so many great weekends and nights
Trying to find the street party with saira, lae and krissy
Krissies tomato’s plant extravaganza
Getting loud speakers for my computer and annoying everyone on the street.
Suppose going to India is also good…….
This year has been amazing! As I get older ever year gets better! Long may this continue!
Anyway I’ve decided I’m in a new years resolution mood so I’m going to do one. I was going to stop drinking but that’s changed and at the moment I’m going to go vegetarian (I’ll eat fish – not lobster though ). May change between now and then though..
Happy New Year hope your year has been at least as good as mine and I hope your next one is even better! xx
Friday, 26 December 2008
Pirate day that letter is just for chritmas not for ever
Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh!!!!! I’m going to be a pirate for ever!!!
Anyway after the last entry it took me 21 hours or so to get to the beach in gokarna. Went on a sleeper bus first where a cheeky bastard bus man tried to charge us ‘baggage fee’ I told him I would ‘fuck his shit up’ if anything happened to our bags (this made everyone a bit anxious:). Probably shouldn’t have said that but nothing happened to the bags and we didn’t pay the 50 roupes. The guy was still trying to get money off us when we got of the bus so I told him that if he actually got my bag of the bus I would give him 10 roupes. He got the bag off then refused the money!! Language problem maybe. Anyway arrived in solipur at 6 in the morning and had to get on a local bus for a long time to bijapur then we had to get another local bus to hubli then we had to get another local bus to gokarna… arrived in gokarna at about 8. Think I may have gone a little mad on the bus as it took a long time. Had some fun though. Jenny fell asleep and we put a hat on her, tried to put the hat on mark but he woke up. There was a little girl sat in front of me and Emma who we played with a bit. Quick note, some bus drivers drive like maniacs I was really worried about dieing but I didn’t so its ok. Can’t describe it but they just put there foot down and overtake with traffic coming straight at them, overtaking on corners etc scary. In summary it was a long journey not that interesting as we were just on a bus.
Arrived in gokarna for Christmas !! What a good idea that was. Ended up coming to a place called ohm beach at 8 at night. There were no rooms anywhere. Luckily we meet a nice beach house owner that said we could sleep in his hammocks, ended up sitting down and drinking rum I got pissed and crawled into my hammock and slept like a little baby. The next morning a room opened up where the hammocks were and we took it (we are living 4 in a room again and the beds keep getting smaller). When I say room I actually mean a shed with a bed but its somewhere to keep our stuff safe (if we hadn’t lost the padlock that is ..). That day I was hungover but decided to go and do my Christmas shopping. Need to say now that we’d decided to turn Christmas day into pirates day (great idea jen and emma) bought some great stuff for dress up, bought presents for the gang (jen, mark and emma) and stuff to make crakers. I’d tried to arrange a cricket game but that didn’t work (I couldn’t be bothered trying very hard). That night was feeling a little tired and had a little time on my own, we had arranged to have a fire so I got that going which I always enjoy (a woman helped me - I didn’t need the help but I do like to let women feel like they can do stuff :-). Fire was very good fun but again we DRANK rum (notice the capitals). I woke up in my hammock with no idea how I got there. Went for a night swim, sang some songs, chatted some shit. Ended up having a nice heart to hearty type thing with emma although couldn’t remember exactly what was said (altought i know i told her that I love her, i do she's ace) Mark lost his bag and was looking for it everywhere after an hour or so of looking I decided to help him and it turned out the bag was where he left it (took me 2 minutes to work this out … was funny – mark does lose stuff a bit :-)
Next day I was a mess; we were all still drunk in the morning and had some fun being rautious, then I sobered up, then I felt ill, didn’t do much for the rest of the afternoon just sat around I think. wrapped presents, made crackers then made paper chains. Jenny and emma were making the pirate flag so I helped them and did some sewing (haven’t sewn in years (did texitiles at school) jenny cut out the skull and crossbones so she thinks that she owns the flag (but she doesn’t)) finished making the flag and went to bed, we were really knackered and went to bed. Was to tired to sleep though and didn’t have the best nights sleep (it was Christmas eve and I was very excited!)
Woke up on Pirate day, sun shining, sat on the beach had a chai and some breakfast (egg chips and salad – great breakfast, had it every day), emma had got up early and made our Christmas stockings (my socks) filled with goodies, I got a shivalingum (gods penis/vagina) I’d got penis envy when I saw a huge one at the caves, some sweets and a banna (which I ate!). Got dressed up as a pirate first as I was really excited. I bough I cool waist coat, a cool skirt, wrapped a bandana round my head, emma tied some fabric to my hair, bought some pirate bling (got some bling in my stocking as well) and put some eye liner on. I though I looked fucking ace !!! (my photo’s don’t do me justice) Didn’t realize there was a mirror so had to take lots of photo’s on my phone. Me jen and emma then decided that we wanted to change our facebook photo’s! We were giggling like little kids. Think this is the most excited I’ve been about Christmas day since I was a kid (I was acting a little childlike). Came back put the presents we’d bought for each other under the tree (that emma had decorated with stuff and an amazing angle that she’d made). Opened the pressies, yey. I got a pirate pipe, a music shakey think, some juggling balls, a necklace, a recorder (some people will remember when I got a tin whistle and wouldn’t shut up and would walk round treforest (uni town) playing it – same thing is almost happening now:). felt sorry for everyone else who didn't have presents so gave all my crackers away which hope made everyone happy.
Everyone else had now dressed as pirates (maybe 8), jenny and emma both looked like hot wenches in new dresses. Very good look for them! We were the only pirates with swords as there were only three swords in the whole of gokarna – got to have a sword or your not quite a pirate. Jenny got a great tattoo (check picture), I ‘d found (stolen) a treasure map the day before (result) and got this tattooed on my chest (henna tattoo / although may get it done for real as I like it)
This blog is getting long and I’m getting tired but want to write about Christmas as it was so much fun
So now we were ready – we got a boat and raised the jolly Rodger and invaded the next beach – by invasion what I mean is we got of the boat span emma round until she was nearly sick waited to see which bar she pointed at and charged screaming. I was the first one through the door screaming my head like a right pirate. First think I see is two little kids looking at me with an expression I can only describe as a mixture of fear and perplexion. There parents were there and I played cricket with them for a bit (little kids can’t play cricket very well). After the initial ‘invasion’ we had grog (rum) and chi. As it was pirate day we played a traditional game of chirades which was fun apart from sometimes people new the answers and didn’t say them as they didn’t want to have a go!! That’s cheating in my book, was fun thought because if you’ve ever played charades you know people get very excited and people who didn’t want a go kept getting excited and saying the answers so they then had to have a go :-). I was feeling a bit tired by now as it had a been a long day already and I had a lie down. Emma joined me, Saw crazy American lady from goa – she’d had acid and was sketchy (not the best look). Got the boat back to our beach and invaded out own guest house. Everybody was flagging a bit by this time. We sat around for a bit. Remember talking to jenny and saying sink or swim time and she said do or die (she did – but I’ll talk about that later;- ) sat around for a bit then phoned the family with emma. Was really nice to talk to everyone, I have great families :-) and I love them all so much. Think my mum was a bit upset that I wasn’t there but I did miss her in the morning as she usually comes and wakes me up to open presents, I don’t want to as I normally have a hangover but she brings me a nice cup of tea and we open pressies. Dad was funny too (well tiff thought he was funny) love my dad he’s ace. Really perked me up speaking to families and I got back on the grog. Me and emma were on the phone for about an hour and when we came out, everyone (jenny and mark) were a lot more pissed. Drank some more then went looking for a regge party, couldn’t find it but some people had hired a sound system and were playing bad trance so we went there.
At this point I’d like to mention the fact that we were by far the coolest (maybe the drunkest) pirates in India. Party was fun, jenny was now winning the drunkest pirate award. Sometimes when people get drunk they get really happy and have really great grins, jenny had one of these plasted all over her face, was funny. At one point jenny decided we were all going to drink the rest of the grog (about half a bottle) one swig then pass it round. After three rounds of this I hid the bottle… Emma was now inducting people into the pirate fraternity by ‘dubbing’ them with pirate/porn names and jenny was trying to get the Dj to play the dirty dancing song ‘time of your life’. I was chatting and dancing and mark had lost something ;-) me jen and emma went on the beach and sang ‘time of your life’ and danced round just like real pirates do. The party was starting to die by this point (as was jenny ;-) as no bar would give us electricity for the sound system. Went on a mission with a what I will describe as a wonky guy and then set up a fire. Fire was nice. Me and emma then went in the sea as there was the phospourus effect going on (read the beach by alex garland) was georgeous. Me and Emma decided (correctly) that jenny and mark were to drunk to swim so we didn’t mention that we were going in the water. Although I’d been drinking all day I was quite with it, as was emma which was good. I like emma’s company and we swam about in the water and had a chat. Got back to fire and some people had gone, think jenny was asleep and mark had lost something (probably). Had a bit of an idiot round the fire and we took jenny home. I put emma in a firemans life and carried her for about 5 steps till she got scared. Jenny wasn’t capable of walking so mark decided to do the same… he fell over straight away was ok though as jenny though it was hilarious. On the way back met another guy getting someone back to his hotel (as he was spangled) so I grabbed an arm and helped him as he looked like he could do with it (jenny was now being carried by mark and emma with an arm each) it wasn’t far. Got back to hotel and mark and jenny were laughing there heads off, I wasn’t very tired so me and emma grabbed the last bottle of grog, some blankets and went to the beach Cuddled up and went to sleepish. (No funny business she has a boyfriend:(, ended up with 2 dogs sleeping with us keeping us safe/warm. About 7ish we went back to hotel and slept on the floor of hotel.
Great day. May have pirate day every year. It was really good to do something special as we may have just sat on the beach like an ordinary day on the beach on gokarna. The pressies were ace, rum went down well and we all just had fun. Flagged a bit in the afternoon (so much so that we thought we’d peaked – we hadn’t!) but that’s to be expected as its Christmas and normally we’d be cuddled up watching a film in the afternoon.
Don’t want to stop writing about pirate day but I suppose I have to move on sometime.
Boxing day, wasn’t to hung over, had some breakfast, told jenny what had happened for the last 2 hours of pirate day as she couldn’t remember (including standing on the landlords Head!) She was a little worried that she’d been a tit but she really hadn’t, she was great fun! Most proper pirate award I reckon!! Walked to really quiet beach (moving there tomorrow me thinks) to see some of emmas friends (who are now my friends) aled? And bried? Had some dinner, learnt a new juggling trick (there is juggling festival in goa soon I may go!), and came to internet. Going to watching a movie tonight hopefully. Love everyone Happy Pirate day
Extras – lots but running out of time now
Struggling to get coach to Pondicherry – going to email people now may have to stay in gokarna
couldn't put title for this post that i really wanted to use so i've done two
Face India – still no one got back to me. What to do…
Anyway after the last entry it took me 21 hours or so to get to the beach in gokarna. Went on a sleeper bus first where a cheeky bastard bus man tried to charge us ‘baggage fee’ I told him I would ‘fuck his shit up’ if anything happened to our bags (this made everyone a bit anxious:). Probably shouldn’t have said that but nothing happened to the bags and we didn’t pay the 50 roupes. The guy was still trying to get money off us when we got of the bus so I told him that if he actually got my bag of the bus I would give him 10 roupes. He got the bag off then refused the money!! Language problem maybe. Anyway arrived in solipur at 6 in the morning and had to get on a local bus for a long time to bijapur then we had to get another local bus to hubli then we had to get another local bus to gokarna… arrived in gokarna at about 8. Think I may have gone a little mad on the bus as it took a long time. Had some fun though. Jenny fell asleep and we put a hat on her, tried to put the hat on mark but he woke up. There was a little girl sat in front of me and Emma who we played with a bit. Quick note, some bus drivers drive like maniacs I was really worried about dieing but I didn’t so its ok. Can’t describe it but they just put there foot down and overtake with traffic coming straight at them, overtaking on corners etc scary. In summary it was a long journey not that interesting as we were just on a bus.
Arrived in gokarna for Christmas !! What a good idea that was. Ended up coming to a place called ohm beach at 8 at night. There were no rooms anywhere. Luckily we meet a nice beach house owner that said we could sleep in his hammocks, ended up sitting down and drinking rum I got pissed and crawled into my hammock and slept like a little baby. The next morning a room opened up where the hammocks were and we took it (we are living 4 in a room again and the beds keep getting smaller). When I say room I actually mean a shed with a bed but its somewhere to keep our stuff safe (if we hadn’t lost the padlock that is ..
Next day I was a mess; we were all still drunk in the morning and had some fun being rautious, then I sobered up, then I felt ill, didn’t do much for the rest of the afternoon just sat around I think. wrapped presents, made crackers then made paper chains. Jenny and emma were making the pirate flag so I helped them and did some sewing (haven’t sewn in years (did texitiles at school) jenny cut out the skull and crossbones so she thinks that she owns the flag (but she doesn’t)
Woke up on Pirate day, sun shining, sat on the beach had a chai and some breakfast (egg chips and salad – great breakfast, had it every day), emma had got up early and made our Christmas stockings (my socks) filled with goodies, I got a shivalingum (gods penis/vagina) I’d got penis envy when I saw a huge one at the caves, some sweets and a banna (which I ate!). Got dressed up as a pirate first as I was really excited. I bough I cool waist coat, a cool skirt, wrapped a bandana round my head, emma tied some fabric to my hair, bought some pirate bling (got some bling in my stocking as well) and put some eye liner on. I though I looked fucking ace !!! (my photo’s don’t do me justice) Didn’t realize there was a mirror so had to take lots of photo’s on my phone. Me jen and emma then decided that we wanted to change our facebook photo’s! We were giggling like little kids. Think this is the most excited I’ve been about Christmas day since I was a kid (I was acting a little childlike). Came back put the presents we’d bought for each other under the tree (that emma had decorated with stuff and an amazing angle that she’d made). Opened the pressies, yey. I got a pirate pipe, a music shakey think, some juggling balls, a necklace, a recorder (some people will remember when I got a tin whistle and wouldn’t shut up and would walk round treforest (uni town) playing it – same thing is almost happening now:). felt sorry for everyone else who didn't have presents so gave all my crackers away which hope made everyone happy.
Everyone else had now dressed as pirates (maybe 8), jenny and emma both looked like hot wenches in new dresses. Very good look for them! We were the only pirates with swords as there were only three swords in the whole of gokarna – got to have a sword or your not quite a pirate. Jenny got a great tattoo (check picture), I ‘d found (stolen) a treasure map the day before (result) and got this tattooed on my chest (henna tattoo / although may get it done for real as I like it)
This blog is getting long and I’m getting tired but want to write about Christmas as it was so much fun
So now we were ready – we got a boat and raised the jolly Rodger and invaded the next beach – by invasion what I mean is we got of the boat span emma round until she was nearly sick waited to see which bar she pointed at and charged screaming. I was the first one through the door screaming my head like a right pirate. First think I see is two little kids looking at me with an expression I can only describe as a mixture of fear and perplexion. There parents were there and I played cricket with them for a bit (little kids can’t play cricket very well). After the initial ‘invasion’ we had grog (rum) and chi. As it was pirate day we played a traditional game of chirades which was fun apart from sometimes people new the answers and didn’t say them as they didn’t want to have a go!! That’s cheating in my book, was fun thought because if you’ve ever played charades you know people get very excited and people who didn’t want a go kept getting excited and saying the answers so they then had to have a go :-). I was feeling a bit tired by now as it had a been a long day already and I had a lie down. Emma joined me, Saw crazy American lady from goa – she’d had acid and was sketchy (not the best look). Got the boat back to our beach and invaded out own guest house. Everybody was flagging a bit by this time. We sat around for a bit. Remember talking to jenny and saying sink or swim time and she said do or die (she did – but I’ll talk about that later;- ) sat around for a bit then phoned the family with emma. Was really nice to talk to everyone, I have great families :-) and I love them all so much. Think my mum was a bit upset that I wasn’t there but I did miss her in the morning as she usually comes and wakes me up to open presents, I don’t want to as I normally have a hangover but she brings me a nice cup of tea and we open pressies. Dad was funny too (well tiff thought he was funny) love my dad he’s ace. Really perked me up speaking to families and I got back on the grog. Me and emma were on the phone for about an hour and when we came out, everyone (jenny and mark) were a lot more pissed. Drank some more then went looking for a regge party, couldn’t find it but some people had hired a sound system and were playing bad trance so we went there.
At this point I’d like to mention the fact that we were by far the coolest (maybe the drunkest) pirates in India. Party was fun, jenny was now winning the drunkest pirate award. Sometimes when people get drunk they get really happy and have really great grins, jenny had one of these plasted all over her face, was funny. At one point jenny decided we were all going to drink the rest of the grog (about half a bottle) one swig then pass it round. After three rounds of this I hid the bottle… Emma was now inducting people into the pirate fraternity by ‘dubbing’ them with pirate/porn names and jenny was trying to get the Dj to play the dirty dancing song ‘time of your life’. I was chatting and dancing and mark had lost something ;-) me jen and emma went on the beach and sang ‘time of your life’ and danced round just like real pirates do. The party was starting to die by this point (as was jenny ;-) as no bar would give us electricity for the sound system. Went on a mission with a what I will describe as a wonky guy and then set up a fire. Fire was nice. Me and emma then went in the sea as there was the phospourus effect going on (read the beach by alex garland) was georgeous. Me and Emma decided (correctly) that jenny and mark were to drunk to swim so we didn’t mention that we were going in the water. Although I’d been drinking all day I was quite with it, as was emma which was good. I like emma’s company and we swam about in the water and had a chat. Got back to fire and some people had gone, think jenny was asleep and mark had lost something (probably). Had a bit of an idiot round the fire and we took jenny home. I put emma in a firemans life and carried her for about 5 steps till she got scared. Jenny wasn’t capable of walking so mark decided to do the same… he fell over straight away was ok though as jenny though it was hilarious. On the way back met another guy getting someone back to his hotel (as he was spangled) so I grabbed an arm and helped him as he looked like he could do with it (jenny was now being carried by mark and emma with an arm each) it wasn’t far. Got back to hotel and mark and jenny were laughing there heads off, I wasn’t very tired so me and emma grabbed the last bottle of grog, some blankets and went to the beach Cuddled up and went to sleepish. (No funny business she has a boyfriend:(, ended up with 2 dogs sleeping with us keeping us safe/warm. About 7ish we went back to hotel and slept on the floor of hotel.
Great day. May have pirate day every year. It was really good to do something special as we may have just sat on the beach like an ordinary day on the beach on gokarna. The pressies were ace, rum went down well and we all just had fun. Flagged a bit in the afternoon (so much so that we thought we’d peaked – we hadn’t!) but that’s to be expected as its Christmas and normally we’d be cuddled up watching a film in the afternoon.
Don’t want to stop writing about pirate day but I suppose I have to move on sometime.
Boxing day, wasn’t to hung over, had some breakfast, told jenny what had happened for the last 2 hours of pirate day as she couldn’t remember (including standing on the landlords Head!) She was a little worried that she’d been a tit but she really hadn’t, she was great fun! Most proper pirate award I reckon!! Walked to really quiet beach (moving there tomorrow me thinks) to see some of emmas friends (who are now my friends) aled? And bried? Had some dinner, learnt a new juggling trick (there is juggling festival in goa soon I may go!), and came to internet. Going to watching a movie tonight hopefully. Love everyone Happy Pirate day
Extras – lots but running out of time now
Struggling to get coach to Pondicherry – going to email people now may have to stay in gokarna
couldn't put title for this post that i really wanted to use so i've done two
Face India – still no one got back to me. What to do…
Sunday, 21 December 2008
jenny cash, the mother of enjoyment and the explorer of allora
Well it’s been a long time since I’ve wrote this blog, so much has happened I’ve just been to busy, to lazy or to far away from technology. I currently have 3 hours to kill waiting for a bus so I’ve decided to catch up on my blog so this could be a long entry, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
So was in pushkaar which was cool, had some really good times there with, Karen (absolute star), ksenia (also star) and tom (fucking Israeli – who I love :-) not forgetting the guy who came to the hotel everyday who’s name I’ve forgotten but was from the richest family in pushkasar but was hiding out from them as they wanted him to marry someone (I think). Did lots of stuff but forgotten lots. Hightlights were –
Running up the biggest hill without stopping at sunset to see if I could do it – it was good, but hard work. Got to the top of the hill literally crawling up the last 10 or so steps and the guy in the café took one look at me and gave me a bottle of water. Meet a Swedish girl up there who’d had enough of the town (like I had) and we had a coffee and chat.
Getting a call from krissy, lae, Shane and everyone on a Friday night when they were all pissed (love you guys x)
Got pissed as a fart playing ‘put off killa’ on the pool table (this game involves playing killa and trying to put people off) anyway me and emma (will tell you who she is in a moment) were the best at putting people off , then went back to my hotel and sat up singing songs from everyones country, my song was the clash should I stay or should I go (I sang two lines wrong) then me and the guy who’s name I can’t remember sat up singing a hindi song till 3.30 in the morning this is it
Shiv shiv shiv shambo
Hara hara shiv shambo (x2)
Ma ha diva shambo
Ma ha diva shambo (x2)
Over and over and over, was good fun and can’t get it out of my mind
Lots of stuff happened as I was there for a while :-Other highlights include the fire behind the sikh temple, buying a jumper, walking up other hill, going to ajmer and seeing the 14 (I think) different dimensions, walking round the Ghats (lake) everyday, seeing the guy in the cafe become an incomprehensible wreck in the evenings
In puskcaar I also meet up with jenny who I use to see a lot of when I went out with Yvonne (4years ago maybe) but haven’t seen much recently (although she is absolutely lovely) and her friend Emma and we all left pushkaar together with a guy called Mark (from Bristol – drinks in the Cadbury pub). They were all going to gokarna for Christmas so I said I would go with them.
Now the thing with gokarna is its probably about 1800 km from puskaar and all the trains are fully booked, also last time I traveled the length of the country I didn’t see much I just did it in one train ride. This time my plan was to get coaches to different places and see different things…. Everybody decided to follow my plan (although there was talk of a boat.) We have been on a proper adventure and its been great fun
First stop – udipur
Wasn’t as good as everyone said, walked round the city, ate some food, saw the palace (which was nice) tried to get to the hotel in the middle of the lake in a pedelo but got stopped by security guards, all 4 of us ended up sharing a room and we had a laugh in the evening just sitting around chatting waiting for mark to come home (he was playing chess in a bar), had to send some food back in a restaurant because it tasted like disinfectant and the guy was a bit rude about it!! I was a bit rude back!! Meet some Australian girls who are cool (they remind me of kath and kim on speed) ended up having a bit of a palaver figuring out where to go next but we randomly ended up in a place called Vapi that wasn’t in the book and headed to a beach called Danan which is an old Portuguese enclave in Gujarat. We were very happy about going to Vapi because it rhymes with happy….
Next stop – Daman
(going to write less now as this is really going to be a long entry but so much has happen wish I could write it all:-(
Got there at 6 in the morning and it looked shit!! Beach was smelly and polluted, turned out we were on the wrong beach. Went to new beach and got a guest house, this one man and his wife helped us and bought us chai and potato stuff. We then decided to get pissed. We bought a bottle of coconut fenni (read hampi entry) and added it to fresh coconuts, was very tasty!! Beach was hilarious, me and emma rode a camel and when we got back jenny was surrounded by literally 2 coach loads of Indian school children, and they were mental! Can’t explain, - they wanted us to play guitar, juggle, anything, I’m sure it nearly turned into a riot and the teachers where the worst offenders. Managed to get rid of them by telling them we would do a show for them at 1.30. Luckily we fell asleep. I woke up hugging Emma’s foot?? We’d ordered dinner in the morning from a beach hut and we ate that on the beach as the sun went down (magic) and then returned to our hotel, where we were invited to the nice man from earliers wife’s birthday party (him his wife and his sister in law getting pissed) we joined them and had a really nice evening, he bought us lots of drinks (he was loaded) and was just really really nice, ate food and danced, it turns out I know all the moves to Wigfield Saturday night – who’d have known!
Next day moving again, this time on the recommendation of nice man we head to nasig (spell check) on the second holiest river in India !! must be mentioned at this point that we have two aims, one to get to gokarna before Christmas and two - I really want to see the ellora caves that are in the middle of India on the way and nasig is on the way (sort of)
Took quite a long time, got local bus (which was funny) then got a hotel with a tv and had movie night (was late when we arrived) we all shaved a room again and watched two films die hard 4.0 (ok but 3rd time now I’ve seen it) and perfume (great film but very very very very very very very very strange ending watch it, you can also read the book which I’m told is rude!!)
First impressions of nasig was what the fuck are we doing here it was dark busy and probably smelly. Next day our impression hadn’t changed much when we went for a walk… thenl we stumbled across the Ghats (baths really) and all these people where there praying, watching, hanging out and I think we all just felt our spirits lift and realized it was well worth while coming to nasig. That was the highlight, rest of time we walked round, jenny and Emma danced and bought bangles. Then we moved again
Got the train to Augredabad (which from now on will be called oranjeboom for no other reason than I want to). Train was easy enough, I wasn’t in the mood for talking to Indians so put on head phones or got on top bunk and fiddled with guitar. Got to oranjeboom and I’d told ‘the gang’ that I would find a hotel that was very cheap and they should just have faith. Well the faith didn’t last very long :-) after an hour of walking along with their backpacks on there started to be some moaning in the ranks so we stopped walking around and got a hotel!!! Sharing a room again is keeping it cheap and is really good fun, although the beds space keeps getting smaller and smaller. Ended up going for a beer – we needed one. Had a bottle of Carlsberg that honestly tasted like pure sex!! Amazing, so guess what we did then. We got pissed! And skipped home in a long line, was a good night.
Now its today and we went to the ellora caves, we were all a little hungover today and a bit tired from all the traveling and drinking and stuff – its been about a week since we left pushkaar and we haven’t stayed in the same place more than one night, which is quite draining although we all having a really good time.
The ellora caves are a bunch of caves that have been dug out and turned into temples and stuff, quite amazing. Somebody has literally caved 3 story houses out of the mountains!!! Also had an Indian ice cream which was very tasty. Got back to oranjeboom and really struggled to book a sleeper bus in the direction we wanted to go at a price we were willing to pay but managed in the end. Going to solipur tonight at 10, arrive there at 6 then we have to get local buses another 300km to get to near where we’re going!!! Just waiting to go at the moment so I’ve come to internet may answer emails and then might have chai..
Generally
This last week and a bit has been really fun and quite hardcore we have missioned halfway across India having fun and seeing stuff, don’t think there is anywhere I would have liked to stay for longer and we’re going to make it to the beach for Christmas. Having lots of fun with everyone and has been the easiest bit of traveling with people I’ve done (get along really well with everyone) although hardest in terms of getting where we want to go as its Christmas. I’ve missed out so much stuff its sad but these entries are getting far to long
Extras
if your wondering about the title thats marks, jenny and emma new traveling names (i haven't got one yet ...)
Thanks for message tiff hope dad doesn’t turn that way ;-)
Don’t think this entry is my usual eloquent self but I’m tired and rushing, sorry.
Its nearly Christmas, can’t tell at all in India, haven’t heard any Christmas songs yet, going to make some crackers (lay style) – merry Christmas everyone. All Christmas monies can be posted to my mum (don’t bother with cards as I won’t read them just send money:)
Face India
Visited a animal sanctuary (very sad) and hospital (bit strange – they wanted to take me into the surgery room!!), to check them out for volunteers and meet people. The places are all free to volunteer in and people don’t have to come on the work camps, not 100% sure about model of organization.. No body has got back to me about website, wish they would, creating a volunteer journalist position for somebody to come to India and write ‘copy’ would be a brilliant opportunity for a wannabie journo. Love Manoj
So was in pushkaar which was cool, had some really good times there with, Karen (absolute star), ksenia (also star) and tom (fucking Israeli – who I love :-) not forgetting the guy who came to the hotel everyday who’s name I’ve forgotten but was from the richest family in pushkasar but was hiding out from them as they wanted him to marry someone (I think). Did lots of stuff but forgotten lots. Hightlights were –
Running up the biggest hill without stopping at sunset to see if I could do it – it was good, but hard work. Got to the top of the hill literally crawling up the last 10 or so steps and the guy in the café took one look at me and gave me a bottle of water. Meet a Swedish girl up there who’d had enough of the town (like I had) and we had a coffee and chat.
Getting a call from krissy, lae, Shane and everyone on a Friday night when they were all pissed (love you guys x)
Got pissed as a fart playing ‘put off killa’ on the pool table (this game involves playing killa
Shiv shiv shiv shambo
Hara hara shiv shambo (x2)
Ma ha diva shambo
Ma ha diva shambo (x2)
Over and over and over, was good fun and can’t get it out of my mind
Lots of stuff happened as I was there for a while :-Other highlights include the fire behind the sikh temple, buying a jumper, walking up other hill, going to ajmer and seeing the 14 (I think) different dimensions, walking round the Ghats (lake) everyday, seeing the guy in the cafe become an incomprehensible wreck in the evenings
In puskcaar I also meet up with jenny who I use to see a lot of when I went out with Yvonne (4years ago maybe) but haven’t seen much recently (although she is absolutely lovely) and her friend Emma and we all left pushkaar together with a guy called Mark (from Bristol – drinks in the Cadbury pub). They were all going to gokarna for Christmas so I said I would go with them.
Now the thing with gokarna is its probably about 1800 km from puskaar and all the trains are fully booked, also last time I traveled the length of the country I didn’t see much I just did it in one train ride. This time my plan was to get coaches to different places and see different things…. Everybody decided to follow my plan (although there was talk of a boat.) We have been on a proper adventure and its been great fun
First stop – udipur
Wasn’t as good as everyone said, walked round the city, ate some food, saw the palace (which was nice) tried to get to the hotel in the middle of the lake in a pedelo but got stopped by security guards, all 4 of us ended up sharing a room and we had a laugh in the evening just sitting around chatting waiting for mark to come home (he was playing chess in a bar), had to send some food back in a restaurant because it tasted like disinfectant and the guy was a bit rude about it!! I was a bit rude back!! Meet some Australian girls who are cool (they remind me of kath and kim
Next stop – Daman
(going to write less now as this is really going to be a long entry but so much has happen wish I could write it all:-(
Got there at 6 in the morning and it looked shit!! Beach was smelly and polluted, turned out we were on the wrong beach. Went to new beach and got a guest house, this one man and his wife helped us and bought us chai and potato stuff. We then decided to get pissed. We bought a bottle of coconut fenni (read hampi entry) and added it to fresh coconuts, was very tasty!! Beach was hilarious, me and emma rode a camel and when we got back jenny was surrounded by literally 2 coach loads of Indian school children, and they were mental! Can’t explain, - they wanted us to play guitar, juggle, anything, I’m sure it nearly turned into a riot and the teachers where the worst offenders. Managed to get rid of them by telling them we would do a show for them at 1.30. Luckily we fell asleep. I woke up hugging Emma’s foot?? We’d ordered dinner in the morning from a beach hut and we ate that on the beach as the sun went down (magic) and then returned to our hotel, where we were invited to the nice man from earliers wife’s birthday party (him his wife and his sister in law getting pissed) we joined them and had a really nice evening, he bought us lots of drinks (he was loaded) and was just really really nice, ate food and danced, it turns out I know all the moves to Wigfield Saturday night – who’d have known!
Next day moving again, this time on the recommendation of nice man we head to nasig (spell check) on the second holiest river in India !! must be mentioned at this point that we have two aims, one to get to gokarna before Christmas and two - I really want to see the ellora caves that are in the middle of India on the way and nasig is on the way (sort of)
Took quite a long time, got local bus (which was funny) then got a hotel with a tv and had movie night (was late when we arrived) we all shaved a room again and watched two films die hard 4.0 (ok but 3rd time now I’ve seen it) and perfume (great film but very very very very very very very very strange ending watch it, you can also read the book which I’m told is rude!!)
First impressions of nasig was what the fuck are we doing here it was dark busy and probably smelly. Next day our impression hadn’t changed much when we went for a walk… thenl we stumbled across the Ghats (baths really) and all these people where there praying, watching, hanging out and I think we all just felt our spirits lift and realized it was well worth while coming to nasig. That was the highlight, rest of time we walked round, jenny and Emma danced and bought bangles. Then we moved again
Got the train to Augredabad (which from now on will be called oranjeboom for no other reason than I want to). Train was easy enough, I wasn’t in the mood for talking to Indians so put on head phones or got on top bunk and fiddled with guitar. Got to oranjeboom and I’d told ‘the gang’ that I would find a hotel that was very cheap and they should just have faith. Well the faith didn’t last very long :-) after an hour of walking along with their backpacks on there started to be some moaning in the ranks so we stopped walking around and got a hotel!!! Sharing a room again is keeping it cheap and is really good fun, although the beds space keeps getting smaller and smaller. Ended up going for a beer – we needed one. Had a bottle of Carlsberg that honestly tasted like pure sex!! Amazing, so guess what we did then. We got pissed! And skipped home in a long line, was a good night.
Now its today and we went to the ellora caves, we were all a little hungover today and a bit tired from all the traveling and drinking and stuff – its been about a week since we left pushkaar and we haven’t stayed in the same place more than one night, which is quite draining although we all having a really good time.
The ellora caves are a bunch of caves that have been dug out and turned into temples and stuff, quite amazing. Somebody has literally caved 3 story houses out of the mountains!!! Also had an Indian ice cream which was very tasty. Got back to oranjeboom and really struggled to book a sleeper bus in the direction we wanted to go at a price we were willing to pay but managed in the end. Going to solipur tonight at 10, arrive there at 6 then we have to get local buses another 300km to get to near where we’re going!!! Just waiting to go at the moment so I’ve come to internet may answer emails and then might have chai..
Generally
This last week and a bit has been really fun and quite hardcore we have missioned halfway across India having fun and seeing stuff, don’t think there is anywhere I would have liked to stay for longer and we’re going to make it to the beach for Christmas. Having lots of fun with everyone and has been the easiest bit of traveling with people I’ve done (get along really well with everyone) although hardest in terms of getting where we want to go as its Christmas. I’ve missed out so much stuff its sad but these entries are getting far to long
Extras
if your wondering about the title thats marks, jenny and emma new traveling names (i haven't got one yet ...)
Thanks for message tiff hope dad doesn’t turn that way ;-)
Don’t think this entry is my usual eloquent self but I’m tired and rushing, sorry.
Its nearly Christmas, can’t tell at all in India, haven’t heard any Christmas songs yet, going to make some crackers (lay style) – merry Christmas everyone. All Christmas monies can be posted to my mum (don’t bother with cards as I won’t read them just send money:)
Face India
Visited a animal sanctuary (very sad) and hospital (bit strange – they wanted to take me into the surgery room!!), to check them out for volunteers and meet people. The places are all free to volunteer in and people don’t have to come on the work camps, not 100% sure about model of organization.. No body has got back to me about website, wish they would, creating a volunteer journalist position for somebody to come to India and write ‘copy’ would be a brilliant opportunity for a wannabie journo. Love Manoj
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