ok-second time writing since power outages, forgive my poor typing because of my broken/sprained finger. quote of the day "no power no shower for 25 hour."
spent many hours recovering from our wounds from the wipeout(PLEASE BRING A VERY WELL STOCKED FIRST AID KIT WITH YOU HERE AND CHERISH IT WITH YOUR LIFE) while i shyly peered through the curtains watching the cleaning room boys play that indian game i've been wanting to try since ooty last year called gadam (i think). it's a square board with wood chips and holes at each corner. it's got geometric shapes on it and it's played like pool, except you flick your fingers instead. was hard for me because of my sprains - i have sprained 5 fingers so far. yoga is going to be a thrill when i get to kerala. so i mustered up the courage to watch the 4 of them play and they taught me. i will be playing many games with them, plus we can talk about bollywood films, which we all have in common here. i actually found a kamal hassaan shirt from "abhay" here, which probably means dick to most of you out there, but he is the finest actor in the entire world-better than brando, better than dinero.
last night we went to the saturday night market which goes till midnight. lots of european stalls charging european prices ( a skirt i wanted was 3800rps-80 bucks!!!! what am i in, london? beer stalls (the very best beer in all of india is called kings-NOT kingfisher, which is the budweiser of the east-i like to drink my beer, not puke it). we did find our italian bollywood poster collector who invited us to his museum mansion tomorrow to purchase some real shit-we already got 4 pieces, i just HAD to have the madhubala one after falling in love with her timeless beauty in mughal-e-azam. dilip kumar fell in love with her also, but she ended up marrying the most famous playback singer in all of india-kishore kumar. she had a hole in her heart and died before age 40.
SO if you all are planning a trip to magical india and you want to get the real indian experience, travel by bus, rickshaw, and train to places where westerners stay away from-agra, indore, tamil nadu, karnataka, kochi,trivandrum,mumbai, veranasi, rajastan, rishakesh, madhya pradesh, uttar pradesh, tibet and nepal. if you want to come here and not rub shoulders with indians or wipe your ass with your hand, head straight for goa or kovalam. you will feel at home, just like going to hawaii or costa rica. i prefer the real deal and i keep learning so much about this amazing land.
missing you my friends-
bindifry
email:ljhill11@yahoo.com
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