November 19, 2009
People think that living in Goa India is all beaches, sand and sun…. but there’s a lot more to this place then you would think.
Once you step a few feet off the beach you enter a whole new world. A place filled with pigs running around eating trash, cows eating trash, water buffalo doing whatever they do (which I’m still not sure what that is?) monkeys jumping from tree to tree and breaking into peoples houses to steal stuff, kids playing and local man just sitting around waiting for something to happen, and for someone to do their work for them!
I kind of feel like Ace Venture the pet detective. There are all sorts of animals wondering around my house. Last night when I came home I found a white cow in my yard eating leaves off a small tree and some stray dogs sleeping on my doorstep. Today some monkeys broke into my house and trashed my kitchen and threw my brand new masala cooking spices all over the floor, not that I ever would have actually got around to using them since I don’t know how to cook. Also as I was taking a shower a water buffalo with their normal stupid face expression stared at me through the window as I took a shower. This place is starting to grow on me in a good way. Nothing here is what we would call “normal” and I love that!
In the first week of being here I have got myself a 2-bedroom house with a kitchen, Internet, cell phone, car and one nice tan! Not bad for one week!
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November 14, 2009
Day 1 - 1:30pm
After a few flight delays (a poor old man had a heart attack and died during the flight), I finally made it to Palolem Beach Goa! My plan was to make it here right before sunset, but unfortunately due to the delays I made it here about 20 minutes after the sun went down. So after a long long night of rest, this is my first sight of the beach. I just sat down at my favorite restaurant on the beach.
“Hello Sir”… no response “Hello, what would you like to eat?”… no response “Are you ok sir?” It took me a while to realize the waiter was talking to me, I completely zoned out and got lost in the sound of the waves crashing against the shore and the way the sun light flickers of the water and the feeling of the cool ocean breeze against my face… this place is truly magical!
Even my pet cow Betsy is out enjoying the lovely weather while trying to scam a free sack from the new tourists that find it interesting to have cows on a beach.
I’m not sure if it’s the fresh earthy air here, but I woke up today feeling healthy and alive, so I decided to start my day out right with a nice workout that included the dreaded 8-minute abs!
I now just finished a somewhat healthy breakfast of Muesli, yogurt and fruit with fresh orange juice. The only thing that’s left to do now is get some much needed sun and a long walk down the beach!
Return to Paradise is now in full effect!
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November 6, 2009
I wrote this blog 4 days before I left Africa… so here goes.
10/29/09 Mali, Central Africa
A week and half later we are finally in real Africa… or at least what you would think Africa would look like. We have left the deserts of northern Africa and its Muslim brothers behind and now are officially in sub Sahara Africa!
West Africa is whizzing by at an alarming pace as the kilometers tick away. The smiles are getting bigger and brighter the further we push south. After spending the last 5 years traveling as an American under the Bust administration… I must say I need to send a personal shout out to Obama…. “Thank you!”
Obamamania is in full effect here in Africa. Never before has it been such a cool thing to be traveling as an American… but before I go too far, this is still only Africa… the rest of the world is still on the fence!
Tensions are running high… the group is now splitting up. Nico and Kim are going their separate way, leaving Sam, John and myself in 1 car to continue on this ever growing pointless mission.
UPDATE 11/6/09 Barcelona, Spain
After coming to grips with where this trip was headed, I finally made the decision to cut the West Africa trip short and save it for another day when the time and friends are right. It’s now time for India and some much needed good food and friendly faces! But before India I had to make a stop off in Barcelona to meet with my designer and sort out a few things before I leave for mother India.
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