Bindu's Repose

Goan Awal

It's been too long! So much to report and yet another full day... at least a day away from the computer... full with the beach and swimming, and poi, and motorcycle rides up the coast to find a restaurant run by a German lady :)

My last few weeks in Pune were quite intense, had short and sweet relationship. Worked on my friend, Dilip's, internet cafe and had my last two wisdome teach pulled, one at a time, one week apart. Also tried to go for a tandem Paragliding flight a few times (with Dilip) but the wind wasn't right.

After being in the commune (resort) for a while I definately started feeling how much I create a daily schedule... I started getting very bored...

I took a bus from Pune to Panchgani (sp?) for a few days at an realy sweat Eco Camp... Tents overlooking a beautifull ravine! It was quiet a magical experience. I got to the bus station early and hoped to get an earlier bus, but that didn't happen so I ended up sitting arround for two hours watching the life of a metropolitan Indian bus station... Heh... Then 3 hours on the deulux bus (yeah right)... And get to Panchgani... I started on the 10 minute walk to the camp, halfway there someone calls my name. A paraglider I had met a few weeks before was driving into town in the Eco Camp Jeep for grocaries... So I hitched a lift to camp and we caught up with good home made chai on their porch (what an amazing view!!!) The wind came up and we rushed off so I could have a tandem flight... WOW!!! It was amazing... It wasn't very long, but was enough to pique (sp?) my interest in learning to Paraglide... Afterwards, Gerard (french tandem pilot who took my up) invited a bunch of us to dinner at a fancy local hotel... Or should I say the fancy local hotel... He had given the managers free flights and in return they gave everyone dinner and a movie... James Bond in comfy leather couches... Somehow, not very Indian... but it was a blast...

The next few days were relaxing... The trip to Goa was a bit of a fiasco... Took a Taxi for 3 hours over the mountains to Khed. Then waited for two hours for my train. No trains went through the station until the exact time of my train. I was so impressed with the timelyness that I got on the train... Ooops... wrong train. Four hours later on the slowest train in the world I got off at Ratnagiri, so that I could call the cab driver I had booked so he didn't drive the 1 hour to pick me up and then not find me... Wasn't sure if I would have to stay there overnight or not. Ended up getting a ticket for 6:20pm... The train finally arived at 8:20pm... Shesh... The rest of the journey was short and sweet... I slept the whole way :)

Spent the night in Panaji and then came to Candolim. Have been here for a couple days... More levels of relaxation... Playing poi on the beach. Eating yummy food. Went for a lovely moonlight walk on the beach last night... Then the moon dissapeared... not sure how that happened. At first it was bright white and then it just got oranger and oranger (is that a word :)... Then it was gone... The stars were still out, and we could still see the lights of the boats out on the ocean... It was back when I woke up in the middle of the night...

I have some pictures, but am finding it hard to find somewhere where I can upload them. Will keep trying to get them posted.

Tons of love to you all!

-- Bindu

Posted by binduwavell at March 8, 2003 01:49 AM