Black Death
Sorry not to have written in the past few days....I've been busy again. Most recently I have been trying to figure out how to go about getting a new ATM card since I have misplaced the only one I brought. Yeah....
It looks like Ellyn is going to have to somehow get me a new one and send it to me here in India. Right now, I have about $30, so that should last me about a week and a half. Ellyn, the clock is ticking. .....tick......tock....tick.....tock.
On Saturday night I was invited by an Indian friend to go to a concert in Pondicherry. I enthusiastically said yes and proceeded to get really psyched to listen to some Indian music. At 7pm, we biked into Pondi and arrived at the concert just as it was starting. The first band was a group of guys from Bangalore and they covered songs from Guns and Roses, Pearl Jam, Metallica, and other American rock and heavy metal groups. It was......interesting. Following this, we decided to take a quick break to grab a few cocktails. Upon returning to the concert we were happy to see a new group on stage. This group, "Black Death", was a group of dudes from Madras. They played all original songs (rock) and at the end of the night I found myself moshing/headbanging with a bunch of Indian guys. It was the shizzznit. I did some of my token moves on the grass in front of the stage, one of which involved me giving simultaneous high fives to two different guys at one time. Note: the concert was 95% male (98% of which had moustaches) and 5% female. Following is a picture of Pondicherry at night and a picture of "Black Death" on stage.
Oh yeah, at the end of the night when I returned home, we had an encounter with a scorpion, which we decided to sentence to death in honor of "Black Death".
On Sunday I went to the beach villa of some Italians that I had met. They were having a Pizza Party fundraiser to raise money for the Auroville Radio Station. The house/villa was ridonk. It was a thatch/concrete mix with an unbelievable lettuce (various types) and basil garden. They made homemade pizzas in their stone oven and also cooked up some fish and chicken. It was pretty amazing food. Although we were at the beach we didn't actually go onto the beach because 1) the sand was too hot, and 2) apparently the local villagers shit all over this part of the beach so it's not really that conducive to "beaching it".
Following is a picture of village women walking up the road with bundles of sticks on their heads and a picture of a pond that I saw.
Lastly, frogs and lizards live with me. Although I don't always see them, I see their feces so I know that they are there. On the first night I was here, there was one tree frog hanging out in the bathroom the entire time I was having diarrhea (every hour). That night must have been great for him/her.
I start my research in the villages this afternoon.
PS- In the state I am in, Tamil Nadu, the people speak Tamil instead of Hindi, so they say "Vanakum" instead of "Namaste".
PPS- I often pick up Indian hitchhikers when I am riding my bike. Sometimes I even stop and offer people rides even if they are not hitchhiking. Everyone is grateful.
It looks like Ellyn is going to have to somehow get me a new one and send it to me here in India. Right now, I have about $30, so that should last me about a week and a half. Ellyn, the clock is ticking. .....tick......tock....tick.....tock.
On Saturday night I was invited by an Indian friend to go to a concert in Pondicherry. I enthusiastically said yes and proceeded to get really psyched to listen to some Indian music. At 7pm, we biked into Pondi and arrived at the concert just as it was starting. The first band was a group of guys from Bangalore and they covered songs from Guns and Roses, Pearl Jam, Metallica, and other American rock and heavy metal groups. It was......interesting. Following this, we decided to take a quick break to grab a few cocktails. Upon returning to the concert we were happy to see a new group on stage. This group, "Black Death", was a group of dudes from Madras. They played all original songs (rock) and at the end of the night I found myself moshing/headbanging with a bunch of Indian guys. It was the shizzznit. I did some of my token moves on the grass in front of the stage, one of which involved me giving simultaneous high fives to two different guys at one time. Note: the concert was 95% male (98% of which had moustaches) and 5% female. Following is a picture of Pondicherry at night and a picture of "Black Death" on stage.
Oh yeah, at the end of the night when I returned home, we had an encounter with a scorpion, which we decided to sentence to death in honor of "Black Death".
On Sunday I went to the beach villa of some Italians that I had met. They were having a Pizza Party fundraiser to raise money for the Auroville Radio Station. The house/villa was ridonk. It was a thatch/concrete mix with an unbelievable lettuce (various types) and basil garden. They made homemade pizzas in their stone oven and also cooked up some fish and chicken. It was pretty amazing food. Although we were at the beach we didn't actually go onto the beach because 1) the sand was too hot, and 2) apparently the local villagers shit all over this part of the beach so it's not really that conducive to "beaching it".
Following is a picture of village women walking up the road with bundles of sticks on their heads and a picture of a pond that I saw.
Lastly, frogs and lizards live with me. Although I don't always see them, I see their feces so I know that they are there. On the first night I was here, there was one tree frog hanging out in the bathroom the entire time I was having diarrhea (every hour). That night must have been great for him/her.
I start my research in the villages this afternoon.
PS- In the state I am in, Tamil Nadu, the people speak Tamil instead of Hindi, so they say "Vanakum" instead of "Namaste".
PPS- I often pick up Indian hitchhikers when I am riding my bike. Sometimes I even stop and offer people rides even if they are not hitchhiking. Everyone is grateful.
posted by Jon at 00:51
6 Comments:
jon, thanks for reminding me how very immature i am - i laugh every time you mention a bowl movement (which, by the way, is quite often).
yikes! also known as "bowel" movement.
keep on movin, bro.
Well, the girls now have diarrhea. It makes me think of you. Awww--how sweet, huh?
I love the picture of the water lilies. Great choice to do it in color.
Sounds like your trip is all that you'd hoped for and more thus far.
Miss you.
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jon! hare ram. you are safe and well it seems. i just looked at your blog for the first time. truly amazing. i look forward to reading it each day at lunch. more photos!
om shanti
*hi-five (with prolonged happiness)
I'm back to reading the blog after a brief hiatus for some various activities (moving into the new house, meeting pedro, spreading my tentacles, etc). Will be dropping comments frequently in between cutting off mouse heads and playing with their brains. Quite interesting and tedious stuff.
Trip sounds great...keep with the updates.
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