So we took the overnight bus to Udupi. It ended up not being a sleeper bus like we thought, instead there were just seats that reclined back very far and having long legs made this uncomfortable. Anyway, did sleep well, or at all. I dont no i think it was a combination of the seating and the very loud bollywood movie playing- haha.
We got to Udupi just as i starting to fall asleep- around 6:30 am. We got a rikshaw and headed to the Sri Krishna temple where we stayed, for free, at the guest house. Udupi was such a great town. It was quiet and very nice. I liked the temple so much and really enjoyed chanting my jappa there.
On the second day we took an adventure out to see this guy who was a puppeteer. We thought we were going to a store but instead we arrived at his house where he builds and stores all his puppets. The craft has been in his family for 350 years and it not only perseves a family lineage but it perserves vedic culture. With his puppetts his tells stories like the mahabarata and we had the pleasure of watching a clip of his performance.
Now we are at the ebach in Varkala and wow its so beautiful- its touristy though. There are a lot of people from europe here, so you almost forget that your in India. Regardless, we are enjoying our last few days here, swimmin gon the beach, eating fruit, napping in hammocks, so nice. I think ending the trip this way will make me not want to come home to the cold!
1 comment:
daisymae
Hey Sam, your trip sounds amazing and kinda wish I was on a beach, but the skiing is fantastic in the woods with plenty of beautiful fluffy snow. Patrick stayed with me last night. He was in Montreal and was driving back to RI and decided to crash at my place. It was nice to hang with him without other family y'know just one on one. He's off to Australia for the semester. So, a friend of mine who is a state senator and also runs a business called Putney Student Travel, I think I might've talked to you about this org. before, told me to have you contact them about taking some kids to Tanzania this summer. It could be interesting and you'd make money. The website is goputney something like that. His name is Peter Shumlin and I told him you shprecken sie swahili. Anyway, have a safe travel home. I love reading your travel snippets. Take care love you Michael
Post a Comment