Blogs from Asia - page 13021

Ja, da var de goodbye Kerala och hello Karnataka.. en 5 timmars tag resa fran Calicut.. men som vanligt var det igen forsinkelse pa toget o turen blev ca 6-7 timmar istallet.. men med fina landskap, intressanta med passasgerare och snacks sa gar turerna pa togen relativt snabbt.. Pa denna turen traff vi 3 unga studenter som nyss hade startat engelsk kurser och var veldigt ivriga o snakka med oss... til tide hade vi svaart och forsta varann, men det mest komiska var da han ene fragade oss om vi hade sett noen coconut trees i India.. hm.. hela kusten i Kerala er ju bara et eneste hav av coconut palms.. sa jag vet nu inte hur bra hans engelska egentligen var... Hotell Manorama blev vaart bosted de 2 foljande netterna.. fint, billigt o bra.. ... read more

Hi guys, Not going to rabbit on too much as we have just put on loads of photos and they can pretty much tell the story of what we have been up to since our last blog. Most importantly it was great to see Vicky and Simon who came out to Sri Lanka it up with us in our first week here. It was a shame they could only stay a week, but we hope they got a good taste for the country in their time here, particularly the famous rice and curry! As the photos will probably show we are still having a fantastic time, bit sad we only have a few days left, but also looking forward to getting away from the searing sun and annoying insects that still only bite me and not ... read more

Christina here: Last week I got some amazing footage of another outreach of this family: Giving food, blankets, vitamins and money to lepers from the community. I expertly filmed their wholistic distribution, and somehow captured the essence of a sacred humanity: serving hearts and love poured out in tangible form. My video camera was everywhere, missing no caring glance, no outstretched hand being filled by saintly servants. This might possibly be the most beautiful video ever shot. I'll get an Academy Award, at least, but this is not about me--- The important thing is, I did a rough edit on the office computer here, and they held city-wide viewings, projecting it onto a huge sheet in the field they use for gospel crusades. At first, people just came to see what was going on, but then ... read more

A month on the Andaman islands seemed to be quite a long time. But now, when I look back, it is simply incredible how quickly these weeks have passed by... At the 10th of February I arrived in Port Blair, the little capital of the Andaman islands. It was obvious for me from the beginning on that the life on these little islands east of the mainland is very different. The omnipresent overcrowdedness of India does not apply here and the pace of life is way slower. It was not surprising to find out that they even have a "siesta". From 1 pm to 4 pm all the little shops on the islands are closed. I wrote my last e-mails from Port Blair and visited the so called "cellular jail" in town, where the independence fighters ... read more

voor de mensen die het niet gezien hebben, de vorige entry is bijgewerkt. Ergens in China: We blijven onze ogen uitkijken, of het nu in een stad is van een paar miljoen inwoners of het kleine (300.000) Yangshuo waar we tot gisteren waren. In Chengdu is het warm! We slapen in een geweldig hostel vlakbij de Wenshu tempel, een boeddhistisch klooster uit de Tang dynastie. Een dorp op zich met vegetarisch restaurant, theetuin en winkeltjes. Hier is het lentefeest in volle gang. Met een kop thee in de theetuin genieten we van de zon en kijken we naar wat er gebeurt om ons heen. Grote families zitten samen te eten, vrienden spelen mahjong of kaarten. Een meneer wuift naar de jongen die rondloopt om heet water bij te vullen, een oude vrouw vraagt of we zonnebloempitten ... read more