Blogs from Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia - page 9

A tanfolyamok kozott adodott 3 nap szabad, melyet a jol megerdemelt alvasra, kiterjesztett beachen toltott reggelekre, a tank melletti kajalgatasra, es az utolso nap egy gyonyoru csonakturara forditottunk India venlencejeben,a Keralai Backwaters nevu kanalisrendszeren. Ez egy komoly, osszessegeben tobb szaz kilometer hosszu kanalis halozat, mely durvan Alappey es delen Trivandrum kozott halad a tengerpartra merolegesen, es nagyobb, durvabb forgalmu, motorcsonakos fobb csapasokbol, valamint elfelejtett kisebb szakaszokbol all. A kisebb szakaszokat erdemes tobb napos lakohajos formaban behajozni, mert teljes nyugalmat, erintetelen, a Tiszato es a holtagak hangulatat Inidai verzioban rekrealo termeszetet, legeleszo teheneket, csodalatos madarvilagot, es nyugodt kis falvakat tekinthet meg az ember elso kezbol. Az egyike a top 10 dolgoknak, amit indiaban erdemes csinalni. Mi egy delutanra m... read more

A Mezogazdasagrol. Nagyon nagy vonalakban, a vilag mezogazdasaganak nagy resze ma Eszak es Delamerika, Europa, India, Kina es Oroszorszag termekeny teruletein folyik. Tulnyomo resze erosen gepesitett, kozpontositott, regionalis es kormanykozi megallapodasok altal iranyitott. Az eszak es delamerikai valamint az azsiai piacokon a legnagyobb jatekos egy Monsanto nevu ceg, ra lehet keresni nyugodtan. A Monsanto torteneterol annyit, hogy szazeves vegyszergyarto konszern, a Vietnami haboruban az "Agent Orange" neven elhiresult erdoirtot ok gyartottak, mellyel a jobb hadi latokepesseg erdekeben bombaztak az amcsik vietnamot, (a bombazott falubeliek ma is csernobil szeru tunetekkel hozzak vilagra gyermekeiket), majd attertek a DDT-re, aminek a bioszkonyvben (remelem meg) tanitjak a tortenetet. Ezutan a ket jotetemeny utan jott a Roundup es a Roundup Ready nevu csodatermenyuk a 90 es evekben... read more

How quickly the rest of the trip has passed....I come home in 1 week!! Before this blog turns into another short novel, I want to tell you about a unique experience I was fortunate enough to have in Mumbai. It started one innocent night in Nepal, having dinner with Juka, a fellow traveler. She told me she made a contact with an NGO in Mumbai, called CORP, that helps the poorest people living in the Dharavi slum, which is the biggest in all of Asia, home over to 1 million people. Her plan was on raise whatever money she could from her friends and family back home and bring a Christmas meal to families in the slum that should cost about $1 per family. I immediately decided to help and sent out my own emails (which ... read more

BEACH BEACH BEACH BEACH! Finally the wait for sand, sea and sunshine is well and truly over! After a long old haul down from Kolkata... long taxi ride stuck in traffic to airport, 3.5 hr flight (felt so good to be up in the air) 2hr bus journey into Bangalore, 10min Rickshaw ride when we realised we needed to get to train station and couldn't waste time in the city, 18 hour train journey (one of the best so far) and then we were in Kerela! Woohoo.... although our first stop, even if only for 24 hours - trivandrum, wasn't exactly a great first stop with nothing going on, no cheap hotel rooms and a hot sweaty air that weighed us down! So we jumped on a local bus and took the half hour journey to ... read more

So we arrived safely in Varkala and after a lot of searching we found our b&b "BKs" , the area was like a maze. We spent the first day in Varkala walking around, on the beach, getting bitten by mosi's and getting sunburnt. On the 2nd evening we met Artiste Joshe at the Kerala Coffee house...a typical lonely planet kindof place i'm quickly getting used to/sick of. Anyways Joshe was a Yoga guru who invited us to some early morning yoga which we did. We met him and some other tourists in a hotel block and did at least 3 hours of yoga i was exhausted, it was so hot and tiring, at least we gave it a try. After this we went to the hindu temple next door there was a tree covered in little ... read more