Blogs from Pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia - page 10

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, this weekend was a bit crazy and I wasn't in my room much except to sleep. We finally have a room with internet connection in it, so I will be updating more frequently from here on out. I'll pretty much be updating you on small things that happen during the week, but mostly the weekend. All I do during the week is teach, and hang out in the office before a nice dinner and bed. Not as thrilling as one would imagine for being in India. But, I'm here to train, not to be a roving reporter; so on to my update! After seeing how crazy the traffic was here, I had to question why I never saw an accident, then it hit me. Quite litterally actually. Well not ... read more

No one said ours was going to be into 10 dgeree temperatures with wind and traffic in our faces. We happened to mix up our gate, rather than being dropped off at Gate 2, we proceeded to 3, and ended up walking about 4 city blocks in in the freezing cold weaving our way through traffic to our correct gate. But enough of my complaining; we got to ride in business class. This also gave us access to the business lounge, which ... well it wasn't much to look at, but we got free drinks out of it. Pat and I took the liberty of being snobbish with our business "elite" status. Pushing commoners out of the way, scoffing at the peons who had to sit in coach. Ok, so we weren't that bad, but it ... read more

few travel journals because few travels!!! still in pune...surprised, huh?? gently and softly peeling down more layers and creating abundantly authentic juicy, loving space. long, full days of meditation, sharing, swimming, learning, dancing and sweating and even ping-pong oh, and of course hugging and laughing. i have a cozy room in a clean, modest flat shared with sweet fernanda from mexico. it's nice to have my own kitchen and clean bathroom shared with one other and a giant tree towering outside my window. the birds sing different tunes and rise a bit earlier, i can recall the first time i heard these songs 6 years ago and felt so touched by the vast differences of the sounds...i am still touched even if at 5:00 in the morning they blend in with rickshaws and motorbikes. i forgot ... read more

We just got our first semester exam results. Passed. We guys wanted to celebrate by going on a one day trip. Our college party manager Mr. Nishant planned out a trip to Murud janjira. The problem is twofold. One is that we need people to go with and second is to book a bus to reach there. Well after persuading fellow Yumbeeyeaas, we got a group of 16. We also booked a van (I am lying. we haven't booked yet!!) . After booking the van, now the group is split into two. One wants to go on a overnight journey. the second wants to start early in the morning. The first group argues that we can see the morning sunrise( despite the fact that we are on the west coast and the sun rises in the ... read more

8 déc. Encore un déjeuner club-sandwich débordant d’oignons ce matin. Et je m’enfile aussi un "italien espresso" dans un café occidentalisé de style ‘’Second Cup’’. La décision est prise: on quitte Mumbai pour se rendre à Pune. On se fraye un chemin comme on peut dans le "Victoria train station". Je suis à deux poils de pogner les nerfs. Trop d’informations trop rapidement. Et pis il y a trop de monde dans ma bulle d’occidental. Vite vite, on monte dans le train, question de s’assoir et de respirer enfin. 4h45 de train à faire. On discute avec un jeune indien durant tout le trajet. Le brillant jeune intello nous raconte l’histoire de l’Inde, de sa période Moghol jusqu’ à l’indépendance de 1947. Il nous raconte Shiva, Gandhi, la tolérance de l’hindouisme, etc. Enfin, une discussion intelligente ... read more