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Posted by tamlaold | 1st March 2009
Om Shanti & G'day,
Well here I am in sunny India, about 3 weeks into my trip and have got to quite a few places already.
I arrived the 11th February with a somewhat superficial eye injury..........(but there was blood) to be picked up from Trivandrum by Bosco's father. His family are as lovely as he is and I was made to feel right at home. I was taught how to eat with one hand, taken to buy a Salwar Kameez but ended up with 2 and some yoga gear.
Saturday we went to Moongode a small village where Bosco's Mum is from as they were celebrating the Church's patron saint, Saint Sebastian. Meera and I went onto Varkala, a sea side town but not over run by tourists. The sea there is called Papanashini and according to legend if you bathe in it you will be absolved of all sins of the boday & soul. I however on went for a a paddle............ oh well. We later retuyrned to Mongode for the procession, it was fantastic noisy and bright.
Sunday was time to run away and join the Ash