Good evening and Hello ... Luke is off being bendy in a yoga class right now and since I don't bend I thought I'd break away from the snacking in our hotel and catch up on my correspondence ... correspondAnce ... (I shouldn't use words I can't spell ...)
So I can't believe that tomorrow is MARCH!! and that we've been in India for so long now. This has been that part of the trip for me that I have was very anxious for and truly wasn't sure if I was gonna make it out alive! But here we are and still enjoying ourselves thoroughly. The town we are in at the moment is called Rishakesh and (as I think Luke mentioned) is where Yoga orginated. We joined a class a few days ago together however since it is more of a power/strength class as opposed to a flexability class I wasn't really taking from the class what I would describe as the 'entire experience' - so I respectfully declined the remainder of the week ... and will start an Ashtanga class tomorrow which I am very excited for.
Hmmm ... turns out I have not so much to say ... back to the snacking I suppose - will write more soon I promise ... Much Love
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
hello everyone! First i'd like to appologize for such a long delay in the posts. We've just been travelling lots and haven't really had a chance to email anyone or anything. But we hope to get back into it again. So since we last left off in hampi...
Hampi was great. We had lots of fun climbing, slack lining and chilling out. Unfortunately Sam got sick our last few days and had to stay in bed for the last bit, but she got over it quick and is stronger than ever. We're looking at sammy 2.1! But seriously.
So we left hampi, took an over night bus to goa, then jumped on a flight to Jaipur. Jaipur was very awesome. We had a great time. Shopping, eating, drinking. great time. Although some of the people were a bit much... for example, our first morning walking to coffee we looked up and right in front of us, in the middle of the street, there was a litlle boy about 4 or 5 years old, pooing... ON THE SIDE WALK! screwed our morning right up. Before coffee!! Later that day a taxi driver says to me, "hello, are you from canada?" i was like "what the hell, yes, how do you know?" to which he responded "because you smell like it."!! Again, what the hell? he didnt get into it or explain, or anything only went on to tell us jokes like, "no wife, no life" "no honey, NO funny" then finished off with "no kitchen, no chicken!" and sam shouted over the rickshaw engine, "that doesnt rhyme!" lots of odd balls in Ragistan. We met lots of people that just wanted to hang out. Some times to the point where we were a little creeped out. Like this guy, who found out that sam tutors kids and i like music, and... oh my god, he teaches music to little kids! we were meant to hang out. He found out because his brother was our taxi driver two days earlier. so all of a sudden we're best friends, and this guys starts showing up, EVERYWHERE! Im serious. The first time at 8 am we were walking down this quiet street looking for tea, and this stranger runs across the road and is like "hello, are you from canada?" so of course i immediatley went to thinking that i need a better shower or to buy some cologne. But it turns out his brother described what i looked like. Tall and white. Pick that out of a line up! Well the guy continued to show up randomly over the next few days, on streets, restaraunts, memorials. Always wanting to hang out. Sounds sweet and innocent i know, but the guys approach creeped us out. And besides first thing he said (other than the opener) "was your canadian? ive been to europe! lets hang out!" well this all went on right up until valentines day, where he showed up three times that day and each time i had to explain that it was valentines day and that it was a day for couples to spent together, and "look into each others eyes over a candle," as another indian kid put it (they know what the day means, its bigger here than at home. there was an article the day of, describing how the govt is taking steps to cut down on puplic affection). Then he got a sad look on his face and said, "well, what do people who have no one do on valentines day?" haha i would have laughed right there if it wasnt a little sad. Anyways. As ive said. Jaipur was great. Lots of fun there. Random elephants walking down the street with face paint. Great markets and crazy temples.
Next on the list was a bus to agra, home of the Taj Mahal. The Taj was built in the mid 1600's. The emporer at the time was devistated when his second wife (who gave him 14 kids) died. He then built the Taj Mahal (her first name was Mahal)... over the next 20 something years, with the help of over 20, 000 workers and artists from all over Europe, Asia and India. Let me just say for all of you who havent seen the Taj Mahal. Every pic you see of it doesnt do it justice. You honestly CANT take a bad picture of it. Every picture you take makes it look like a faery tale image. Its really unbelievable. Sunrise and sunset. Even with the crowds, just breat taking.
From agra we went to Delhi. Now last time in delhi, i hated it. I think it made me hate india a little. But the change thats gone on there is amazing. I didnt recognize anything. The city is clean, theres grass that you can sit on! It was great. We spent 4 days there, lost in book shops, narrow winding streets, and crazy spice markets. One day we were walking back from the spice market and happened to walk down a pretty sketchy street, where Sam was whistled at, hooted at, kiss noised at, until one idiot drove slowly by and said "excuse me miss, can i have a kiss" and he and his three idiot friend erupted into laughter and giggled like little fancy pants boys (there are alot of them here) well Sam clicked, and emptied an entire litre bottle of water on them, and inside their car, that stopped them in their tracks, and then threw the bottle it self at the driver. Then we were the one doubled over laughing. Sam then went and bought a bottle a orange crush soda, and waited until the next horny goon came buy, this time it was a bike rickshaw driver (for those that dont know, rickshaw drivers, whether auto or bike, are the low point of most cities) he drove by and made a kiss noise from 2 feet away. Sam let it all out. The look of shock was priceless, i wish i could have had a picture for you all to see. Highlight of delhi
Well that takes us right up to now. We are in shimla. North of delhi and about 2200 - 2500 meters above sea level, and were freezing. Were wearing everyting we own and my hands are still numb and in the morning its like those really crappy camping days crawling out of you sleeping bag, and 4 blankets and trying to put on freezing pants. Ugh. Not pretty. But the views and sights are amazing.
Well anyways. Ive been ramblimb for a long time now. Ill stop. Hope you all great. We miss and love all of you.
Hampi was great. We had lots of fun climbing, slack lining and chilling out. Unfortunately Sam got sick our last few days and had to stay in bed for the last bit, but she got over it quick and is stronger than ever. We're looking at sammy 2.1! But seriously.
So we left hampi, took an over night bus to goa, then jumped on a flight to Jaipur. Jaipur was very awesome. We had a great time. Shopping, eating, drinking. great time. Although some of the people were a bit much... for example, our first morning walking to coffee we looked up and right in front of us, in the middle of the street, there was a litlle boy about 4 or 5 years old, pooing... ON THE SIDE WALK! screwed our morning right up. Before coffee!! Later that day a taxi driver says to me, "hello, are you from canada?" i was like "what the hell, yes, how do you know?" to which he responded "because you smell like it."!! Again, what the hell? he didnt get into it or explain, or anything only went on to tell us jokes like, "no wife, no life" "no honey, NO funny" then finished off with "no kitchen, no chicken!" and sam shouted over the rickshaw engine, "that doesnt rhyme!" lots of odd balls in Ragistan. We met lots of people that just wanted to hang out. Some times to the point where we were a little creeped out. Like this guy, who found out that sam tutors kids and i like music, and... oh my god, he teaches music to little kids! we were meant to hang out. He found out because his brother was our taxi driver two days earlier. so all of a sudden we're best friends, and this guys starts showing up, EVERYWHERE! Im serious. The first time at 8 am we were walking down this quiet street looking for tea, and this stranger runs across the road and is like "hello, are you from canada?" so of course i immediatley went to thinking that i need a better shower or to buy some cologne. But it turns out his brother described what i looked like. Tall and white. Pick that out of a line up! Well the guy continued to show up randomly over the next few days, on streets, restaraunts, memorials. Always wanting to hang out. Sounds sweet and innocent i know, but the guys approach creeped us out. And besides first thing he said (other than the opener) "was your canadian? ive been to europe! lets hang out!" well this all went on right up until valentines day, where he showed up three times that day and each time i had to explain that it was valentines day and that it was a day for couples to spent together, and "look into each others eyes over a candle," as another indian kid put it (they know what the day means, its bigger here than at home. there was an article the day of, describing how the govt is taking steps to cut down on puplic affection). Then he got a sad look on his face and said, "well, what do people who have no one do on valentines day?" haha i would have laughed right there if it wasnt a little sad. Anyways. As ive said. Jaipur was great. Lots of fun there. Random elephants walking down the street with face paint. Great markets and crazy temples.
Next on the list was a bus to agra, home of the Taj Mahal. The Taj was built in the mid 1600's. The emporer at the time was devistated when his second wife (who gave him 14 kids) died. He then built the Taj Mahal (her first name was Mahal)... over the next 20 something years, with the help of over 20, 000 workers and artists from all over Europe, Asia and India. Let me just say for all of you who havent seen the Taj Mahal. Every pic you see of it doesnt do it justice. You honestly CANT take a bad picture of it. Every picture you take makes it look like a faery tale image. Its really unbelievable. Sunrise and sunset. Even with the crowds, just breat taking.
From agra we went to Delhi. Now last time in delhi, i hated it. I think it made me hate india a little. But the change thats gone on there is amazing. I didnt recognize anything. The city is clean, theres grass that you can sit on! It was great. We spent 4 days there, lost in book shops, narrow winding streets, and crazy spice markets. One day we were walking back from the spice market and happened to walk down a pretty sketchy street, where Sam was whistled at, hooted at, kiss noised at, until one idiot drove slowly by and said "excuse me miss, can i have a kiss" and he and his three idiot friend erupted into laughter and giggled like little fancy pants boys (there are alot of them here) well Sam clicked, and emptied an entire litre bottle of water on them, and inside their car, that stopped them in their tracks, and then threw the bottle it self at the driver. Then we were the one doubled over laughing. Sam then went and bought a bottle a orange crush soda, and waited until the next horny goon came buy, this time it was a bike rickshaw driver (for those that dont know, rickshaw drivers, whether auto or bike, are the low point of most cities) he drove by and made a kiss noise from 2 feet away. Sam let it all out. The look of shock was priceless, i wish i could have had a picture for you all to see. Highlight of delhi
Well that takes us right up to now. We are in shimla. North of delhi and about 2200 - 2500 meters above sea level, and were freezing. Were wearing everyting we own and my hands are still numb and in the morning its like those really crappy camping days crawling out of you sleeping bag, and 4 blankets and trying to put on freezing pants. Ugh. Not pretty. But the views and sights are amazing.
Well anyways. Ive been ramblimb for a long time now. Ill stop. Hope you all great. We miss and love all of you.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
hello everybody.
hope your all doing well and the weather is great for you. we are now in hampi. great to be back here. i was here 6 and a half years ago and this is the first time for the others. i cant believe how much it has changed since i was here last. its wild. when i was here years ago, i would be the only climber out, maybe me and who ever i found at the guest houses that were here for the same reason. now, theres a whole guest house for climbers! when we go out to climb there are dozens of people out. and chalk EVERYWHERE! i cant believe it. and thats only the climbers every morning, where ever you look, you'll see somebody out on a rock with a camera waiting for sunrise, of some body doing yoga on a boulder. its crazy. there used to be monkeys and sadus out here, now just stoned climbers and yoga'ers with indian drug dealers looking for the next same. a little dissapointing but still pretty cool. its a beautiful and that cant be taken away.
the climbing is really nice. feels great for all of us to get soem exercise and muscle strain. climbing from 630am to about 900, then coffee and reading during the day and usually slack lining from 200 till 400 and then maybe more climbing. pretty nice lifestyle. but oh man. 2 and a half months of hot weather and high humidity and no climbing has made all of our fingers like a babys bottom. josh has been pissed cause we'll seriously get 6 climbs in and then our skin will be SCREAMING!!! haha. doesnt help that he doesnt get coffee till were climbing. haha. but as the days go the skin gets used to it again and the sessions last longer and longer. sams cousin juroska met up with us in goa and travelled with us to hampi and has been trying her hand at climbing. think shes enjoyed it. shes leaving today for bombay, we'll miss her.
so thats about it for now. just climbing and relaxing. probably leave her in the next week... for where? were not sure yet. oh! my camera has bit the dust! sucks. wont even turn on! so no pics for a while. at least not till we find a new one some where. anyways. hope your all well. lots of love to everyone.
LUKE
hope your all doing well and the weather is great for you. we are now in hampi. great to be back here. i was here 6 and a half years ago and this is the first time for the others. i cant believe how much it has changed since i was here last. its wild. when i was here years ago, i would be the only climber out, maybe me and who ever i found at the guest houses that were here for the same reason. now, theres a whole guest house for climbers! when we go out to climb there are dozens of people out. and chalk EVERYWHERE! i cant believe it. and thats only the climbers every morning, where ever you look, you'll see somebody out on a rock with a camera waiting for sunrise, of some body doing yoga on a boulder. its crazy. there used to be monkeys and sadus out here, now just stoned climbers and yoga'ers with indian drug dealers looking for the next same. a little dissapointing but still pretty cool. its a beautiful and that cant be taken away.
the climbing is really nice. feels great for all of us to get soem exercise and muscle strain. climbing from 630am to about 900, then coffee and reading during the day and usually slack lining from 200 till 400 and then maybe more climbing. pretty nice lifestyle. but oh man. 2 and a half months of hot weather and high humidity and no climbing has made all of our fingers like a babys bottom. josh has been pissed cause we'll seriously get 6 climbs in and then our skin will be SCREAMING!!! haha. doesnt help that he doesnt get coffee till were climbing. haha. but as the days go the skin gets used to it again and the sessions last longer and longer. sams cousin juroska met up with us in goa and travelled with us to hampi and has been trying her hand at climbing. think shes enjoyed it. shes leaving today for bombay, we'll miss her.
so thats about it for now. just climbing and relaxing. probably leave her in the next week... for where? were not sure yet. oh! my camera has bit the dust! sucks. wont even turn on! so no pics for a while. at least not till we find a new one some where. anyways. hope your all well. lots of love to everyone.
LUKE
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