Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Rajkumar lives on

Today I booked my one way ticket to Delhi. Though I don't travel for 5 weeks. The journey is 35hrs, that's two nights on the sleeper train. Should be fun.
I found a really big member of the cumcumber family.
I don't really like cumcumber but I just had to buy it.
I have it in the corner of my room. It cost about 8pence.
I went out for some more drinks, met a nice fella from Madras, and an Ozzie fella called Spencer or Carter or something like that. He was funny, just 19. He was really disappointed that there were so few girls in the pub. He expected to come away and get laid.
"India is sexless I explained. You have to wait till you are married".
It's quite hard to explain unless you see it for real to understand what I mean. I think generally they have fewer problems with not being as promiscuous as we are in the west....simpler and purer.
I read in the local paper that the Police had arrested 46 couples in a Bangalore park for lewd and inappropriate behavior. The main complaint was holding hands, one man was stroking his girlfriends hair...SHOCKING

Funny really for it is quite common to see men holding hands here. It is a sign of a very strong friendship, not a sign that they are fishing down the cod-less bum-well.
Anyway before I get censored I'll show you picture of Gonzo.
I went to the movies 2 nights ago. I have no idea what the film was called or what they were talking about. But it was quite funny.
They are movie crazy here. In Karnataka (the state), they speak Kannada (I can say a few words).
The 12th of April 2006 is an important date for the people of Karnataka. It was the "state" funeral of Karnatakas' most popular actor ever. Rajkumar was his name and he is still considered the most handsome man EVER to appear on the screen. He was still voted this when he was over 70. My personal favorite is the picture at the bottom 2nd from the right (I think he looks a bit like Scott but obviously not as handsom). It is guaranteed that on one channel you will find one of his movies every night, he made over 200. At his funeral there was so much chaos and mayhem that 8 of the 100s of thousands of fans died.
Anyway 12th April 2006 is also an important day for another reason.

On this day a Cosmonaught hit a golf ball in orbit.




Adios for now.

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