Thursday, November 29, 2007
bye, bye Bangalore
So this is my last day here in Bangalore. Tonight I am flying to Delhi again. I will spend one day there, saying good-bye to everyone and buy a sweater or something :) Because on Saturday then, I finally go to Darjeeling.
My flight back to Germany will be on Wednesday morning and I will arrive at 6.50 am (5/12/07) in Frankfurt. I hope now, I do not have to tell everybody when I am coming back anymore :)
So I will enjoy my last hours here now and then pack my stuff.
have a nice day.
Pill
Monday, November 26, 2007
trip to Tibet
Back in Madikeri I took a bus to Kushalnagar from where the Tibetan villages are easier to reach. The bus ride was one of the most exciting ones I had over here, as the bus driver really want to test the absolute speed limit you could go with this bus downhill! I have to admit that I was really
scared at some point but although it was a fun ride. I actually really reached the roof f the bus with my head sometimes. In Kushalnagar then I took a rickshaw to the first Tibetan village, called Namdroling.
I visited the golden
The next village I visited was Sera. Roughly 5000 Monks live there and in the immediate vicinity and it is really funny to walk through this village and all the people you see are monks :)
It got finally time to look for a place to stay for the night, but the problem is that you need permission for doing that. This permission of course takes a few months to get it, so I did not even think of applying for that. My plan was to stay in a Buddhist Centre, but when I asked there for a room and admit that I do not have a permit, the first word the Tibetan guy said was "scheisse" :) He really was a funny guy and gave me a room though. If I got caught it would not have looked good for both of us (see the sign). He told me to wait until its dark and to hide from any Jeep I see on the street, because that would be the police on its daily patrol.
Pretty excited after all I went out after six o'clock to go to the main temple. The Tibetan guys at the Buddhist Centre told me that I was really fortunate to come at this time, because at the moment there is a Puja (not the same as a Hindu-Puja) at the
The next morning I had breakfast with some monks and went to explore the city. After lunch I said good-bye to everyone and hopped onto a Bus back to
So that was my last weekend here in Bangalore and on Thursday my time here for the internship is already over. Looking back the time really rushed by. So Thursday I leave for
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
short update
there is not much to say about last weekend because I basicly stayed in Bangalore. I had so much work last week that I had to work a bit on the weekend, too.
On Saturday me and my two roommates went downtown for some shopping. In the evening we tried to go out to some diso. But you have to know that this is much more difficult here then you might think.
As a single man or girl you won't get into any disco. They just allow couples! I still do not get this but what could we do? the only chance to get into a club, as a single, is to pay for a woman. As we were on a low budget this night we did not do this ;)
So we went to some pub. Then they closed. I am serious. At 10:30 they told us that this will be the last order. At 11:30 we got kicked out and there was police all over the place. As you see it was not a long night but it was fun though and we had some beer at least :)
So now I only have two weeks left and next weekend it will be my last weekend in Bangalore! I will try to reach a little Tibetan village next weekend and by next Thursday fly back to Delhi. Then I will already be done with my work here.
In Delhi I will stay one day to visit some friends and then fly on to Darjeeling where I might see the Mount Everest:)
So far
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
French Pondichery
After that I had a huge lunch and went back to Bangalore. This week is very stressy again and I am really looking forward to the next weekend :)
Friday, November 9, 2007
Happy Diwali!
The story about Diwali is very long and no one knows it exactly, I think. You here different versions but it does not seem to be a problem. What every story has in common is that it is about Krishna :)
This week was realy busy for me. I shifted my appartement and now I am with an other intern and an Indian colleague in one flat. I do not have a maid anymore so my room stays a mess all day. Unfortunately I realized that I am pretty confortable with that and I feel more like home then before. There are still many things to organise and they take for ages here.
Yesterday I visited the new airport and it was a kind of a gooseflesh felling to see this big project and to know that you are working on that at the moment. I would like to see it when it is finished. We also raced the runway with our car, which I think I wont be able to do again in my life ;).
In a couple of minutes the whole company goes for a Diwali-Lunch. Lots of food again I guess :) I maybe upload some pictures of my room and my roommaid, a liitle gecko, which I named Wilhelm.
By the way, I uploaded some prictures at "Welcome to Boulder Paradise" so check it out and thats it for now.
Happy Diwali once again.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Welcome to Boulder Paradise :)
P.S.: I will upload more pictures this week and maybe write some more but the internet connection here really sucks.