Thursday, March 12, 2009

The last hurrah:

After traveling all over India, including on it's capital (Delhi) and
largest city (Mumbai) I finally found a wireless signal 100 yards from
the ocean. A little hotel restaurant right near where I was staying
had wifi. And it was free if you ate there! I had eat breakfast
anyways, so I figured I could also send out the posts that had been
accumulating in my iPhone in anticipation of this apparently hard to
locate service.

I uploaded as many posts and pictures as I could as my battery was
about to run out and I wanted to save a little juice "just in case".
My plan was to catch both buses this time, and then a cab the last leg
to the airport.

I teamed up with a couple Israelis on my 1.5 km walk out of town who
happened to be headed the same way. I figured safety in numbers... or
misery in company, depending on the outcome. Thankfully both bus
rides, along with the transition were uneventful. On one of the buses
the quote, "If you wish to love people, never judge them" was posted.
I love that there are positive messages like that everywhere you go;
we could use more of that in America.

I killed some time in Panaji before going to the airport. The town was
mostly dead due to the Holi holiday. I did, however, meet a friend
while I sat along the river side. He gently applied a small amount of
dye to my forhead and cheeks in celebration of Holi. Happy Holi!

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