We have had a lot of rain since coming. There are days that April and I have been out biking when the rain started. We became soaked. Then there are days when it warms up and this brings bthe mosquitos out. As I wrote this, I am continoulsy slapping the little buggers whe are so aggressive they will even bite through your clothes.
The other neagtive is that the air is so humid, nothing really dires. When you go to sleep, the bed clothes are a but damp.
One of the guests here the other nught went to bed only to find a small green snake sharing his space. He jumped quickly feeling the snale had priority.
Every day they deliver the Indian national paper as well as the regional one. Change the names and you would think you were back at home - headlines about incompetent politicians; people being charged with crimes; latest celebrity gossip along with racey pictures (at least racey on Indian terms) even the usually qualified celebrity offering marriage advice. Could be the Calgary Sun although there is no sunshine girl but maybe they haven't thought of it yet.
The dominant cultures visiting in this area are French and German. These are the languages from outside India you will hear the most. Not that many North Americans.
There is a delightful 19 or 20 year old Italian girl here who grew up in Bali with her father and step mother along with hal sibs. She is in her third year of travel around south asia. She is truly a wandering soul who has no plans to settle down to anything other than wandering and doing volunteer work at various NGOs. She leaves here today to go to a forest where she will plant trees for a month in exchange for food and lodging. There are many such young people here. There are also many who just wander from beach to beach.
There is also a little boy here of International prentage, about 10 years of age who appears quite bright but I am sure he is a future client of some therapist. He is the most obnoxious kid, no boundaries who boasts of killing a crow because he was dared to do it for R10 (or $0.02). Completely ineffective mother who refers to hi as darling. A Case Study.
By comparison there is a family from Belgium. The father is a professor of Film Studies and the mother is doing her PhD. He is returning to university in a few days where he will have 150 oral exams to give. She and the children stay as she is doing her research here. She does school with teh children daily with materials that their school e-mails regularly.
Spent yesterday at the beach with an Australian who studies cities, a German social worker, a Dutch university adminstrator and dance instructor - such are the groups that you meet here.
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