Wednesday, April 28, 2010

India, with Shiva..


Another crazy life adventure already over, 16 days in India and like that its over.
The days were filled with 5:30 am wake up calls to get on a bus that took the group of over 50 women and 7 men to Kalari classes, an ancient form of yogic Martial arts.
I mostly snapped away shots of the locals and the streets od Kerala when I jumped out into the madness on a hot and sweaty Indian day.

I was mostly confined to the beautiful  Manalatheeram resort, but when possible I ventured out into the wild yet peaceful backstreets of Kerala.

One Fun story is when the Taxi Driver, Roberto and I stopped off and got dome beers.
Drank them on the side of the road and then my apiphany was to find where they make coconut oil and buy some.
The driver said we needed a flask of some sort. I looked down and found a used whisky bottle, He found a cap and away we were swerving and flying through the unpaved streets.
It almost seems more fitting to be drunk when driving in india as that was the preferred style of driving anyway!

WE get to this little shack that had a huge drum and a spicket that let out fresh coconut oil.
I was excitedly interested in the process and asked to see the back of the store where I saw many people cracking coconuts and sitting laughing and talking while they worked.
not even complaining not having a chair to sit on.
They loves that I was so interested.
I doubt any foreigner ever even stepped into this store none the less get to see the process of how it is made and by whom.
Well now all that was captured and is waiting to be edited for Mindbody TV, among many other video experiences filmed while on this Indian Aventure.



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