Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Chronotherm Iv Fan Will Not Shut Off Setting



Good day my dear fellow,

welcome to the latest edition of "Felix in India alone," probably one of the last of this type that the huge adventure on Wednesday the 22th August, a related end.

But before that, a small outline of the last 2 weeks. Last weekend I traveled with Daniel, Andrea and "Schürli" (a form of Austrian Georg) and Yuki (from Japan) to Gokarna. Gorkarna is about 3 hours by train (from Kundapur) in north and has, after many individual tourists were enttauescht of the commercialization of Goa and went to look for something similar, as the tip for Traveler developed. Originally Gokarna was a pilgrimage city for devout Hindus. Even now you see them in the streets even more than tourists (at least the monsoon season), but several big hotels already under construction.

main attraction are the beaches in Gokarna, four in number, of which the first two are accessible only on foot.

After arriving by train to Gokarna, we took a taxi to the city first. Here, most train stations are in fact always the case outside the 5 km. At the edge of Gokarna, we were stopped at the police station and should show our passports, and register us. Actually, no problem if not simply rely on two of my nice colleagues forget their passports or copies. So we were first called to the interior and the "main commissioner" had shown it. We could then cope with the situation quite well, because the commissioner was an avid coin collector and made us go against the publication of several Euromuenzen. Well, that is India. I think in an emergency, it would also have 500 rupees (about 10 €) done:)


After we had explored the rather unspectacular Gokarna, we were on our way to the first beach. Although the timber was filled with angespühlt, we could not enziehen's beauty and especially Unberuehertheit.

spent the rest of the day wir dann am Strand und genossen das traumhafte Wetter (Achtung Ironie!) naja seht auch das Bild an; aus jeder Lage immer das beste machen :D

Der naechste Tag war dafuer umso schoener, nur Sonne, und wir erwanderten die zweiten Strand, in meinen Augen noch schoener. Vor Ort wurde dann die Lunch eingenommen, bevor es abends wieder nach Hause ging.
Zum Alltagsleben vielleicht noch ein paar Worte. In der Schule unterrichte ich jetzt die aelteren Klassen, und die koennen sogar schon teilweise bis 100 zaehlen :) Macht sehr viel Spass die zu unterrichten, gestern habe ich mit der 6. Klasse "Brother John" (unser Bruder Jaokb) im dreistimmigen Kanon gesungen.

Where was here two days Unabhaegigkeitstag. The event of the year. We thought if any. But apart from a one-hour parade in which it rained through stubborn, it was a normal day off. On the picture you see interrupt the morning assembly at my school, you see a manageable.




On Monday, 20 August will I leave this tranquil Staettchen and then me on the way back to Bangalore, another in the guide books described as a highlight, City View. I do not know yet whether I can until then to post something new. If not then I will do it from home, where I am on Thursday the 23th August am to meet again. Schedules then by agreement or by acute longing and spontaneously, not just Thursday night, there is Kahta namely with me:). Who wants to see again Oskar times on stage, which can on Saturday 25 August in small winter home in the same open-air.

I look forward to you all!
your Felix

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

In Between Size Normal And Magnum Condoms



Namascara!

And as I sign again from the other end of the world.

main topic today: What do you do when nothing will dry to mold itself to start the sandals and one in 27 hours an Indian Bus verbringt, weil es leider kein Boot ist?

Spass bei Seite. Naja ist eigentlich kein Spass sondern traurige Realitaet :( Aber der Reihe nach. Letzten Freitag Abend fuhren Daniel, Nora, Lea und ich nach Hampi. Das ist hier in Karnataka, dem indischen Staat, in dem ich wohne, die Hauptsehenswuerdigkeit und stolze 10 Stunden mit dem Bus weg.

Hampi hiess frueher eigentlich Vijayanagar und war Hauptstadt des gleichnamien Hindureiches. Den Bluetezeit erreicht die Stadt um 1500. Glaubt man Berichten von portugisischen Kaufleuten, sollen damals an die 1 Million Menschen in der Stadt gelebt habe, was sie zu einer, wenn nicht der groessten, Stadt ihrer Zeit machen wuerde. Anfang des 16. Jhd. wurde Vijayanagar von den umliegenden Muslim empires attacked and razed to the ground. That is why today is visible from the original shine Vijayanagar hardly anything. What remains is an area of \u200b\u200b26 sq km, where you can host up to 1,000 temples and their round. Over time, from the small village of Hampi Vijayanagar. Instead of jewels veramrte the village population is now with fruits and vegetables and try the tourists where to go over to pull the table. In the season Hampi is full of backpacker or other adventure.


place where we took our first room in one of the countless "Guest Houses". At noon we started our survey on a first win. Hampi is situated on the a river that is surrounded by strange-looking rock formations. One feels as if you were just in an "Indiana Jones" movie got.







At first it was the first, and best preserved temple. The main entrance consists of a pyramidal tower that rises 50 meters into the sky. The interior is elaborately decorated shrine a walk around a kind, which is guarded by a lion of brass. Also you can find the entrance, a nice tour elephant, elaborately painted, every one rupee remain is blessed, in which she kisses him with his trunk on his head. Photos were only allowed to make if one of 200 rupees wanted. We next morning but I could hide a few photos to make, while the elephant was washed:)


In our Guest House we got Sam (a 19 year-old Briton from London), Roy (a 35 year old Dutchman and Doerthe a 24 year old Ostfriesland know, that we spent the next few days.










The first day we hike around the whole area, which lasted all day. Especially the way the river was due to the breathtaking scenery. In the evening we stopped at the Our recommended Mange-Tree restaurant. A really great restaurant with a unique atmosphere right on the river, you can enjoy under a huge mango tree Indian delicacies, sitting on the floor on mats and eating from low tables. The only lights late at night are like oil lamps from 1000 and one night. Unfortunately I could not take a photo which would be done justice to this atmosphere. On this photo you can see here, but my food: thalis. This is rice and Puri (kind of flat bread) with various curries and chutneys. All served on a beautiful Banaenblatt. The best food I had till now in India.


The next two days we spent with further hikes and sightseeing, and visited most recent Day, a kind festival in the host closest place. The highlight of the festival, after several washes and songs, was the punching through the jaw with a metal peer. Candidates were mainly monks. What it's all about, and why the shoes are penetrated, we could not clear up even after long conversations with locals. Was probably because they spoke no or only a few words of English, but it did not want to give.

Then came the Return. In itself, nothing special. 10 hours containing over stick and stone. But it was different. After the bus at 18:30 (one hour after scheduled departure) finally drove off, we furhen only about 4 hours and then experienced a nasty surprise. By the moment really heavy rains, the road was impassable in front of us. So we waited and spent a nice night on the bus. This must be said, we could not open the windows, because it is pouring outside, that is the desire on the bus was hell. Right next to us was a family with a single commission Baby, which cried constantly. The facts that I can sleep with my size and not stretched in this Huehnerkaefig, contributed to this that I ingredient no eye in the night. spent the whole next morning, we wait. Meanwhile, an endless queue of other buses, but had formed mainly truck. The result was near the road ueberluteten Verkehrscaos also a first class. After Two hours later we finally came to the police. After another 4 hours we could get off the flooded road to pass by 3 miles in the next huge traffic jam to, then we escaped Eibruch the dark. In the photo you see an overturned truck, which was probably a bit too briskly.


The interesting thing was that the Indians (Bussi Sassen and truck driving) did not seem to disturb in the least. German inclined to do this to be aggressive in a traffic jam. Not so the Indians. Were calmly drinking tea breaks in the rain, play cards and gossip. Very very funny I find Indians to the gift of making everything a business. An Indian truck drivers had the goods (Kekse, Brot usw.) fuer einen Supermarkt geladen. Als er merkte, dass die Leute um ihn herum hungrig wurden, oeffnete er seinen Laster und verkaufte die Gueter zu astronomischen Preisen. Je weniger es wurde, desto hoeher wurde der Preis. ier konnte man wirtschaftliche Theorie live erleben. Auf dem Weg nach Hause sahen wir dann die Ausmasse der Regenfaelle: viele Ortschaften standen einen oder mehrere Meter hoch unter Wasser. Zum Glueck Kundapur nicht.Als wir endlich zu Hause ankamen machte ich drei Kreuze, nach 27 Stunden Bus.

Heute und morgen habe ich schulfrei, weil es zwei Tage lang Pruefungen gibt. Mein indien Aufenthalt neigt sich auch schon langsam dem Ende entgegen, am 24. August werde ich schon wieder in Deutschland sein. Aus meinen urspruenglichen 3 months have been just under 2, because my studies now on 2 September starts. Who does not know it, I will study at the WHU, which took me ueberrashcender way in Vallendar, where my dear father I already searched an apartment and found.

will post again before my return but in any case.

Greetings from further away your

Felix

Friday, July 27, 2007

Can A Muslim Woman Wear Shorts?




Good morning,

finally I can once again managed to rouse myself to a new post:)

On best catch I have to at last weekend because we went to Goa.

We took a bus on Friday evening and were then at 7 clock in Panjim, the largest city in Goa. Of all states in India is Goa, I think the smallest but also one of the most frequently visited. When is season here, that is no monsoon season, then enter here sometimes people dead in Goa, it is still a handsome hippie scene and an ever increasing techno scene, their own style of music (in my opinion, it is not a music ) of Goa around the world (at least for electric freaks) is known. Goa is also for people interested in art history is a must in India. Because of the Portuguese past can be found here and there always some Spectacular buildings, which could have been expected more in Europe. Dazu aber spaeter mehr.



Den Samstag brachten wir damit zu Panjim zu erkunden, koestlich zu Mittag zu essen und einfach ein bisschen zu enspannen. Ich war einer der ersten, die in Panjim den neuen Harry Potter erstehen konnten. Sogar noch vor den Europaeern (weil wir sind ja 3,5 Stunden vor euch) ahtte cih das erste Kapitel gelesen. Mittlerweile auch das ganze Buch. Ist ganz nett.



Abends machten wir eine Schifffahrt auf dem Fluss, der druch Panjim fliesst und dessen Namen ich schon iweder vergessen habe. Haette eine sehr sinnliche und romanische Fahrt werden koennen, wenn uns (den Gaesten, ausser uns nur Inder) nicht eine indische Liveband den ganzen Abend lang in einer unbarmherzigen Lautstaerke maltretiert haette. Sie dachten wohl sie tun uns damit was Gutes.



Am naechsten Tag war Old Goa an der Reihe. Ueber Old Goa sollte man wissen, dass es einmal eine der bedeutensten Staedte der Welt gewesen ist. Zur Bluetezeit (17 /18 Jhd) hatte Golden Goa, wie es genannt wurde, 300.000 Einwohner und damit mehr als Lissabon und genausoviele wie London. Aufgrund der Lage war Goa das Handelszentrum im Indischen Ozean und erreichte einen beachtlichen Reichtum. Aus dieser Zeit stammen auch die vielen Krichen (5 an der Zahl), die manchmal nur im Abstand weniger hundert Meter von einander stehen und zum Teil richtig gross sind. Heute wohnt in Old Goa kaum noch jemand, manche sprechen von 200 Einwohnern. Allein die riesigen Kirchen sind Zeuge der golden Zeiten.






Nach dem wir uns dann etwa 3 Stunden lang alle Krichen angesehen hatte, irgendwann auch genug davon hatten, machten wir uns auf den Weg zu einem der Straende. Manche Leute behaupten die schoensten Straende der Welt befaenden sich in Goa. Da wir aber leider nur das Vergnuegen in der Monsunzeit hatten, konnten wir nicht stundenlang dort liegen und die Sonne geniessen.









Seit Montag arbeite ich in einem neuen Project because the old me has not saturated meienr Meinugn after. I am now an English teacher (sometimes also a music teacher) at an evangelical school here. Until now I teach the classes 1 to 4, but I hope soon the grades 3 to 6 are allowed to teach. The children are all just super sweet totally exhausting. primary school teachers would be no job for me:) My teaching methods are, I believe the most modern in the whole school, because I do not constantly with a ruler to cut down me, as the teachers do this often. Also, I speak better English than any English teacher, I can hardly understand some. Au FDEM photo you see my favorite class, the third. Here the lesson is most comfortable, because there are only 8 students, in the other classes are around 20 SIDN for Indian conditions is still small). I sing a lot with the children and bring them ien few rhymes at the Saetzt and basic representation.





Today we drive (Andrea, Juki, Schürli and Daniel) to the beach. Then maybe the next size city because we have heard, that there should be a disco.




I wish you still a nice summer





your Felix












Heute geht

Monday, July 16, 2007

Hat Is Good Acrostic Poem For Enlightment



Hallo,
habe es gerade vor dem grossen Regen noch geschafft mich in einen Internetpoint zu retten. Da es schon den ganzen Tag regnet, wird es auch sobald nicht wieder aufhoeren, deshlab hab' ich mir gedacht, ich schreib mal ein bisschen was, vielleicht mal ueber den bzw. meinen Alltag.
Ich stehe jeden Tag gegen halb 8 auf, d.h. da klingelt zumindest der Wecker. Danach gibt es erstmal eine Dusche. Gerade fuer Menschen, die das Klima hier nicht gewoehnt sind, ist es unabdingbar jeden Tag mindestens einmal zu duschen. Die Dusche bringt mich dann jedesmal wieder ins Reich der Living, for it is ice cold. Pure rain water. Then I try to have breakfast was. This is sometimes not easy, because the Indians eat in the morning warm, mostly also sharp. To
8:30 it's off to the bus. Driving with a bus in India is an experience. It laeft from always use. The Buss resting on one hand, slowly. Still in driving a bus attendant jumps out (doors do not exist anyway) and called on all stops at which to hold thanked the bus driver. If your is you are lucky if you ask the man, because in most cases they let you where you want (of Dia only if it is on their way). Drinn then desperately tries to grab a standing-room. Especially in the morning, the buses hopelessly SIDN crowded. Eventually a nice man comes through to you, the Ticketverkaeufer, which expresses it for 5 rupees (10 cents) in his hand and he is from a hand-written a tiny ticket. The roads in India are in incredibly bad shape, meaning that passengers every few seconds are thrown into turmoil. Apart from a distance even the place where you want to get out, you should go to the exit. Once the bus is slow enough then you will jump out. If allerdingt many people or old austeigen do the course at bus stops good.
I note now that I hardly have time on the PC here have left. I will be pure again, but make something, then a few photos.

Friday, July 13, 2007

On Antibiotics For Strep Think I Have Bronchitis





Namaste!




the saying here in India always welcomed and it folds the hands together over his chest as if to pray. Shaking hands is not the custom. Anyway I'm still trying to find the common Indian and the German and European culture. Until now there have only differences.


Since the last entry has not really changed too much. I read so much. 'm Now on my fourth book within a week. If someone is currently looking for a good book, I can book "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon recommend it. I read it straight and it is one of the best books I've read in a long time.


The daily life ripples as though to himself. I feel at home with Andrea (shown in the picture, of a Hindu blessing) very well. We have a lot of fun together. Our most popular game right now, "Who caught more mosquitoes in one evening," he is record holder at 18


Today has changed in my project a bit. Until now I have always worked with Nauko, a Japanese woman, together. That was no problem, I got along well with her, but she scarcely spoke to no English, which reduced the communication to a minimum. Nauke but has now been "removed" in eine andere Statd, weil dort ein Maedchen gebraucht wird. Es sah erst so aus, als wueder ich das Projekt die naechsten Monate alleine machen, da kamen 4 total frustrierte Franzoesinne aus Mangalore (eine Stadt, etwa 4 h entfernt, mit dem Bus) zuruekc, mit denen ich schon in der "Orientation Week" war. Deren Projekt war scheinbar so furchtbar, dass sie es nicht weiter machen koennen. Jetzt habe ich in meinem Projekt eine davon bekommen. Genau genommen ist sie Belgierin, Nora (anderes Foto). Sie besucht in Belgien eine Schauspielschule und ist toal aufgedreht, ein bisschen verrueckt. Ich verstehe mich sehr gut mit ihr, wir werden hoffentlich viel Spass haben.


Heute ist Freitag und die Woche ist vorbei. Morgen werde ich mit Daniel, another German volunteers to travel to Mangalore to un schange city something to look at. Should not be incredibly special, but the huge tourist attractions are all close to 10 hours by bus away. We intend to visit in the next few weekends.


I miss all of you a bit!


Until the day




Felix

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Cramps And Lower Back Pain But No Period



Good day my dear fellow,

today was the first wikrlich working for me in my project. Perhaps I should first explain the project, it turned out namely as something other than I thought previously.


Here in India there are areas where there is virtually no or very badly paid work. The people who live there prefer it sometimes for a half s year or less in areas where there are "good" paying jobs. Maybe as a relation: a Leher deserves about 2500 rupees a month, which is about 45 euros. A doctor creates it at 5000 to 7000 Of course, the food in the relationship are also billg should be only a marginal information. One of these areas there where there is good work is the area around Kundapur, where I live. People come with Sakc and packaging, including children, un live here for that time in tents. I have seen this, really very tentative and run down. My project "Tent School" is for the children of these families (which move almost at the edge of subsistence) in order to get an education at this time. In the rainy season, which we have here, but they are hardly tents there, because it is hardly possible to live in tents with such heavy rain. Deshlab there are currently only 2 in the mighty Tent School. That will be next month but change. There are months, since 45 children sitting in a room and have to be taught.

my job is in any case, the children rarely in the morning to pick up and walk with them to school, are about 20 minutes on foot. Then the teacher picks up a Kannada hour the language spoken here. after that I or the others voluntarily turn the children something to teach spoken English. I can not tell much, I had only one day.

play during the breaks, we then always with the children. After school we accompany them to lunch at the nearby elementary school, then we bring them back home. At about 1:30 am every day I feritg a very pleasant time.

see on the picture you Padma, one of the two girls. She is 7 years old and I think very intelligent.


Jezter I have to go to my own lunch


to the days


your Felix

Monday, July 9, 2007

Blog Mabuhay Miles Hsbc





Hello my friends,


now, first there is a brief outline of the past week. Yesterday my Orientation Week was ending, in which I had since my arrival here in Kundapur. WHILE this week, I lived with other European volunteers and we were introduced by our organization in the Indian ways of life. Was everything really interesting honest. We also have a couple of sentences in Kannada, the language spoken here learned. Nanna hesaru Felix, nanna desha Germani: means for example that my name is Felix and I come from Germany. Even at a few rules of conduct were explained of the Indians, as people they gruess t ect. . We got a lecture on the Hindu philosophy and also visited once held a "real" Kannad film, much like a Bollywood film, incredibly cheesy, but he still preserved the traditions kissing scenes were not here, the complete love was Ausdrck eg Haendchenhalten. On the last day we took a day trip in the area here, a couple of ducks visit beaches and temples. All very interesting and new. It `s incredibly hard to take as many impressions into words.




Since yesterday evening, we are the host families. I live with an Italian "Andrea" and a German "Lucia" at an old lady Formerly a teacher. She lives with her daughter and her daughter and has constantly Beusch of their remaining children. I share a room with Andrea and the girls a bath. We have the total luxury bathroom: a real shower, meaning it is water from a nozzle above you, amn it must not over pour from a bucket of water and a flushing toilet. The house is very idyllic, 10-minute bus ride away from Kundapur in the midst of palm trees.




should actually be my first day at work today, but yesterday a former prime minister died in India, released today therefore is everywhere. I and a few other volunteers took the opportunity to fuhren an den Strand, wo wir fast den gasnzen Tag verbrachten, Mittags nahmen wir eine sehr gute Mahlzeit zu uns, die wir in einem fast sauberen Restaurant genossen :)




Jetzt geht es gleich nach Hause, hoffe ich finde den richtigen Bus. Das ist hier nicht so eifnach, weil es gibt keine Linien. Der Bus haelt, ein Mann springt raus und schreit alle Orte an denen der Bus haelt in einer atemberaubenden Geschwindigkeit. Man muss dann raushoeren ob seinb Ort dabei ist :)




Auf den Bilder sind man zum einen


auf dem andern sieht man den Strand, an dem wir heute waren. Zur Monsunzeit ist die See hier immer ziemlich rau.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

How Much Do Mecha Dolls Cost



Hallo meine Lieben,
also ich bin jetzt wohl oder ueble gut in Kundapur angekommen, wo ich jetzt auch den Rest meines Auenthaltes verbringen werde. Momentan befinde ich mich noch in der Orientation Week mit 12 anderen Freiwillgen aus der ganzen Welt. Wir wohnen mit dem Jungs im "small house" ein fuer indische Verhaeltnisse sauberes Haus. Den Tag ueber werden wir mit Infos versorgt udn lernen Indien besser kennen. Das Essen ist super, zwar etwas scharf aber typisch indisch. Es wird naturelich alles, ausser Supper, mit den Fingern gegessen. Die Stadt selbst in ueberschaubar und typisch indisch, man kann es hier auf jeden Fall aushalten. Die Menschen sidn sehr nett und gastfreundlich; den heutigen Abend haben wir bei einer Nachbarasfamilie verbracht, mit dessen Kindern wir gespietl haben. Es ist schwer soviele Eindruecke in Worte zu fassen, vor allem wenn es 10 Uhr abends ist und man hundemuede ist. In den naechsten Tage werde ich mich nochmal melden, dann auch mit einem Foto. Bis dann
Felix

Monday, July 2, 2007

Dinner Invite Each Pay For Themselves Wording?





Hallo meine Lieben Freunde, meine liebe Familie, meine Freundin,


dies hier ist der erste Rapport aus einer voellig anderen Welt, ich hoffe es wird nicht der letzte sein. Ich beginne einfach mal mit einem kleinen Erlebnisbericht.


Gesten ging mein Flug um etwa halb 12 in Frankfurt ab. Das Flugzeug war heillo ausgebucht, aber die zustaeniger Purserette provided me, thank the efforts of Saskia's mother, with little treats from the first class and made me Shared the flight bearable. I was sitting next to an Indian who for 10 years in the U.S. to study, for which wealthy Indians is not anything unusual. This was certainly his final flight back to Bangalore. In Bangalore, we arrived about 8 hours later at 0:30 local time (I'm 3.5 hours ahead of you). In Bangalore, I took this one night for a hotel that meets my Anspruecken over, I just needed to wake the porter to get a key.


All day today I spent with Yoshua, whom I had met on the flight. He showed me the City.



Vielleicht kurz etwas zur Stadt: Bangalore hat zwischen 6
und 10 Millionen Einwohner, so genau wollte sich hier keines festlegen und ist damit dei sechsgroesste Statd Indiens. Durch die hier angesiedelte IT-Branche waechst die Stadt ungemein schnell, und wird als eine Art Wirtschaftswunder in Indien gesehen. Die Stadt selbst ist relativ weitflaechig. Der Verkehr ist fuer uns Europaer fuerchterlich; soetwas wie Verkehrsreglen gibt es hier nicht. Die Inder fahren sehr rasant, aber auch sehr ruhig, wobei sie die Hupe eher zum Zeitvertreib nutzen. Das macht den Strassenverkehr natuelrich extrem laut. Ansonsten ist die Statd etwas fuer alle Sinne: so viel unterschiedliche Gerueche, Klaenge, Sprachen, Gefuehle, Gebaeude. In der Mitte der Grossstadt befindet sich ein Park der als willkommene Erholung nach dem stressigen Stadtleben daherkommt. Yoshua meinte, dass Bangalore nicht sehr typisch fuer eine indiehsce Stadt sein, weil sie starke europaeische Einfluesse hat. Er gehoert mit seiner Familie zu den eher wohlhabenden Menschen hier. Sein Vater war eins ein Starssenkind ohne Eltern.

Ihm wurde aber von einem deutschen Missionar ein Studium in England ermoeglicht und danach von deutschen Eltern adoptiert. Aus diesem Grund veehr Yoshua Deutschland, kann auch gebrochen Deutsch sprechen und hat sich aus Deutschland 4 Ringe Leberwurst mitgebracht :) Heute his father has an organization that takes care of street children. For help with this organization, volunteers from Germany, so probably a bit of money into its coffers. He certainly had the driver and the car brought by his father, what really matters in this City was doing extremely well. Also concerned with the very nice driver and within 5 minutes Bustiket, for which a white man produces some one hours would have needed.


I sit here now in a very narrow but always through the same air-conditioned and will Internetcaffe Verbing an hour in the park before I entered the bus to determine the full undapur embarking that leads me to my destination.


I hope I will can there continue to report.
Felix.C.Hartmann @ web.de