Yo ! People ! -

Sounds like all hell broke loose after I left !!

Hope all of you came out of that hellish fire situation all right . . . Sounded really scary for some ! Wish I could have helped out some with the big truck but oh well, . . . I've got to grab my vacation when it's here !!! I was bummed to miss decom too !!. . .

So anyway, just wanted to say hey from the otherside of the globe . . . !!! On a shoddy internet connection, where the power keeps going down !!!

Spent a while on a sweet little tropical beach . . . with my girlfriend Julia. . . had a little room for $7/night on the cliffs over the waves . . . Got a motorbike and we've been cruisin' around through jungle, palm trees, and a bunch of colorful little villages, Old men cutting grass in the fields & rice paddies, women in bright saris, getting water from the well, and walking with baskets on their heads etc . . . School letting out a kids everywhere waving, wind in our hair . . . Motorbike is a great way to travel in paradise . . . Cows, temples, colors, smells of spices, and a million other things in the warm air . . . We rode like 40 miles north to a deserted "paradise" beach with no one on it . . . It was sweet !!!!

We also explored four different old forts, on bluffs overlooking the sea, and river mouths . . . some with HUGE Banyan trees with long roots hanging down propping up the branches growing in the old stone . . .!!! Those trees are everywhere, and super impressive . . .

If I could operate a motorbike, and a camera at the same time I would have a million amazing photos . . . as is I still have a few . . . and lots of memories . . . Anyway, India rocks . . . !

In Mumbai some guy wanted us to be in a Bollywood film !!! But it was going to take all day, and only paid Rs 400 ~ like $11 !!!! So I guess I'll have to get my 15 minutes of fame elsewhere . . .

We're eating lots of great food for cheap too !! Man is Indian cooking is amazing !!! and mostly vegetarian !! Hit some local markets, then some southern beaches. Heading north in 2 days. . . to Varanasi, Jaipur, Pushkar, and some yet undetermined spots !!!

Life is GOOD !!!

Here's a few photos I could cobble together downsize etc . .

www.flickr.com/photos/813...02953804875

See ya all soon !
Peace & Namaste!!!

- J~!