As you will be able to tell from the menu on the right, I've added another picture gallery.
I've separated the India pictures from everything else.
This way it's easier for me to keep travel pictures and the ones I shoot here at home apart.

The first pic in the new gallery is one I didn't shoot myself.
It's me sleeping on the couch after swimming.
I must have been about four or five years old.
I love this picture and wanted to share it because it says so much about me.
I spend so much of my time being creative that I'm really worn out when evening comes and tend to collapse on the couch.

Here it is:


By the way, I've begun watching Twin Peaks again, since I got the first part of the second season on DVD for Christmas.
I still think that Twin Peaks is one of the best pieces
of entertainment.
The irony, the subtle nutty characters, the multiple stories woven into one, and of course the original main story.
David Lynch is my personal hero.
Is is quite scary watching Twin Peaks in a small town like ours though.
People are nutty, have weird secrets, we're close to the sea, and the weather is very Twin Peaks'ish.
We just lack mountains... very much! There are none in sight for at least 500km.

Photographing is hard these days. I don't want to drown my camera in all this rain.
Maybe we'll have snow on monday. Please!!!

Hi everyone


I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.



As you can tell I've made quite a few changes around here.

I hope you like the new layout.

I'll keep on posting a bit about what goes on in my life, and try not to bore you too much.
This will more or less be a diary with the purpose of getting just a bit of structure into my crazy head.
Not too much structure. I guess my form of insanity is the foremost part of my personality.

I've fought for a long time to accept myself the way I am, and I must say that I've learnt to enjoy it quite a bit. I don't need to change that much.

For the time being you can still find the pictures and entries from India below.

Hope to hear from you soon.

as a wise man called Tolkien once said.

We're back in Denmark and it feels great.
Everything we once thought were rather trivial, now seems more intense, more beautiful than ever. We've really learnt to appreciate things so much more.

I promissed to tell you about the trip to Coorg.
If you should happen to be in the vincinity one day... GO TO COORG!
It's absolutely worth it.



It's wonderfully green and mountainous.
Coorg is Indias main coffee region and wild elephants still roam the territory.




The hotel (Club Mahindra Kodagu Valley Coorg) was excellent.


There are lots og things to see in Coorg. Such as:


Abby Falls

OR


The Golden Temple (Namdroling)
The most beautiful tibetan temple

All in all the trip was worth the effort and money we put into it.
India is something everyone in the western world should go see.
Then you realize how rich we are in our part of the world.
Indian people are so friendly and so kind. They take you in and treat you as a part of their family.
We certainly will return someday.

Right at this moment the countdown on my desktop says there are exactly 11 days, 20 hours, 58 minutes and 20 seconds left until we board the plane.
India sure has grown on us, but we are looking foreward to going home. We miss our mommies!

This weekend we'll try to see a bit more of Bangalore.
Saturday there is a book fair at the Palace Grounds that we want to see. Sunday we will be going to the Bull Temple.

As for next week. Monday will be a regular working day, but also the last. Tuesday we're going to Coorg with Sumathi, our host.
Coorg is a very nice quiet place south west of Bangalore in the middle of coffee estates. There are a tibetan monestary and beautiful temples to visit. We will return from there next friday.
Check out the travel map in the menu on the right to see the location of Coorg.

That leaves us with the last weekend and monday tuesday to go shopping for the rest of the souvenirs you all want so badly

Wednesday morning at 6:45 indian time (4:15 CET) we'll board the plane towards London and arrive in Copenhagen approx. 17:10 CET.

The reason why I'm so elaborate on this subject is that monday will be the last entry from here. Since we're no longer going to Ascendum, I no longer have the possibility to update the blog.
I'll of course add the pictures from Coorg when I get home.

Have a nice weekend everyone. See you for the last indian entry on monday.
Hugs and kisses

We're back in Bangalore after almost a week in Goa.

The trip to Goa takes approx. 14 hours by car. You go through beautiful mountainous landscapes, roads flanked by rivers and bamboo forrests. Wild monkeys live in trees next to the road. The tour is amazing.

Goa itself is beautiful, BUT if you are not a party person, be VERY careful where you book your accommodation.
We stayed in Calangute, Baga Beach. Alex and I are not party people, so staying right where all the tourists come, was not the best idea.
It's too crowded, and just doesn't feel like India at all. It's a tourist place like any tourist place in the world.

On one of the days we went to a unique deserted beach called Morjim.


We stayed and watched the sun set. This was one of the few good things in Goa.

Alex and I also managed to go to Old Goa. I always love to get a bit of culture when visiting new places. Especially when to cultures clash like in Goa.
We visited the Bom Jesus Cathedral, also known as the Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral. It's a huge and beautiful church. It contains the remains of Saint Francis Xavier, an important missionary.



We also went to the archeological museum of Goa. This was very interesting. It shows the complete history of Goa. From the first settlers to the portugese times til now. We got a good insight into the cultural transformation Goa has undergone.
This is the museum:



Another good thing there is the food. Fresh seafood!
Fresh tiger prawns, fresh squids, and as you can see, fresh shark:



Since Alex is afraid of sharks, he decided to perform the good old ritual of eating your old arch enemy. Payback time!

It's really quite sad to see this once beautiful place being so commercialized. The beaches are completely plastered with beach shacks and souvenir shops. European, russian, and american tourists crowd the beaches behaving badly, getting so drunk it's embarrassing. There is no peace and quiet there. That's what we were looking for. You can't even sleep at night, bacause the noise from the discotechs will keep you awake. The hotel was nice but a little too close to the party centre.
This is it, Villa Fatima:



On the way back, we stopped in Palolem Beach, which again is too crowded and commercialized. But I did manage to snap a few good pics.



I wouldn't completely rule out Goa. If you are a party person, and like to hang around in the sun and get drunk, it's the perfect place for you. Please go check it out. But if you're not... just stay away. It's not worth the lots of money you pay for food and accommodation. And why go all the way to India to see white people behaving badly... a friday night at the local pub is cheaper.

Tomorrow there are exactely two weeks til we touch home ground.
India has been a nice experience, but we are looking foreward to christmas cookies and cold feet.

P.S.: The picture gallery now has a directory including the Goa pics

That was weekend number 5!

This was a slow one. We stayed home on friday and saturday because I wasn't felling well.
Sunday we went to this HUGE Hare Krishna temple.



It's also known as the "duty free shop", and now we know why.
It's 10% about worshipping gods and 90% about buying stuff.
Unfortunately they were very strict and didn't allow us to make pictures inside.

During the last week we went shopping a few times.
Anupa showed us a tiny jewellers place and I bought myself these nice earrings:



I liked the shop so much I went back and got a beautiful bracelet. I'll make pictures of that soon.

The weekend started off rainy, but sunday was warm and sunny.
That's when the rooftop is a nice place to be.



The woman in the picture is Radhika and is our new friend from London who has come to stay with us last week.

Alex wanted me to take a picture of him with a coconut from the palmtree in front of the house. Here it is. Alex is the nut in the black shirt, by the way.


Tomorrow we're leaving for Goa. It's a 12-14 hour drive, but Alex has his Gameboy, so everything is fine. We'll return monday 13th with a lot of beachy pictures.

I'd like to use this as a chance to say goodbye to my very best friend, who's leaving for the far coasts of Brazil for good.
Misha, sweety, take care, have fun, and bring my best friend back to me in one piece some day. May your hopes and dreams come true. See you in South America!