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Hi, what you expected! I'm busy, even when good things to work equitably the day, so I'm not really the last week came to write about how it's happened to me. It is so much happening, but always have something new gabs. And actually I also do not have time, is already almost midnight and I will actually do still ne project for wireless internet access in rural areas. But that just happens tomorrow morning. First satisfy the inquisitive travelogue readers.

So, a short overview, last week I celebrate first with Dinesh with his sister in Tumkur, about 40km outside Bangalore to take the family the birthday of Ganesha. Dinesh's sister - a genuinely nice person - is an entrepreneur, and according to the terrain there was thick and the solemnity. Many people make all kinds of family members. Ganesh's birthday is comparable to Christmas with us. Much to eat, instead of Christmas ne Ganesh temple area and family here, family there.

Well, the latter probably a bit more than we do. A total of about 50 new people, about 10 new gods and all sorts of other exciting met. For example, the first Cobra fed, so eat something, and so placed on a sand hill. Busy while ringing bell ne. After that, they made at other temples in the garden just precious, too busy eating distributed there. And then you go off to Ganesha, who - of course, is yes, an elephant - not even little grade gets. What the gods have not eaten after a while, is distributed among those present, hmmm.

Well, after much serious rituals again soon to take a trip into the surrounding mountains, and then wars but also from time to Pondicherry. Super Sleeper coach with NEM-bus, can you fall asleep looking at out the window and watch the world go by Indian. Pondicherry, super, French, green. And sunny. And I was there, 6 o'clock in the morning. Gähhhn. Well, unfortunately Could Hugo come not know, his mother became ill, so I've got two days alone the calming influence of India, if one may call it, enjoyed it. Gabs free to sunburn, chic sandals (yes, almost free) and the experience, as the Ganesha statues at the end of Feierei (which times three, times seven, and elsewhere will take thirty days) to be sunk in the sea. Made of mud, become mud. Beautiful. Muddy.

Tuesday then back to Bangalore at the front door proportioned grad still Dinesh, who had transferred to the train for our trip to Pune and hoped that I call yet. I'm not. And he wanted to go to the train degree. So right on, from in and train with a different plan for Belgam.

Belgam, a small town, na, ne town centers in Karnataka, where it makes Gopi for 26 years, a project with shepherds and tried to give ne option for where to live. So all that to include medical care, even for the sheep, as well as jobs for the women of the shepherd. Ne exciting projects and interesting area, with more gibs http://shramik.org .

Evening, then on to Pune, a mere 7 hours (first implausible estimates of the driver amounted to 2 hours) night trip and then finally to 4:30 at the hotel. At 8 out again, finally invited us to warn of a conference and should talk about IT for rural communities. At the College of Agricultural Banking, all bankers, of course. Ok, some NGOs were also represented. Was ok but where present time community solutions rather than big business. And all were quite impressed, whatever that means. And the first connections are paying off already, see you tomorrow for some time NEN write request coal solln finance me quiet time

Puna, yes, but then once I had it two days time. The city of Osho , and really in some places very pleasant result. Meditative calm, well, at least quiet, and pleasant cafes, nice people, relaxing. And still in transition, like so much in India. Glass facades and over again in between Ganesha, clear, is celebrated still. The environment has led us then not only to his visit NER paper mill, but even challenged our creativity, so that was born of two layers of paper ne beautiful lamp.

So much of the good time for the trip home. What does Bangalore. However, not all the way home, in the way of him some day just 24 hours so we went to Tumkur took over and since we have been invited but the same again by Asha Dinesh's sister. Sunday, there was NS Rotary Club luncheon, as we could not be missing. Now that was a bit unusual, is now moving to the second time after the bankers' conference in Pune, under suit-makers, but also interesting times. After all, we went so as not about big business, but for charity, well, was really interesting time to experience something from an Indian perspective. Donated school desks for schools, doctors helped the people honored them with the state entitled to payment have all that. And again diligently gefuttert clear. The rotary head from Bangalore to us even then drove back to Bangalore, saved ne coach, great.

Well, all in all an impressive outing, and as we were arrived here yesterday, was really only get to eat fast compared to what's on the plan. Well, India, once again everything differently than planned. The big day, where most have their Ganesha the water to pass, and powerful party everywhere. Drummers, colorful flashing Ganesha statues, all full of chaos, exciting. An impressive welcome party (Video Impressions: [1] [2] ).

PS: I have it done, never again I will not blog for so long determined, is not it. This dates to beggars (!), And I do not even know who I like here, which discourages long, when I write so much at once. However, again today action. India in the Twenty20 World Cup win, the whole city goes crazy. Masses of Indians follow the game it in front of the television business, which - had extra time on - of course. And then There Were party, we just are world champions, yah! (Video Impressions [1] [2] [3] ).

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hatt I even imagined something different. India. Summer, palm trees, sunshine (eitel!). But no, raining for days here at night, now even in the late evening. And obwohls, then times when the sun shines during the day, ne is crazy hot. But the evening drinks at all, torrential rains would mean probably in Germany. After all, here Machts de air fresh and clean the streets, even the cars are finally slowly through the city. But, electricity is half gone, phone is not degree, the dog is gone too, and I would not know what the climate over the plastic tarpaulin-covered huts. Good to have a roof over their heads. Really convince me that does not mean that I will take my bike into a half weeks from Goa, but will by then have something else to do here. Had the Indian weather somehow different in mind.

But once away from the weather and the way to the sports news, there's this to report. The day before yesterday, so, yesterday, as long has it been since I've last written something once, I was very athletic walking in the Botanical Garden of Bangalore . And because it's so beautiful with the link to wikimapia , give it even more equal ne position description from me, here I am sitting degree and write. So, in the Botanical Garden, and finally it was clear where the gnomes really come from. According to this shocking news I have to first get some air in the park for a while, there is at least the good times. Apart from that, unfortunately, there gibs too much plastic waste, which is everywhere around, you should have invented this shit never plastic!

Since helping to roam only have to look into the distance, what I did and it found Downtown Bangalore. Ne really terrible skyscraper facades, wow. Kingfisher (beer and makes money by flight attendants with a mini skirt, really) his due.

To arrive the next day so once again an attempt to downtown. Sure, this time with Autoriksha, wish him some day arrive at the third attempt, and there was also one of the taxi meter wanted to use. Once in downtown, at first purely gnated parking, and already the next shock. Banaglore has ne railway pioneer who rumfährt in the park. What will remain of adventurism, when everything is right at home?

The center of Bangalore, Well is not really convincing. Very western, bright shop facilities in addition to typical Indian shops here, the displacement of the local dealer acts by major brands and department stores really crass. So, if I need a break from India and am longing to Germany, either HERE meinemn garden gnomes, or shopping in the downtown area. Here at least there is order, there is Alexa are just jealous Fortunately, rain clear fings right along with, so I did not have to look at the glass facades on.

But so far is still not by far. Accustomed to India, I will now first go out into nature and then tomorrow to celebrate the birthday of Ganesh. Throughout the preparations already, and I'm looking also nice to see something more than just the Town. Kintampo Saturday, according to the plan, according to Pondycherry India's east coast, where I meet hofentlich Hugo , I am traveled last year with India, again. Let's see ...

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Of course, first and foremost all-clear, clear, here everything takes its course Indian. Was planned for 11:30 am on Sunday at the luggage delivered to your door. We were, as it should be, just have breakfast, then had to wait for the delivery driver's something here but no one bothers further. Schedule.

Unexpectedly, however, the invasion of my laptop by ants. The appreciate quality, has discovered at least once in the first night, a tribe of mini-ants, the fascination of the art. What, if you open up the laptop in the morning and look out between the buttons again and again ants as if they are outrageously disturbed while sleeping.

When disturbed sleep, I! Where I spend here the roof to sleep about 50% of my time with. Something called jet lag, nice to here that it is ne excuse. A further 50% of the time I'm on the internet, finally sees from here is quite different. And I had to necessarily just before the departure NEN new server for my emails and set it so wishes, of course, are now cared for now. And then still remain about 50% for the real adventure in India, which makes clear that the time is pretty scarce here.

Yesterday I got myself so then go for the first time alone on foot towards the city center. So directly after the midday heat, to go about 15h30 local time we went. Target was a green park I had ever seen the previous day out of the car, and something green can never hurt. Well run, so what, well run. I'm not really expected to arrive where I wanted would be, yes even better without a map. But an attempt was worth.

Instead of a quiet park, therefore, came out for the classic road chaos, NEN market and finally the intense smell of Indian cities. Unique.

Because something is not happy in the long run, makes the evening we went with ner NER Autoriksha to screening. Was a film about the fishermen on the coasts of India, which are eaten by globalized capitalism. It is worthwhile to build castles tourists directly to the coast and it is worthwhile to dig out the sand from the sea and to flog. Even nuclear power plants on the coast are really lucrative. Unfortunately, this leads to the coast Verkapitalisierung displacement of fishermen, because the only just feed themselves and not really put a lot of coal companies. Currently available for these processes, most deprived under the label of coastal management, million fishermen of their existence.

What they do not naturally fit. Organized into a powerful union, they are committed to taking action against the management plans, including who it is the classic DavithGoliathScenario. After the film, and NER interesting discussion of options and ways we went back by rickshaw home. Have a total of an exciting day, just the different positions in the discussion after the film I NEN new insight into the social movements given here ( http://www.alakal.net/ http://www.keralafishworkers.org )

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Well, on then. I've told me. Yesterday morning. Backed by Andrea, Bine and Gerry at half past eight in the morning with coffee drinking coffee in the middle of the avenue of chestnut trees, rushed to the plane and started to plan my trip with ner propeller plane. Stopover in Vienna, where the pope still wanted to bless my backpack, so really was quite a mess everywhere. I found it so exaggerated, just when I think of the old gentleman not so grade so much (he also blew hats, but more on that later), Austrian Airlines, which is luxury and alcohol in economy class. Accordingly, the trip to Mumbai / Bombay was not spectacular, but if you can say for over 6 hours quite comfortably. The film program but rather tempted to fly back from India to go in my direction, sleep well, it is also good.

In Mumbai, then rain and 32Grad. Beautiful. After the 'lengthy immigration procedures' (quote rough guide), which lasted only 5 minutes for the baggage off and wait. Go for it. No, wait, not yet. And wait. And wait. And realize that the Pope has probably done just the backpack to get off the plane, but it is not purely pack again. man man man. That's just totally verpeilt, comes all the way from Rome, but really at the last minute and then something like that.

Anyway, I was now without luggage in Mumbai, well, I save at least wearing. And supposedly wirds brought home, so to Dinesh, I'll see. So I was a first night at the airport in Mumbai, NEN good-morning flight to Bangalore, I had booked upon arrival. Assistant course, with the usual fun, people will show their ID card as an airport, you declare that the 'Domestic Airport' is due to NEM Terrordingsda and tomorrow evening flight there. You obviously have a program by then, photos and tour here because, really cheap and there is no other solution anyway. Except, yes, except to stay pretty skeptical, and always continue to ask around. Who asks himself caught more people who are not on it with the response from coal to earn.

So night through, sultry air conditioning in the waiting room, outdoor hot nasty. At night. Let's get out here. As soon succeeded quite as planned. Then arrive in Bangalore, booked with ner Autoriksha to Dinesh, nothing easier than this clear, not in the right place and had the 'bites off' effect of the meter, but the second driver has also worked on some of the price.

Now, everything is new. Around me, honking, noise, odors, light sultry heat (it does not rain here) and the feeling after a long journey across the familiar realms of having arrived. Nice, the first stage is therefore made.

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