Digha, We(s)t Bengal 9.-11.9.2005

Trip to Digha was a good experience. On Saturday we saw some temples, countryside on board an autorickshaw, introducing as to "Indian way of travel", that is 14 people and seats for 6. In the evening it turned out that almost all the exchange students were in Digha, so we threw a small party in the Hotel's bar. The quitar was of course there.
The night featured a big cockroach (=torakka, la cucaracha) hunt in our room. Bart and Heidi bravely hunting and me showing light and taking a video. Dirty job, but someone's got to do it!

On Sunday our delegation (Abhishel, Johan, Bart, Robert and Me) woke up early to see things and to book train tickets back. We also woke up at 5am to see the sunrise, but we didn't due to the rain.
We went to swim in between very heavy showers. (Why in between?) After swimming we searched for shelter in local fishermen's hut, which turned out to be a very powerful experience. Simple life; the locals sell their fish to the hotels etc and with the money they buy some rice. The children were happy playing naked in small bonds in the lawn. Few cows stood some meters away. Johan gave the fisherman his knife, of which he was very happy about! When we left, they were waving for goodbye!

In the train we saw rice fields pass by and a stunning sunset after the rain. Again I had the feeling of holistic experiencing. The feeling that you can't quite process everything you see. But in a positive sense.

Even the stomach couldn't process everything and I snapped a pair of Imodium, the wunder-medicine that blocks your lower end, for quite some time actually.