Goats, hairy vegetables, smiles and smells.

The expression “welcome to India” needs to be modified to “Arghhhh! Welcome to fu**ing India (sorry Mum) you’d better have A LOT of patience and a high tolerance for bad smells and dirt – if not, you’re going to learn it!”. Nevertheless, it is an amazing country and as you find yourself sandwiched between 12 other people in the back of a VERY old converted Landrover discovery with a variety of mystery hairy knobbly vegetables and an arrogant looking goat you can’t help but giggle quietly to yourself… it really is like another world.

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Whooooaaaaaaaa!! Unbelievable India!

Well, I have arrived in Mumbai. It is difficult to even try to explain the experience!

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Eeeeeeee!!

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Ouch I burnt my bum!

In a hot water spring on the beach....

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Loving Coromandel!

Its is gorgeous here - naturally stunning, artsy, funky, laid back and the weather is sweeet!
I only 2 minutes of internet time left so cant say much for now!
been walking, cycling, had my medicine cards read, went on a railway line today that a guy called Barry Brickell built HIMSELF by hand over 32 years from profits of his pottery sales - the track was originally built to carry clay from the hills down to his studio and is now open to the public and a national heritage site. It is truly amazing- a brilliant example of somebody totally dedicated to a vision. I will tell you more at some point! Had lunch at a veggie cafe - amazing soup and some weird version of rye bread! Just bought some local special smoked fish to make a chowder... mmm mmm and life is good. Amen.

I love cows and buttercups.

Fact.

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Passing the time!

So.... after I last wrote, I spent a long sleepless night listening to an old american man snoring so loud that I thought he would bring the walls down.. his friend - also an old american man - slept through it with frequent accompanying farts of the revoltingly pungent variety.

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Good news and the not so good news

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Sweet As!

Calli left yesterday to go back to England and I am in a little village called Paekakariki just north of Wellington which is GORGEOUS!!! Definitely one of my favourites so far... Debs reccomended it to me, what a genius.

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Stunning New Zealand - Part One!

Eeeek I have so much to remember... I haven't written in ages!

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