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05/21/2011

My latest fad!! Rajasthani soldiers…

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For those who know me this won’t come too much as a surprise: difficulty does not prevent me from doing anything. Importing a Fatboy mattress from France?? It was actually quite tough because though it was light, the size of the carton was too big so Air France wanted to charge me 200€. So I emptied the beans in plastic bags, put the plastic bags in cartons and sticked the cartons together to have only 3 pieces!!

Importing a cat from Greece?? No problem…

 

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05/19/2011

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A comment on my blog gave me the ideas to write about Geckos… 

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I have very little experience with them and I don’t really mind them. But some people react to Geckos the way I react with rats…

The most memorable story I have with a Gecko is when I pretended to smash one with the electric racket for mosquitoes. Shiv jumped!! Probably because he was scared of the stain on the wall… As most Indians, he told me Geckos are poisonous.

I am sorry to kill a myth…

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05/12/2011

Arachnid story

First pee break in Assam.

First encounter…

 

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This lady was not moving so I decided to pee anyways – but askew, in order to watch her.

 

Two days later, on Majuli island.

We are exploring the monastery guest house: we have to pump the water and the loo is Indian.  

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So be it, we can accommodate! I go for a pee. Shit, I forgot to bring toilet paper. Well, it’s not like it is the first time, I will use water… I go to reach for the bucket and then, a huge spider jumps. And here I am, with my pants on my ankle, a monster standing between the door and me. I managed to get out and elected a new toilet: nature!!