Ni Dieu Ni Maitre

I see that ‘Ni Dieu Ni Maitre’ is nowhere mentioned in the headers over this post. So it too will probably not appear on ‘my’ blog And it’s ‘my’ problem. What a cheezy rip off.

Why do the cows love the beach? This area is deserted, no people, no discarded food, just sand and sea.

In any event, the rainy days have ended at Colva and with each day that passes the Air Qualitry Index shoots back up 10 or 15 points. Yesterday it was 83, poor. So I’m searching for clean air somewhere. I’ve got 5 possibilities that I’m watching, but it has been disappointing. Pokhara, in Nepal, near the foot of the majestic Annapurna, is posting an AQI of 104! Classified unhealthy, and this a famous trekking spot where I was hoping to hike.

Trinconmalee, or Trinco, on the East coast of Sri Lanka, is posting around 50, which I could accept since there are (or were) some nice quiet beaches north of this city… even deserted beaches 15 years ago. Ankola, another Indian beach town in Karnataka state south of Goa is posting about the same as Trinco, but it may be raining in both places.

Here’s a Hindu festival in Colva. Hundreds of women in their nicest saris lined the beach near twilight, for a quarter mile, setting up tripods and offerings to assure good fortune to their families and particularly their husbands, to the tune of lots of firecrackers. No idea if this went on all night…

A dinner guest arrives!

Well that’s about it, eating well, sleeping well, keeping within my budget and enjoying good health. Hope everyone is doing the same!