the first days in 2011

i wanted to post this a few days ago, but the internet is really bad here. since the 6th of january i am in hampi, an amazing place east of where i was on the beach.
but first a few pictures from my first days in 2011!!

man picking coconuts in our place

laundry day

sunset at kudle beach

we spent a lot of time around the huts where we lived. after some time you know more and more people...i played often frisbee, cards...read a lot (right now"shantaram", a good book, and very popular here!) and met many people from many different countries! most of them were really nice,but there were some strange people as well!! and it was really interesting to see e.g. christmas together with many people from different religions and countries...and without snow! it is possible!!
it was really nice to stay in kudle beach, enjoy having a "home" and not to pack every few days.
one day we made a tour through the forests on the back of our guesthouse and went to a fishing village. it was really nice to see this part of india again, ricefields, monkeys, no tourists...and it made me willing to leave  the beach after some really nice weeks there!

kudle beach from the back

women planting rice

the green is in reality even greener...

farm work

different fields

monkey

rickshaw

and back on kudle beach!!

the village next to kudle beach is gokarna...a few images

flo and bernhard (sbg!) in the streets

thats normal life for me now...almost!

laundry

some names are just amazing!

all women are dressed very colourful

before sending a parcel its sewed up in cloth

down town gokarna

women work like this also on the construction site

south of kudle beach are a few more beaches, om beach, half moon beach ad in the end paradise beach - it really deserves this name!

om beach

on the way to...

...half...

...moon...

...beach

there we met scotty and claire again - flo and i met them in nepal!

on the way to...

...paradise...

...beach

that is also a part of india

 its really dirty in many places and people often encourage you to throw your waste just somewhere...e.g. the empty plastic bottle out of the train window!

but mostly its like this (or dirty but still beautiful!)

since the computer is really fast i will upload the pictures of hampi (old temples and amazing bolders) in the next days - if the internet will work! i will go and have dinner...mahlzeit!