india for the holidays

i spent xmas eve in bangalore with sonia's crew. we ate keralan beef, dahl, white bread and chocolate cake; drank bacardi (a whopping rs/ 500 per litre) mixed with thumbs-up; smoked something green and very schwaggy. later we hung out on the roof, watching the street below -- boys set off crackers and a women painted the largest and most intricate designs I have yet seen put on a road. then we had a sleepover.

then met up with anya and adam in hampi to tour the massive boulder fields and thousand year old ruins. though in all honesty, we mostly just ate, hung out, and watched the afternoons slip by at this great lunch spot above the river.

finally, hightailed it to goa. long beaches, calm water, fresh fish, excellent yoga, sunsets, sunrises. ending the old, beginning the new. and some music and dancing.

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