Goa. The third page.
And suddenly, an adorable cow couple surrounded this almost as holy group of tourists.
The very last day on Friday 24th Feb., @ 7 am. Gently, partly untouched, traditional fishing boats line the sand, and behind the dunes among groves of coconut palms lie sleepy villages. Occasionally, for the local people, time seems to stand still.
"He could see the lights of the beach
colonies along the shore. The wind is our friend, he thought. Sometimes.
And the great sea in with our friends and our enemies.
'Nothing!' , he said aloud. 'I went
out too far!'
When he sailed into the little harbour the lights of town were out. It was quiet in the harbour though and there was no one to help him so he pulled the boat up as far as he could. 'Bed is my friend. Just bed', the old man thought."
"The of light (Self-knowledge) and the path of darkness (materialism and ignorance) and thought to be the world's two eternal paths. The former leads to realization of Moksa and the latter leads to rebirth"
(Or even worse, you might get
petrified as a statue even without a nice view to the sea and "impossibly
romantic" sunsets.)
Like Sun and sunlight, different as well as non different.
Behind, the moon was below
the hills. Local people gathered on the sea side, the late beat of Goa
Trance came from somewhere and went through our bodies. After the sunset,
stay in the shadow of an artificial light and watch the billions of the
stars while get some fair drinks on the beach bar.
With some good shapes of blue we got ride by water cap to the next point of entry.
Get your wings to Holland. The journey would take some everlasting 10 hours. Luckily the plane toilet would be available only the first seven hours until it is full.
"Persons of virtuous or unselfish deeds, whose Karma has come to an end, become free from the delusion of dualities. You alone know Yourself by Yourself."
Between the duality of heaven and earth. A sudden view from the aeroplane window: Indian Ocean meets The Arabian peninsula.
Thank you India. To be continued.
Acknowledgements to Martin Air, King Fisher, our hotel
bar, cap drivers and the people we met .
Also my warmest thanks to my travel fellow, Johanna.
The literature related:
The Bhagavad Gita
Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
Koller: Asian Philosophies
Lonely Planet: Goa
Sutcliffe: Are you experienced?
Released in Helsinki
April 2001