Varkala Feb 27 - March
Wow, what a much needed getting stuck. We had originally planned to stay here for 4 days , but then shortened it to 2 because of the whole Kovallam situation. 2 nights became a "maybe 1 or 2 more nights" because we had lots of much needed catching up to do with our life that we left behind in Korea. Our contract has officially finished and so we must tie up all the loose ends. And our moving boxes that we sent to different countries have arrived or showing up soon.
For the most part it was sunny, hot, days of laying on the beach and eating water melon. For the other small parts it was freaking about the boxes that were shipped home.
Our schedule ran mainly like this, for a week
7 am We would wake up and go to morning Yoga. Ian ever only made it to 2 sessions. Finish up, have Chai tea and eat breakfast; eggs, toast, fruit salad, hash browns. Christa was more dedicated and made it to several classes
11 am Whatever we damn well pleased.
2 pm ORGANIC VEGE BUFFET LUNCH FOR 2USD!!
4 pm Beach. Christa teaching Ian how to body surf.
7 pm Dinner
We ended up getting stuck for a week. It would’ve only been a day earlier departure had we not been tempted to see if Christa would be called to be a Bollywood extra. The production was looking for about 50 girls. We went to their dinner to see what the fuss was about.
We arrive to a table set for 15 girls. About 30 girls came with their male accomplice sniffing out for free food. Ian was one of said male accomplice. There was barely enough tables, even after the waiters scrambled desperately to smack on tables at the end of the row.
Finally, the main actor shows up with the director and started looking at all the girls while we had a scrumptuous meal of fish curry, vege curry, lemon rice, and chapattis.
Next morning, nothing out of the ordinary, except this time during beach time it was check-out-the-bollywood-movie-shoot time. Cranes were brought in for this shoot and Ian went to talk with the extras. They did almost absolutely nothing that day. In the film industry, it would seem the extras get paid for eating and standing around all day. Life could be worse.
That same evening the shoot was taken indoors to the same dinner venue as the night before. They wrapped up the movie shoot in there. From here it was a chase of buses and boats to the backwaters of Kerala and to see the Hugging Mother.
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| Nightly seafood markets |
Wow, what a much needed getting stuck. We had originally planned to stay here for 4 days , but then shortened it to 2 because of the whole Kovallam situation. 2 nights became a "maybe 1 or 2 more nights" because we had lots of much needed catching up to do with our life that we left behind in Korea. Our contract has officially finished and so we must tie up all the loose ends. And our moving boxes that we sent to different countries have arrived or showing up soon.
For the most part it was sunny, hot, days of laying on the beach and eating water melon. For the other small parts it was freaking about the boxes that were shipped home.
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| Varkala's intoxicating beaches |
Our schedule ran mainly like this, for a week
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| Morning Yoga! |
11 am Whatever we damn well pleased.
2 pm ORGANIC VEGE BUFFET LUNCH FOR 2USD!!
4 pm Beach. Christa teaching Ian how to body surf.
7 pm Dinner
We ended up getting stuck for a week. It would’ve only been a day earlier departure had we not been tempted to see if Christa would be called to be a Bollywood extra. The production was looking for about 50 girls. We went to their dinner to see what the fuss was about.
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| Bollywodo movie set |
Finally, the main actor shows up with the director and started looking at all the girls while we had a scrumptuous meal of fish curry, vege curry, lemon rice, and chapattis.
Next morning, nothing out of the ordinary, except this time during beach time it was check-out-the-bollywood-movie-shoot time. Cranes were brought in for this shoot and Ian went to talk with the extras. They did almost absolutely nothing that day. In the film industry, it would seem the extras get paid for eating and standing around all day. Life could be worse.
That same evening the shoot was taken indoors to the same dinner venue as the night before. They wrapped up the movie shoot in there. From here it was a chase of buses and boats to the backwaters of Kerala and to see the Hugging Mother.
Ian not making it to a 7am yoga class? SHOCKING.
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