I'm done working in the Coffee Temple. Two weeks went by very fast. I enjoyed the experience very much, but I must say that I would be lying if I told you I was very sad not working. I'm going to miss the good coffee and food for sure and the nice colleagues of course. Still, working for fourteen days straight made me feel like I need a break. And yeah, I know, it was only five hours per day, so I shouldn't really complain.
Saturday morning I took advantage of my free morning and walked two hours north along the seashore. Simply amazing views along the way. The phrase tropical paradise now has a place I connect with it. I also found the spot, where I should have come surfing, but on foot with the board it would have been too far.
I managed to do surfing five times during the two weeks. Twice I rented a board from the local surf school and three times from a local Indian guy on the beach. The waves were mainly good for whitewater surfing only, but to be honest that's probably still the thing I should be doing anyway. It was a lot of fun and that's the main thing.
Saturday afternoon I took a train to Kanyakumari, the land's end. It's the southern most tip of Indian mainland and a very popular pilgrimage site. It's also a place where three seas meet, the Indian ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. The city reminded me of Vrindavan, my first stop here in India. Many Indian tourists, lots of hustle and bustle and religion all over the place.
I just finished reading Gandhi's autobiography a few days ago and interestingly enough, Kanyakumari has an impressive Gandhi memorial, the Gandhi Mandapam. It's where Gandhi's ashes were kept until they were immersed the sea. The building is built combining Christian, Hindu and Moslem architecture to remind everyone of Gandhi's views of peaceful coexistence of religions. The height of the building is also exactly 79 feet tall, which represents Gandhi's age at the time of his assassination.
The main thing to do in Kanyakumari is to see the Sun rising from the Bay of Bengal and setting into the Arabian sea. The sunset last night was really nice, but the sunrise this morning didn't really happen because of clouds. I should have gotten up early yesterday morning, but I just couldn't. Pictures from Kanyakumari here.
Now I'm on the train back to Varkala. Two more days of beach holiday without working and then I'll start my slow journey to the north.
Working five hours a day? That is really amazing.....Serving coffee.....This seems to be the reincarnation of your former life. I am the undefeated leader of the coffee list....so please come back. Come back soon! I feel awful about it. Yesterday my Track and Field group played hockey against your hockey-team - we won! Already 5 members of your team joined my group..Michael, Henningand so on but not Thuomas.......If he had played yesterday, we would have lost the game......Have a nice time, excuse my bad English....Greetings vrom Nordhorn-Deegfeld!
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