Hot here. Touristy town, an old port city for the Portuguese. Lots of Catholic and Christian churches here, so lots of celebrations for the holidays. We went on a long and slightly wild ride up to the Western Gnats, a series of beautiful old mountains that made me think of Nepal. We saw thousands of acres of tea that looked like a trim rug in designs of green. And went to a spice plantation and saw a monitor lizard for Bill and lots of exotic plants like kokum and tamarind and tamarillo.
On the way back we saw a procession from a local Catholic elementary school. Lots of music and kids dressed like santa claus. Plus a manger scene filled with angels and mary and joseph on the back of a small trailer. Mothers in colorful saris walked piously behind...it was pure India!
We go back up to the cool Gnats tommorrow for a couple days to stay at a preserve with an old Brahmin family. Cooking class two coming up.
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