The Pukka McCoy Feb 7 2006

Hi Everyone! This is mostly a travel message, and it will probably be the last mail I write for a few weeks, so this will give you an idea of what kind of stuff I'm getting into... (for all my "moms" in America, and, also, of course, for my Mom :) ) So, today I'm in Ahmedabad city, and heading to Bangalore in the morning (which is South, about 1400 kilometers or so -just don't ask me how long a kilometer is-) I'll be there scouting around the city, hanging out in the uber-cool ashram there and taking a meditation retreat (at the ashram) and then having the Art of Living's 25th anniversary with about 2.8 million people, of which, I'll probably have met at least a few hundred :) (And I hope to see some of them amidst the crowd!) Anyway.... after that whirlwind of excitement, I'm doing my touristy thing via Art of Living with a Rajasthan / Around Delhi travel package and I'll see all kinds of things that us tourists like to see... after which, I'll be in Delhi for Maha Shivratri, a big holiday here in celebration of the Hindu God responsible for destroying everything --- he's a good person to have "on your side" :) From Shivratri, my plans are vague... Beginning in March (right after Shivratri) I hope to go to Rishikesh and tour a few sacred cities along the Himalayas.... then my ultra-coolest-sister-in-the-world-who-lives-in-Seattle will hopefully be coming to India for a tour of Uttar Pradesh or the South... but I'll be back in e-mail communication before then for sure :) Anyhow, I'm running out of time... however, I wanted to add that I did see a tribe of monkeys (they were a tribe.... 4 or 5 families watching out for each other) cross my path while watering my garden the other day, and A chipmunk actually touched me while I was eating my chappatis for breakfast the other day... it was charming! -Sean