2.11.2007 Yoga with Ganesh: The cats we have in the staff house are to die for. Ganesh is beginning to be my favourite, reminds me of myself. Very loud, persistent, stubborn, likes to grab everyone's attention (my god, these qualities aren't the greatest in life but certainly describe Ganesh well) Sayuri and I have been practicing yoga in the mornings in the living room. 6.30am every morning Goa is still partly asleep, not so light outside, monkeys aren't jumpi...

31.10.2007 Halloween Party: Just experienced the weirdest Goan-western Halloween party at Bean me Up, a really popular hip vegetarian restaurant that has opened its season with the party. I had heard so much about this place, how great their food is and the atmosphere. Owned by an American couple who have lived in India for 20 years and adopted some of the Indian accent, specialise in tofu and great pizzas…What more could we ask for. We were greete...

29.10.2007Sahakari Spice PlantationWe have been planning to go the spice plantation for a few days now and decided that taking a day off on Sunday would be a good idea to do so. After a while any trip away from the retreat becomes a highlight and I was particularly excited as the guests who have been over the past few years always enjoyed the spice plantation so it could surely be no disappointment.We left the house around 11am, and after an hour drive past Panji...

27.10.2007Lost Kitten:I'm not sure if we did a good thing today. We had all gone to eat at Navtara in Mapusa for lunch and had to stop by the bank on the way home. Whilst Theresa was in the bank Richard spotted a tiny kitten on the side of the road and I immediately left the car to see it. It was a very small, fragile and trembling kitten, meowing along, looking very lost. I decided to hold him in my hand and comfort him for a while. Adam was very adamant not sho...

I surrender, forget the date. What does it matter anyway! Last night I had a little friend in my room, whom I met for the first time previous night actually; a very cute frog with enormous eyes trying its hard to blend to the back of the plastic chair in my room, looking rather scared and cautious. Well I happen to like this frog very much, I moved as close as I could without scaring it off to examine it more closely. Its legs looked like those plastic sink pumps...