the himalayas
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- ********0
- ozhanlion0
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- soda0
Nah Vespa, London is pretty good for Indian food (much better than Sydney was...blimey now that was poor, actually can't remember finding a good ruby in The States either?)
My faves have to be any place on Drummond street. Just the best, Southall's pretty good too and if you are feeling a little flush Namaste Spice off of Tower Hill. Now that stuff is good.
As for the Himalayas, what with your photos and Palin struggling last night I am now desperate to go!!*pours another can of Athletes Foot powder on itchy feet*
- vespa0
youre so right soda it's way better than aus, and there are lots of good places, but so-oo many bad ones! brick lane, for instance, has this huge reputation, and for what? every dish tastes the same, every kitchen has the same dishes, i dunno, i guess drunken city types lap that shit up.
the palin documentary was shot so beautifully wasn't it? looking forward to next weeks...
- ********0
Not that I know - but the last time I heard about Goa it was discribed as "Ibiza II". These people were actually using that as a selling point.
Put me right off.
- soda0
Bricklane is kind of all same same now, all the same 'boiled english curry' as mother -in-law calls it!
If you are in East London and want a decent curry head over to namaste spice. Soooo nice!
Also we discovered a fantastic Street market style takeaway in Wilesden, really good. I can't remember the name of it but its fantastic (really well designed flyer/menu too... that's what hooked me!)
As for Palin's show... Man, it's great. I have always loved his programmes and the production on it is superb, i did wonder if he has worked with the same cameraman all the time?
- ********0
Michael Palin would be seated at my ideal dinner party.
He's the man.
- soda0
This is great:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/m…
Palin was 4th choie for Around the World? Blimey, thank christ Noel Edmonds turned it down...
- zedvox0
Goa is a beautiful place if you stay away fromt he touristy places who are on a search for their soul or some shit like that.
its funny how many people come to india looking for their soul and end up getting high and drunk off cheap liqour.
well i guess its the same thing ;)
- k0na_an0k0
dress warm.
make sure you remember your condoms too.
- vespa0
meh, all the spiritual stuff was sorted out at the top of the mountain - made it to ganghara, isn't that where monkey had to take tripitaka so he could get back into heaven?
by the end of it i just wanted a hot shower, flushing loos, non-vegetarian food, alcohol and a sunny beach. goa would have been poifect i'm sure :)
- zedvox0
i love goa....and the protgugese+indian fusion food is amazing....esp fish stuffed with a red chilli paste and the real vindaloo.
Next trip to India ia m gonna go wander about the backwaters of Kerela, have been wanting to go there for years.
vespa, do you mean Hanuman?
- k0na_an0k0
hey. when you got to the top was there a little buddah smart guy sitting there?
what did you ask him? i would have asked him where the can was.
- soda0
Kerela is the place to go apart from Goa, so I hear...
- vespa0
yea that's what i'm thinking zedvox, portugues + indian food has got to be a winner. bet they play capoeira on the beaches there too..
monkey might have been based on Hanuman, but i meant the japanese series "monkey magic", which was based on ancient Chinese mythology, made into a satirical book by Wu Ch'êng-ên in the 16th century - it traces the origins of buddhism back to india. Anyways the main character is the monkey king, who gets kicked out of heaven for being naughty and he has to take Tripitaka the boy priest (who is confusingly actually a girl) on a pilgrimage to find buddha in Ganghara before he can get back to heaven.
the theme song was "In Ganghara, Ganghara, they say it was in india, Ganghara, Ganghara, the place of life Ganghara..."
Anyways don't know if it was the same place but it sure looked like somewhere buddha would have hung out. And it was on the corner of india, nepal and china (tibet) so geographically seems like the sort of place where buddhism might have crossed into china.
- zedvox0
aaah i am thinking of a different monkey god.
well buddhism did start in eastern india and spread north eastwards...into china and other parts.....while hinduism became more prominent in india.....
but have you read about Ashoka?
it is funny though almost all grt male figures in the history can be grouped together as not responsible to their wives
Ashoka married and didnt really care for his wife and loved someone else.
Krishna loved someone else and was married to another
Siddartha left his wife.
Ram didnt take his wife back after rescuing her from Ravan because she had been impure by merely being in company of another man.
i digress but had an argument with a friend about the whoel hero/god worship in india..
anyways ;)
- scarabin0
don't fall
- soda0
don't fall
scarabin
(oct 18 04, 10:22)-------
jeez, read the thread guys, she's been and gone already!
- zedvox0
haha i was gonna post the same thing soda.
yeah vespa dear do not fall!!!!!
- soda0
haha i was gonna post the same thing soda.
yeah vespa dear do not fall!!!!!
zedvox
(oct 18 04, 10:28)-------------------------------
ha... it's probably my fault.
I keep bumping it talking about Indian food!!!!