sante fe los angeles sanfransisco

ok.this has gone haywire again...this is the end of one bus trip... reached portland from denver santefe losangeles sanfransisco.... this is in portland.nalini and i went to an imax film show...huge round screen... i had lunch with freinds here..viky me jeanie ketan and kay in portland..ketan has left intel to start a site on giving for non profits though the regular buying that you do.for plane tickets etc........
mary karens sister vaccinating a cat before it gets adopted by a family at a cat care centre at sante fe
they put a tag oneach cat so that each has a number so it can be traced to the owner........... she, is holding the tracing mechanism
m ary kathys sisat alberbuerque we went to the petrogryoph park where there are drawings made 10000 years ago on the rocks these are some photos of those drawings on the rocks..more than thousands of years old

me in front of the drawings

the scenery between sante fe and los angeles
on the way met this woman who asked to use my cell phone 4 times... to call her daughter asking for money...her daughter was 20 had 2 kids and was on welfare..........
a windfarm on the way
a warning on the greyhound terminal... this terminal has substances which can cause cancer.....what do you do? not go in?
me floating in a pool with sashas costume in lindas brothers pool in anaheim near los angeles my gurubandhus brothers pool
here we all are
a toatooed guy on the bus
san fransisco on the bus entering
athena neice with her daughter and the guinea pig
the entrance to athenas house
ishika athenas daughter
the academy of sciences which we went to in san fransisco.. what a place at gloden gate park
a white crockadile
jelly fish

me touching a star fish..... it feels prickly and wierd
me strolling ishika athenas daughter... for record... i did do some work
the seals on fishermans walk..... what a treat
at berkeley with old reed freinds..... pat mcmohan, layla a buddhist monk and kathy a health consultant at berkley
kathy watering the plants in her garden....
a picture at the chinese restaurant that we had lunch
having most fantstic chinese lunch oyster sause and chicken and eggs with layla and kathy

the bay bridge in sanfransisco

my freind jeannie in portland with kays dog at the reed canyon

denver santefe

janas cat kali
this is along the creek which runs by janas house... a sitting place with some sculptors around...... grass below and people come here to play in the creek ... the creek has a venice experience and you can take a boat and come down ... there are different levels and there are locks which take the boat up and down
the bridge going over the railway tracks.... reminds one of the one on the mumbai sea link..... a person playing music
at the tattered covers book store 2 stories high and lovely wooden finish everywhere... reading kurt vonneguts latest collection which his son brought out after his death
dancing scultor in front of the theatre .... it changes as you drive past
from the bus denver to sante fe..... brown brown sands little shrubs... this is a high altitude desert
Sara... karen and anils daughter ....she is 17 years old just finished high school ........ she is back from bhajan class.... yes you read right .... follower of amma........ amma is coming here to sante fe and sara asks me if i will be there to come..... how come she is going to amma? her best freind went to an ashram school........ and she goes with her..... calls it cooool...
mary karens sister has gifted her a ticket to come to india and sara is really excited about it and figuring out when she can come... hopefully this year...she has not been back for 9 years and asks many questions... about vada pao, enerjee drink, her cousins, masala chips ....shes wondering about college etc what to study, she is thinking maybe of PR, or communication or marketing....... shes really focussed and works real hard on her goals
karen me mary karens sister and joseph her husband saying cheers at a lovely mexican restaurant we go to for dinner

karen works at this fantastic place called jaloupeor something like that.. it is spread over 6acres has outdoor activities... like you can paint your own pot; there is a glass blowing demostration done by native americans... and stuff from india china bali..... furniture clothes rugs ceramics you name it... it is like the goa open market but the range of stuff is really amazing.........
some pots
inside of one of the stores
another one .there is a music store also and they have music from small bands indian native americans very nice
these are chains of fresh water pearls, opal, tourmaline.... you name it and its there............ i go on a shopping spree... and have bought over 30 chains......... remarkably cheap......... they are on sale buy one get one free.... fresh water pearls for 2 dollars a string.. thats 100 rs......... have decided to get into jewelry making with these and fix up with this girl who runs the store to choose and send me if i need later..........stuff is from all over the world...
sara karen and saras boyfreind justine.......... made tandorri chicken which they are barbequeing on the table in the yard outside karens house..... justine is very very nice. 21..he works at a marketing company for a publishing house.... we chat about my lifestylefarmer and also the book im thinking about and about internet marketing...... hes spanish hispanic.......
the centre of sante fe is the mall ... we go there at night . open spaces with many restaurants and shops around......... sante fe is a really nice and different type of place.voted the best place to visit, and no 1 on the art scene
all the art galleries are on canyon road... the galleries are in these old house which are made in clay.all of them the same colour and looks lovely.there are over 50 galleries here
houses ike this made into galleries
mobiles which are moving in the wind.some make a musical tone...... there are about 20 around..... theres a video of it too
the entrance to one gallery
native american pottery
sara wants to learn how to wear a sari.. here she is draped in one of karens
saras car
sara works in the evening in this fancy store selling sportswear from california........... here she is on her counter......

yeh the video came of the mobile sculptors

reflection

in sante fe and on the bus ride here had long times to think

reading a book called leaps... interviews with women in their 55s and 60s...wondering what to do with the rest of their lives... she interviews many women and draws it out into a very readable story.... she herself is wondering what to do.. she has earlier written books but now nobody wants her writing anymore.... she is still driven by ambition and along the way as she interviews she gets the message of slowing down looking at the future with new eyes... have not finished it as yet........ the title leap.... gives the message. it is time to leap into new things that you have thot about... to conquer fears because this is almost the last time that you have to do what you have wanted to do....

unfortunately the book was all about white celbrity women with issues like losssing their beauty and face lifts... not too relevant ...but yet even for me it was interesting to read about how other single maried women were looking at the rest of their lives..........

.so go this thought....... why not write a book .......am thinking of putting together a book with interviews with men and women in this age group ... 60s.....have some people in mind...suzie, jana, chris in japan. lawrence in france, linda in US.... multi cultural and with people who have a somewhat different perspective on life....

america largely is very concerned about ssucess and competition..... i think that the people i wld like to be part of the book would be those who have had a somewhat different perspective which is different from those chasing the american dream...somewhat more aware..... people from different cultures and how they are living different from the mainstream................... on this trip meeting many freinds many who are really interesting and now are going though changes wondering where to live what to do...... some like janet have retired and are doing art...........


beside this have a nice book also..........
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peoples response to lifestyle farmer has been quite positive......... i am liking this space ....... a publishing space

and maybe some music.floy ?

few thots

when people say that americans are obese never realised what they meant .. you have to see these people to beleive it.... all ages...even 10 year old kids........ are like huge meaning huge..over 300 lbs, their arms sagging stomachs like must be over 60 inches...there is so many really obese people here...they move on motorised little scootys all over in the malls and the streets since htey cannot move otherwise..... our indian so called fat people look very thin,

all the cups for cofee or soft drinks are like super big...... if you can imagine two big cups that will be there regular and large would be even bigger....... many drink so many soft drinks...like cola....

almost half the trip is over...... it has been so many different experiences ....... looking back on the blog its like ive been through all that.????.......... experience, or everyday life seems more and more like a dream... the blog reminds me that what i have done,norway paris brittany seatle caming reed reunion .... but there is this feeling that it happened, its past..., its no longer there...... your mind can keep on holding onto it... but for what? it has gone.... always will go.... yet we like to think about so called existence as really happening....individual lives we hang on so much to our own little lives ........

for me its giving a tremendous feeling of expansion....like it matters little what you do, and you can do what ever you want because it all passes away ..... there is no memory in the universe....

cant really figure out what it is i want to say.

am really moving nowadays... 30 hours in the bus 3 nites in denver....9 hours by bus then 2 nites in sante fe..... leaving today to los angeles..... ahin is busy but am taking a bus to meet linda who was in india for several years, also a guru bandhu . then back to los angeles same day to take the over nite bus to san fransisco .. athena and few freinds.... two nites then to portland one day then seattle one nite and then the trip to meet doug and kayoko on graham island....... then 48 hour bus ride to toronto..........then newyork and 20th july plane to mumbai....................oooooooooof

more pix next time...........