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Home Perro de La Semana: Marley Returns

Perro de La Semana: Marley Returns

Turner April 6, 2012 Travel Job Tips

Last Updated on January 18, 2013

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Nothing better than exploring ancient civilizations’ ruins. It’s humbling and hot AF during the day usually. Dusk is where it is at. Hampi India, where I took this sweaty, daring photo of white guyness, was the NYTimes #2 ranked place to visit for 2019. It is kind of like a mix of Turkey’s Capadoccia meets Cambodia’s Angkor Wat. The place is massive, but you can’t take your own scooter bc the tuk tuk mafia lobbied the government against it. This I had a tuk tuk driver for the day. But to be honest, to do it again, I would have just gone slow and alone. First the morning and again at night. Beat the heat and get the actual feeling of stumbling upon an ancient society. You don’t get that feeling being chauffeured around. Take your time. Go slow.

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I sat here in the country drinking chai tea with some locals. Country is where you meet people. The ones who want to meet you and know why you are there. In America it is easy for city folk to look at the country as a blip. A stop over. People without something to add to the convo. Maybe I am speaking to generally. ‘We all don’t do that!’ Yeah, you do. Maybe. Anyway, back to India. People are curious. And in the country away from the touristvilles you drink chai tea and speak about cultural things: pre-arrangement marriages and fidelity and love were what I focused on. The words translate here but I am not sure we mean the same thing. Anyway, I ramble and am off point. But I like the real, weird points of discussion.

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When you find that oasis but someone else got there first...and by someone I mean a billion people —it’s India 🤷‍♂️.

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#nofilter necessary for Goa’s incredible sunsets.

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Goa isn’t bad. After a week of monsoons and being stuck inside, this was a welcome break. Moto for the day. Might be the most lush place I have moto’d next to Hawaii.

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The calm before the storm. Idyllic beaches and palms can make one forget that Mother Nature calls the shots. A few hours of this. 6 days straight rain. Monsoon season is no joke.

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First night in Goa. On the quiet southern part, and the sunset was like an oil painting. Pure magic 😍💯🇮🇳

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Sitting on the holy river the Ganges, you can feel that there is something special about it. Perfect place to reflect before setting off on my first ten day, silent mediation retreat. I have never done anything like it before — so I am feeling a bit mixed emotions of excited and nervous. Here we go!

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Trying to set up one of those ‘Instagram’ shots all the cool kids are talking abut these days but all these vastly more interesting than me people kept getting in the way. Maybe I should photoshop myself out? Regardless, India has some happening mosques, tombs and palaces. To say it is buzzing with life would be an understatement.

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So many temples, tombs, and street eats not sure where to start and end in India. So far, must say, the tombs are the most decorative I think I’ve ever seen.

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Sunset from above the Ganges — India’s holiest river. People flock to ceremonies during sunset and bathe in the river to cleanse themselves and feel the spiritual vibes. Farther along the river in Varanasi, the cremated remains of loved ones are set off in the river. I hesitated to swim in this, but Rishikesh is the top part and cleaner 😐. But to swim in Varanasi 🤔☠️

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‘Soul not for Sale’. Seems fitting, paradoxical, amusing and heaps of other emotions - in India. Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find yourself - but you can’t do either, if you’ve already sold yourself. Hit the return counter. Find quiet. Or complete chaos. Maybe finding your soul in stillness is perfect in a place that is 100% in your face chaos. That road leads to India.

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I don’t always spend my days working on tea plantations, but when I do...I eat weird red goo and spit it like a local. Sri Lanka is famous for tea. They transformed their entire coffee industry to tea when a fungi outbreak happened and now they are one of the world’s biggest tea producers. The tea pickers sometimes pick up to 22 kilos (45 pounds a day) of tea leaves. They make $4-7 a day and work their asses off. It is beautiful office no doubt, but the work is repetitive as hell and grueling. However, the ladies picking are some of the nicest people. They kept feeding me rice and tea as I worked. Glorious. If you find yourself in Sri Lanka, and want to see where Sir Lipton started it all, check out tea plantations around Ella.

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The architecture of tombs in India. Not palaces. Tombs. Like the Taj Mahal, this one has pools, ornate carvings, interesting arches...and unlike the Taj, no lines or tourists.

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India is 100% chaos. But within that chaos there are random moments and colors that are off of the spectrum. You never know what you will see or smell or experience. And frankly, it will be different every time depending what you choose to focus on. I was chilling on this wall — admiring the strange blue. And this women strolls by. The moment stood still. Hard to capture it with a picture but when you capture the moment it just pops.

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Can’t get enough of the train life in Sri Lanka. I’ve been on quite a few train rides in my day but I’ve gotta say the Kandy to Ella train ride is unreal. This Harry Potter style, nine arch bridge, is just beyond that route —in Ella. Pure magic.

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That time I went stilt fishing in Sri Lanka. A job I was excited to dig into, only to discover it is mostly only done now for tourists by somewhat shady characters. I wanted to find that old man to mentor me. That classic fisherman who was in it for love of the game. But alas, it was not to be. Job bust. I didn’t catch much and my co-workers were a bit sketch, which wouldn’t be a first. Apparently ‘the fishing season’ is in two months when the waters calm. Maybe that’s true. Or maybe more tourists come and that fuels it. Regardless, I need to up my fishing game.

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I visited Sri Lanka between monsoon seasons. The rain came and went daily. Unpredictable. I was riding my moto around when I got caught in a down pour. All locals scurried looking for cover, but were also calm at the typicalness of life in a tropical place. I snapped this shot of this old woman crossing the road, with an attitude of: is that all?

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The Lighthouses of Sri Lanka. I’ve always had a thing for light houses. I think of those cool little ones littered around New England’s coast. These in Sri Lanka are incredible too. Especially this one on Point Dondra. White picket fence. Palm trees. No one in attendance. Perfect 💯

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I was a bit skeptical of the beaches in Sri Lanka. It was between seasons. So rain or more rain it seemed no matter where you went. I caught a few nice days though. This is ‘secret beach’. Which actually isn’t much of a secret, but it is set on a beautiful point and made for some great drone action😍.

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