David Waumsley Travels

What could be more Indian than the sight of “Horn OK Please” signs hand painted on the backs of (usually heavy) vehicles. For me, this double politener of Ok and Please is as endearing as the Indian misplacement of “isn’t it” (innit). Should you ever, as a visitor, find yourself driving in India (and good luck if you do) the sign means sound your horn before overtaking.

Horn OK Please is also the title of a fantastic multi-awarding short film from flickerpix animations which follows the day of an Indian taxi driver. I have added a few subtitles for extra detail. Surely, a “must watch” for anyone travelling to India.

Click here for the You Tube version without subtitles

If anyone knows the make of these Indian taxis please do comment below.

Here are some photos of our 5 day trip to Kerala (God’s own country) This is just a temporary post. When we have better internet connection we will post on all the individual places we visited. There is lots to tell.

This video is for Alan who I know would have been disappointed by the absence of an Elephant on the wedding video.

Mr and Mrs Waumsley proudly presents our little wedding – almost live and uncut. Thanks to Father Emmanuel for the camera work.

Also a huge thanks to all of you for your kind comments, cards and gifts. Debbie and I are so very touched.

After a trouble free one hour flight from Mumbai to Goa with Air Deccan (Rs 12000 return) it was only a 30 min taxi ride to Colva Beach in South Goa. What a fantastic place this is! According to the literature Colva is a village of about 12,000 residents and boasts the longest of all the Goan beaches (12 miles). It is, however, the most popular beach in Goa after Calangute and in May (the holiday time) is largely packed with locals and other Indian tourists. It seems Colva’s popularity is more recent and has resulted in some development that the locals are not so pleased about (see poster in the gallery). Nevertheless it is still very peaceful and with 20 km of white sandy beach you can always get some solitude.

Of course the food is great here and there is no shortage of eating venues. Even the ones on the beach are very reasonably priced and good.Our apartment was found by a very good friend of Debbie’s (Thanks Sarita) and is excellent (5 mins walk to the beach). I doubt our photos do it justice, but it is open for rent at Rs 1000 per day from:
Mahesh Lotiliker
Phone 0091 832 2788064
Mob 0091 9823 351 123
Email world_linkers@hotmail.com

Mahesh also runs the nearby internet shop.

If lounging in the sun gets you restless like us you might want to try this:

Para-sailing here is Rs 500 for one or Rs 800 for two. Apparently a dip in the water is an extra Rs 100. Sure it is, but the guy did do our filming for free.

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Our favorite part of “The Lizard” was this little known gem of a place called Kynance Cove.