Bathing The Monkey God
We've landed safely on the beautiful island of Mauritius. It's absolutely stunning here - blue-green ocean waters and long stretches of white sandy beaches along the coast and lush green tropical plants and trees inland. It's the quintessential island paradise.
We'll do a proper update from India but so far we've had a great time. Our Servas host family took us to a Hindu ceremony last night in honor of Hanuman, the "monkey deity reknown for his courage, power and faithful, selfless service." The ceremony focused for 2 hours around the bathing of a 10 foot tall statue of Hanuman in milk curds, honey, coconut milk and water. The temple was filled with plenty of music, singing and sweet-smelling incense. It was fascinating and we have photos and sound clips from the ceremony that we'll post soon.
Finally, we'd like to share an article with everyone about our dear, dear friend Mr. Dave Silver who is saving the environment...one mile at a time. Go Dave!
Sounds absolutely beautiful -- and fascinating! (And speaking of beautiful, your photos from South Africa are fabulous. You seem to be on a bit of a monkey tangent lately. ;)
Enjoy your time in Mauritius, and have a safe trip to India this week!
Mauritius hört sich ja wahrlich paradiesisch an, genießt es noch!
Und danke für den Artikel über Dave, hab' mich wirklich gefreut, von ihm zu hören bzw. über ihn zu lesen - toll, was er da macht.
Alles Gute für Indien,
Bussi, Henni
So, the "Canolamobile" has made the news! For any of you who may be a little confused as to how it operates after reading the article, Dave showed it to me in our driveway and gave a full explanation, and I still only have a vague understanding of how it works. I'm pretty sure, however, that it does not need regular bathing in milk curds, honey, coconut milk and water-but who knows what the next technological improvement might be! Love, Papa.
Wow Mike, sounds like a beautiful place! I can't wait to see the pictures :)
About your friend Dave Silver, that is awesome! My cousin, Justin Carven is big into vegetable oil run cars. He has been doing it for a while, and actually runs the company Greasecar that is mentioned in the article. Check out the site here: http://www.greasecar.com
Take care!
Dave
Hey Mike and Megan,
So happy you posted your link on Andynkate's website! It is great to be able to see where you are in the world these days! You guys are doing SO much! That ceremony sounds awesome - very enlightening - I think I will change my name to Greg Hanuman Schultz in his honor :)
Hope all is well - Explore away and LIVE LIFE to its FULLEST! Hope to see you in San Fran.
Greg