Necessary Distractions

An account of what it means to live curiously: 1) Solo motorbike journeys that proved to be meaningful. 2) Travel encounters with locals that shaped perspective. 3) Poems, a few. Writer, Motorbike rider, Amateur Singer & Songwriter, and a Promoter. Graduate of UWC Red Cross Nordic & Westminster College. Visual Stories: https://www.instagram.com/jahindia/

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Power of Faith amongst the People of Hikkaduwa

January 18, 2018

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Power of Faith amongst the People of Hikkaduwa

On the way to the known beaches of Galle and Mirissa lived the waves of Hikkaduwa. This beach was known for its surfing waters and coral reefs. The sea and its people spent their routine undisturbed in the presence of natural decay and low income. In the past decade, fewer tourists had been visiting every year, so businesses were mediocre and life ordinary. Like us, most people ended up there by word-of-mouth.
The coast lies 95 km south of Colombo, the capital of Srilanka, and 17 km north-west of Galle. Back in the 1970s, the first Marine Sanctuary found its home in Hikkaduwa and that obviously caused a positive shift in its tourism industry. Visitors came for the thriving coral reefs and the diverse lives they inhabited. Like trees, they needed little and gave plenty. Things changed and over the years, the limited research on Hikkaduwa shifted its focus. It moved from discovering natural treasures to investigating a mess of unplanned construction, glass bottom boats, and dead coral r…

What Makes India Safe for Women Travelers

In India, only a few women travel on their own and stay at a hotel that isn’t expensive or supposedly safe. Imagine then, riding a motorcycle alone and spending your entire time with a rural family that you’ve just met. Add to that a strong intuitive human sense and the possibility of staying with them. Would you do it? Maybe. Maybe not.

What if you did? Well, then you might just meet some of the most simple and loving people who so beautifully radiate the pulse of India rooted in generosity and empathy. Perhaps, you may get invited for chai and feel blessed to observe the fruits of working hard, creating with one’s hands, sticking together as a family, and understanding simple joys of life amidst nature.

Trusting Your Instinct
As most of my rides are, this one to Sakleshpur was intentionally open-minded and spontaneous. On the previous day, I had arranged with an Airbnb host who promised a camp-like stay in the middle of his plantation. The universe, however, pointed me in another di…

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.

Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

some momentary awareness comes

As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,

who violently sweep your house

empty of its furniture,

still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out

for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

meet them at the door laughing,

and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.

- Rumi

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