It is 6:00 a.m., and I wake up by my little alarm clock. I almost never
use it, because I like to sleep a lot. Especially in my vacations. You
understand me. So today I ask myself: "should I really get up and run"?
- Well, today I will. I visualize how beautiful, energetic and long the
day after running usually is. That helps. Okay, I get up.
After some light yoga, at 6:50 a.m. me and my little camera are
stepping out of the house and follow the only and main street through
Varkala Beach.
I have my belt with the 4 little water bottles around my waist, that
should be enough for 80 minutes. After 2km I enter Varkala downtown in
the awakening traffic and take a right to a minor road to Varkalas back
country. There's almost no traffic, a bus, some cars once in a while...
I run slowly into the sunrise. The sun shines very low from the side.
Bit by bit the villagers are awakening. More and more school kids on the
side of the roads, waiting for the daily bus. Its very peaceful and
quiet, no horns, not much noise. How nice is that in India! You know.
The day is getting warmer, as I am floating over the asphalt. I roll
peacefully and free, I feel myself light and I am happy I made it. I
mean, I made it getting up, you know.
What you see at 7 a.m.
in India
Chai man |
Flower man, before the temple |
Reading newspaper |
Rikshaw man, waiting for the first customer |
Filling up the water from the pipe at the street |
Ladder man - For coconuts or for constructions? |
Newspapers and magazines come by bike |
Indian ladies love to have it clean |
Cleaning befor going to school (with a smile) |
A sign for Lionheart running? |
Ladies waiting for the bus |
Advertising on the street |
Lets see what this day brings? |
Men wear Lungi
in the South, no pants/trousers |
A typical pose |
Reading loud to a neighbour who can't read |
Petrol station, waiting for the first car |
Rikshaw men |
Varkala, this way |
Loading bricks |
Nursing students |
Waiting for the school bus (in school uniform) |
Good morning chicken... |
...lets go out to the yard |
Little primary school girl (dog still sleeping) |
Preparing gift rings for temple visitors |
Taking a bath in the clear and holy temple basin water |
It is getting hot already (8:00 a.m.) |
The Newspaper... |
...a good glas of Chai... |
...and a spicy Breakfast dish, all sitting beside the street |
Lionheart |
What I like in the morning time runnings is, the
dogs are still sleeping. What I dont like is, when someone burns the
waste early in the morning and I have to breath that smoke. It happens.
India...
But I really like it a lot to run in the morning time in India.
Little noise, little traffic, no horns. I have done that all over South
India: in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Come join me next time...
Namaskar,
Lionheart
(Erwin@team-bittel.de),
running a bit different.
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