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Raw in India?
Replied Jan 22
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- About Me:
- Hi, I'm from Brisbane, Australia, but I currently live in Tokyo. I've been eating 100% raw about 2 years, and I'm into simple living, minmal consumption, and ashtanga yoga. Together, they are central in my pursuit of physical and spiritual health, and form the centre of my ethical view on life.I've lived and worked in Thailand for a year, and have returned a few times for meditation retreats in forest temples, and to travel. Recently, I was in graduate school in Australia, and then a research student in Economics in a Japanese university, hoping to research about how to live in a more balanced way and in an "ethical economics system", but I finally realized that rather than researching this, what I really wanted was to "live it". So I jumped out of that game and adopted a simpler life. Actually for the last 7 years I've pretty much been living a minimalist life. I currently teach part-time at universities and sometimes do translating work.
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- Favorite Raw Food or Recipe?
- was bananas untill last month, but now I'm bananas about Japanese mikan (tangerines), but the season for local organic tangerines is coming to a close, so looking forward to the next-maybe back to bananas????
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I too have been eating Cooked vegan indian food....its definitely unnecessary, but I have let my addiction to cooked foods win. I have it fairly under control now to eating All Raw fruits all day long until 6:30 pm, then I have my one cooked indian, spicey, curry meal with rice and chapatha or naan...I have no problems physically, but I know that the RAW way is the BEST way for me...I will be back asap.
cool to hear your coooked 'joyride' lasted only a few days....mine is a much much longer.
YOu back in Japan?
I have been enjoying India very much....currently in Kovalam (fairly near to where you were in Mysore)....The fruit I am eatin is mainly Bananas of all types, papaya, pineapple and coconuts....the mangos are not in season...i did eat some custard apples.....I havent found the fruit you found in Mysore.
I am heading to Davao City, Philippines for the final durian season...I read it is still very available....then head to Lanuza for surfing.....
You have any ideas on Philippines to add?
oh yeah your meditation sounds so cool. i have been through some practices. i was looking for a vipasana retreat in Mysore that i had heard of.the one in west bengal does not provide you anything raw. its not a necessity really but still i would be looking forward to the new one!
Oooh Thailand forests!!! oh wow! if i had the money, id have so liked to go!:)
take care, stay blissed out!
so how bout the next time when you come to India, drop by in Kol???! i really wish i had some hardcore raw vegan friends to hang out with and be with!!!
anyways... thank you so much for your advice, will keep you posted! hope all is well with you,
nadja
Lucky you, going to Thailand for six weeks! It has been more than 1.5 yrs for me, and I can't wait for my next trip. I was there for a year in 1997, and I wasn't raw there. I chased my Thai girlfriend there and ended finding a job in a Japanese company near Cambodia as a consultant/Japanese language teacher/manager.... I wasn't eating raw then, but there was plenty of great quality and cheap fruit there and in other areas of Bangkok. In the last 4 years I have been back to Thailand about 4 times for travel and meditation retreats in the north east (Isan) and Chiang Mai and the surrounding areas. Again, an endless supply of great tropical fruit there in local markets and supermarkets. Greens can be a challenge sometimes, but there seems to be an increase in organic and clean options in local stores and supermarkets. As for your travel, I actually don't know Bangkok that well, and I haven't been down south for the islands. If you want beaches, then I hear the islands are great. If you want more mountains and jungle safaris, then the north could be the way to go. Also, I recommend Laos for a look at how Thailand probably was many years ago. The Laos people are really friendly. Also, I just got back from a 6 week stay in Mysore in the south of India, and had a feast on all their fruit. I was also eating tomatoes, cucumbers, and sometimes sprouts, and almonds and walnuts from their shell. There is a guy called Darrick (look at his message on my page) who probably knows a lot more than me about eating raw in Thailand and South East Asia. I'm sure he could give you more information. Anyhow, let me know if you want some more advice.
Colin
hope you are well and thanks a lot in advance.
nadja
heading to Nepal for a while. I get a visa for India, and do some treking while I wait for the visa.
maybe next trip or some other time we can eat some fruit together.
What will you do with your new yoga Certification, teach in Japan?
thanks for ideas!
I may see you there....working on my Visa here in Penang now....
PondiCherri is sounding perfect for a start.
sounds like your schedule is tight, that would be sooo cool if we met up
glad your 'realisation' of the gradual 'westernising' and de-sprirtualising of all but the farest reaches of this planet has been met with your growing wisdom
all power and love to ya, bro :o)
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