Making Biscuits With Krusteaz Pancake Mix

India (Goa - Small Vagator, El Shaddai) 19 11. - 8 12.

(Eva)

Goa's beaches have also changed greatly in the last year - more houses, more stalls, more tourists. Remained the same is that Goa, although it is in India, have to do with the rest of India seems nothing. With a literacy rate of just under 80%, with a 30% rate of Catholics 451jährige s colonial rule of the Portuguese left their mark. Self-confident, west dressed women, alcoholic offer all over the place and the many churches we have often forgotten that we are actually in India.

proper names such as Carlos and Joseph Fernand de Souza are not uncommon and even the locals refer to themselves as differentiated "Goan" rather than "Indian". The cuisine here is different: while on one side attracts the wide range of fresh fish as well as Goan cuisine, but has on the other hand, the demand of the many international tourists to the Indian food dishes pushed into the background.

cleaning After almost a week in a hotel in Anjuna, excellent bus and a "thank you dinner" to which we are invited by Julia and cleaning, we are now almost at the reached goal of our journey together and go on their separate ways. While Julia and cleaning heading off by bus and train in the South, Harry and I connect again in the footsteps of the gypsies, and find in a field near the sea in Small Vagator a new home. In addition to Marco with us from Switzerland and Walter their buses from Salzburg. Little by little we are experiencing another "Overlander" to us.

pass the days in flight and we enjoy it in deep breaths while lying to buy a bath, and fresh fish to grill. That's what I call freedom!

We spend time with the children from the orphanage of El Shaddai. Unbelievable, but even in so rich Goa, there are slums, alone near the capital, Panjim 12,000 people live in slums, including 3,000 children. For us it was unbelievable when we learned a few years ago that even under the poorest of the poor, there is a mafia that there is a slumlord and that even the homeless people who stay on the sidewalk have to pay for those same roost.

El Shaddai now, founded in 1996 by Englishwoman Anita and the Goan Pastor Matthew, provides for the past 11 years (initially 15 children) are now 370 children in four orphanages. In addition, El Shaddai 3000 slum children supplied daily with a meal following the motto: "It is the right of every individual, at least one time every day to eat enough.

We sponsor acquire for five years and know how their donations to our friends. At this point a big thank you to all of you in particular (sponsor Soji) to Harry Höhr and Dental Esthetics as well as Natasha and Julia's mother, Petra, and for their generous donations. In view of the expansion, which we may observe from year to year in the Fund, the funds are invested according to our opinion really good.

We are now the foster parents of a 13 year old girl whose mother 6 years ago by a "kitchen accident" was killed when the woman by the explosion of the kerosene stove is burned. Such or similar accidents we read daily in Indian newspapers, in fact it is in most cases dowry murder.

The dowry is officially banned since 1961, but still common and often the bride's parents fault their lives up to his ears. For this reason, even today sometimes girls killed after birth, their parents (banned since 1994), an amniocentesis for 500, - Rupees (equivalent to about 8, - €) can not afford. If a man is now dissatisfied with the dowry bestowed upon him, he calls more often and quenched in some cases, from murder does not return in the hope of another generous dowry payment for remarriage. We

the orphanages, bathe visit with the children on the beach and take a trip to the school of El Shaddai. At the request of the director, we show the students on the bus and Harry removed it as clusters will of the rear door to the front side door while I explain the curious children inside the bus. For most Indians, even for the upper class is foreign to a mobile home, and accordingly is also great interest to look into the bus. We would be prepared to showcase, reach our little home. understand

The two Swiss Lucia and Bernie, since 4.5 months, with their red Toyota on the road we "megagut" and decide to stay together for a few days in the south ....