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First the good news: I am in Goa. And now the even better news: I went straight into ne road blockade and now I'm stuck. But first things first.

Very early going, really, even got my bike anbekommen. Even, at the third attempt. Yeah!

And the roads were great. Enough time to look at the beautiful landscape, madness. At the beginning of something like a desert, then more green, mountainous and hissing through again views over the lagoons, the sea, beautiful. Went forward well in the early afternoon, arrived in Goa.

Then a lot of trucks, buses and so on the side, is covered here already and Fiesta all take a break. Miles later, you wondered, no oncoming traffic, ne roadblock.

Small village in NEM ISTS people to become stupid. The unpaved road, the plants, the water, everything left and right of the road from the red dust road. The villagers want ne paved road, the highway and is ultimately the only route from the south to Goa. Everything must be here by.

Two weeks ago, the paper prepared by the Senate - or whatever it's called here - was rejected. Well hats handed to people. Street close to the governor comes and signed an order to repair the road. Fight for your right.

The people are left relatively herself throughout. Hardly great excitement, all seem to have come to terms with it and wait for ne solution. Hopefully not in a bull bet, but Nich looks like this. But since this morning the road is sealed, but should suffice for the stupid Govenour. He should hinmachen times.

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Get up early and - as expected - not the box again anbekommen. Half an hour rumgehampelt on the hotel parking lot, until the truck finally did. If it now goes every day so I tenancy to someone I Fall in moped. Early on the morning durchgschwitzt totally can not do that.

Ne first drove a lap of honor, I thought I knew where to go, but it was the wrong direction. So back to Calicut for NEN second attempt.

The then ran better diligently put miles behind me. Original way today has made my shift lever attention, not a day goes by without any problems also. I like my Enfield Although everything is still, but now you need to turn down quite delicate feet, bold boots are no longer there. Until that is crass and the lever goes down even further, I come with my summer shoes still on the lever. When it gets worse, I need again ne workshop or how the Indians must go with flip flops.

Despite changeable streets, quiet, always stretches of beach and palm shore near rivers, totaling well come forward. I'm leaving 'Gods own country' Kerala - - even to Mangalore again potato fields, unpaved road with a full highway operation for about ten kilometers. At sunset, shortly after Udupi bent at the Scand. Malpe, a lot of fishing boats and a long sandy beach. The fish smell confident of a good catch, but something bothers about the romance.

Dinner in a speakeasy (Bar + Restaurant) in which there were booths. Who does not want to be seen drinking in, goes behind ne wall plywood. Funny.

# Hopefully I get my Motorrd tomorrow, yeah, I worried # Actually, you can create self to Goa tomorrow, now look #

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Finally the matter with the souped-bike. The early bird catches the worm, and my bike to the tiger in the tank (yes, because someone has a copyright on it). So it should be. If I had the box anbekommen times. Was nothing.

So back to Mr. Mechanic, of course, he was not here Saturday, but the same time and later he was angrufen came around. Try around after the box was then eternal already addressed, that is difficult to troubleshoot, then it went on forever. In between are updated on the license plates, all white except for black and is now illegal. Maybe better for Goa, everything ok have externally.

Lunch really going on, finally, from the north. Have chosen the shorter route was beautiful, small streets, little going on, but has probably taken longer than expected. Lost in between the fuel filter, the super-mechanic had screwed Nich. Should I doubt?

Towards sunset arrived in Calicut, all the hotels 'fully booked'. Well, or had no desire to have her guests might not be fitted grid. But then come across yet in speaking such a huge seven-story apartment block. Schick, a little pricey but perfect after a long search.
# Else is gone today, only the speedometer broke, now I have my speed (!) Estimate #

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Finally, a holiday from a holiday made. In the evening watching television, slept super early and then came on TV even '12 Monkeys', then looked away and continued to endure the afternoon heat to the outside world.

Her for a coffee just to the mechanic looked, the bike was quite dismantled, and in addition an extra bag with tons of new parts, Enfield. New brakes, new clutch, parts reworked, a lot of new stock, fine, this is a great bike. Let's see what the bill, I pick up today Kann evening at eight.

Then first looked at Ernakulam, looks like the new India, of course, not all, of course. But definitely not as stressful as other Indian cities.
Then back to Fort Cochin, something has gone around and looked at the village. Really asking, if you look at a few meters away from Touribereich, everything is very rural here. Too bad that there is no beach here, but is water everywhere but not really inviting swimming zm. Looks more like when a container ship lost NEN container with garbage. Is just a port, and smells that way.

Tomorrow morning, we go out, three or four days should be enough to Goa, we will see. Maybe I save even the time that I've always hung out with other mechanics, I'll see.

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Today that is just a short trip can take to Cochin on the Enfield-pro and the box again to travel. Around noon, I was there, in more detail in Ernakulam, Cochin, right next to the other end of the natural harbor. Modern, nearly west, at least the water front.

Found a nice hotel, just around the corner from the mechanic and the same way. Daniel and Niaz were also degree there, and two British, who wanted to buy a bike and cruise to London can be. For about 100lbs transport.

Unfortunately, the mechanics do not have time, had the earliest tomorrow. Ne test also showed that the rear suspension should be changed completely, well, if it properly. So decided to let pass the box properly, will probably cost two to three thousand rupees, and is ready for tomorrow night. Hopefully it works with the sub-offices in Goa, but is already. So I'm here next year, then a super bike, see.

Afternoon ferry to Fort Cochin and looked at the area. Chinese fishing nets, ne Seefood-mile beach and quite a few tourists, but not overloaded. Are they any degree Touribusse here.

In the evening I indulged myself even culture. A Kathakali play that is so ne way silent film theater where the actors are (no women) painted remarkably colorful. With huge Verbastelungen in the face, impressive. But hard to understand, and sat before me, of course, another German tourist, who has made about 200 photos with his camera. A bit annoying that, but is simply a tourist-event.

# Photos transferred to CD. The first attempt failed, I hate those guys that every stupid Windows message click away without reading, but have no idea what's going on. #

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Spreewald on Indian - the backwaters. I had to look natural. Then get up early with nothing and I did not want was to be driven solely with NEM rented boat through the area, I took the ferry. Unbelievably inexpensive (FP5) and drives just like the boats from the major channels, but just in a zigzag. Ne left pier, right one, and so on back for a half hour to get to Nedumudy, by bus (7RP).

And is really nice, the fields between the channels are approximately one meter in deeper than the channels have been probably just eingdeicht Dutch. Unlike the typical Spreewald cucumbers found here coconuts, bananas instead of horseradish, all else equal. At least as worth seeing, well, the water is not quite so inviting.
Then in the afternoon to the beach. Madness, as would not tell me a nice sandy beaches of Kerala. And completely empty, except for two bikini-ladies, too bad that Hugo had missed it. On the shore wells crosses look like Vasco da Gama placed. Impressive.

The water is salty the way, well, is not just the Baltic Sea. But this warm and super comfortable, lacking only the kite school.

The beach also Danil made tours organized by the Enfield India. Together with Niaz, who was also there and both have degree course NEN Enfield specialists at hand, in Kochi. Tomorrow we leave so to Kochi, bike mechanic and make the set, while I look at the city. The day after, with a fresh impetus to Goa, according to the plan. Let's see how far I will come.

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My first day alone on the bike and so far I have not come true. Noon off, before the Institute again for stopping by and adopted. The road was great, always nice between sea and backwaters, sometimes one, sometimes the other, and move in and out of both.

After about 60km, just after Kollum, I feel like had to go to the beach, so fix a drink and bought at the Sarts Gasbaudenzug broken, so instead of looking for relaxation NEN mechanic. The only concern in the village, then the new NEN Bowden, but during installation found that the guys really have no idea. Has lasted two hours and then it was certainly done, but not really good.

So even something nachgebastelt, at least give the gas goes again.
However, the case will now sometimes no gas, swallowed at full throttle, they spontaneously regularly. Habs managed to Allappuzha then, here you get boat trips and so on the backwaters. So I'll go back tomorrow ne bike break and look at me backwater villages.

# On the beach have been nice here. Tomorrow's worried the info for the super-beautiful Kerala beach. # Meeting tomorrow afternoon with NEN type of organized tourist-Enfields tours. The looks on my bike and sometimes I get too in touch with his Enfield specialists, perhaps the cure's get back.

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Today was also the last part of the setup the day. Early in the institute and worked together with some administrators (yes, no women) ne checklist. Once the link between the institute and Bhawani, nem large complex of buildings between all the bodies had been tested, as the link between the girl and Bhawani hostel, was the only test between Varun and the Boys Hostel.

I want to go to the trouble with the other left safely and I was not clear whether the mile with the standard Omni are übrbrücken to. But no problem, great connection, while in between the palm trees do not grow excessively.

Afternoon, two studies the wireless setup explains everything crafted in a wiki, done. A solid foundation for the new mesh, if the APs rain and packed klausicher, is the second right open WiFi network in Asia (the first is older in Goa for a week). Hopefully, by keeping the Freifunk idea, but it is Hugo to that.
Evening, with Hugo and Shiv farewell celebration, although I both met again in Goa. Hugo runs but with the train to Goa via Bangalore, where he looks to the network by Danesh.

# Have now my ticket Goa-Delhi. 3000rp/60eur. Hugo takes the same plane. # News: In Kerala, women are allowed to marry multiple men. # News: In Kerala may not be smoked in public. #

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After three nights in a luxury hotel today again-rested, but then going and looking for another hotel in Trivandrum. As of today goes to our own pockets, clearly, there must be something cheaper ago. First clean the station, then found that the station is too far away and then again somewhere else looking for a hotel, well, jedenfals the day was half over when we finally had the fumble behind us.

And heard how the NEN for Sunday, starting at the beach. Again according to kovalam, the nearest beach is here, and we were already late in the period. Gigantic waves there, well, maybe 4meter can be but at least much too big to enjoy bathing. Her for a short test it was clear that any further stay in the water is lebensmuede - the waves were a fucking force. Hugo saw that of course something else, as an old rugby player, he has finally won a match again. After half an hour he was not co imer, and of course, always the first row.

Mogren is then the network is then crafted and finished here in India first, well, the second free wireless network. Let's see what is out.

# Blog entries last time to make and upload images. Yeah! #

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On the second day of the workshop was a panel discussion in the morning queue, we have proposed to Fred's first move after noon, as 'outdoor work' lunch are impractical in this Kima. Fred is concerned Antennenzubehoer morning, I again discussed the steps of the firmware installed by the previous day and then we have provided in the current system, all Accespoints were still in a room, a few laptops with olsr.

If already prepared the Windows setup problems, ran out of time, the Linux setup was a little easier. Unfortunately, they went both existing and not in the run Linux installed on your computer is not really, somehow must have well-the Fedora package (rpm) of an olsr hiccups. The interest of the workshop participants was so great that constantly came new questions. What is the planned network topology, such as the range, which are useful for Anennen why ne lower Amplification at Omnis if we have differences in height and so on. Not a second for a brief troubleshooting. The whole is now sent for the second day, via live internet stream ns, a spectator from New Zealand to gabs each case.

Mttags finally sat together for a coffe with Amaranth Raja, Vekatesh Chopella, Hugo and Dinesh and a little stretched out, then we went on. During the panel, I snapped a typo, the network structure needed to support local. Unfortunately we had from the 'ground team' not check whether really from the top to two points target 'line-of-sight' was. Well, when there was a half from the network and it came time to catch the signal from the residence of the ladies, it turned out, that is to never, ever reach the antenna. Ne measurement error was the cause, two folks were there just opened her laptop and mutually confirmed that a mesh network is present, but no internet. The network was launched alerdings only locally, not our nice network.

So even tinkered quite a while, two access points onto the roof and then placed, finally, the network was at least theoretically there. A cable between the two APs on the roof will solve the problem, and then there network. Since the cable is to get until Monday, I will stay until Tuesday at Trivandrum, and then you go towards Goa.

Evening with the head of the Institute, Prof. Srivathsan and other assets have been eating, Hugo can work here in January and if I feel like I can start right now, well, that should probably wait until next fall. The Chief and Professor here is great, he lets the Studies uglaubliche freedoms and it shows at once while visiting the Institute. An eagerness to learn, which can not be achieved by force. The people are all highly motivated and enfach have a lot of fun to work great. For each space get updated very often comical expriment NEN, so it must be. But the same effect as the jmit Radaur and tough anywhere else in India. I could verbrngen de next months trying to visit the colleges breadth of the country, all are interested. When can I come over ... Oh well, next year.

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