"I am thirsty,' I thought aloud. Taylor handed me the bottle of sprite based vodka drink that we had mixed up before boarding the train. I smiled gleefully.

We spent about 24 hours travelling from Udaipur to Diu, an ex-Portuguese island. Diu was a Portuguese island until India, the country that achieved Independence through non-violent revolution, bombed it. Well if their is one thing about India that i have learned and that has held true since I arrived; when you think you know something about the goings on of India, you don't. You can never predict, anticipate or guess what will happen next. India will shock you just as it did Diu.

It is beautiful here, palm trees, the works. I went swimming in the ocean today. What did you do? Not that I am guessing because it is freezing in Canada! I tell everyone I meet I am not spending another cold winter in Canada but that I am going to come to India every time I feel that cold autumn breeze on the back of my neck. Taylor says that I am a disgrace to Canadians because I don't LOVE the cold. Bollocks! It's fucking cold man, get your move on south. -10 is alright, -30 is suffering and we all know their is enough of that to go around without losing a nut to frostbite. Diu is sunny and hot, today I think it may have hit 30 degrees. We've rented scooters while we are here, it is amazing. We spent the day bombing around from beach to beach. The island itself is only about 3km by 11km. The north part is swampy but the south overlooks the deep blue ocean. If bodies of water were women I'd have many wives for I love them. There is nothing more humbling that the great ocean which could swallow you in seconds with its vastness.

We made it to the Eastern part of the island which is one of India's main fishing ports. These men are so intense. It is like going back in time. Their boats are all hand made, it takes 3 months. We saw them building three or four at a time. We got there in time to see some of the people's catch. They had everything from 4 foot long tuna to smaller fish which I do not know the names' of. The men told me in Hindi, and allowed photos, which are often prohibited in areas like that, but I do not remember.

I have not been eating any meat, although I got used to it being a poor student and spending my extra money on women and liquor, the latter being the only true part of that sentence (the part about liquor). The fish here though, has been amazing. We went to an all you can eat BBQ with shark, tuna, you name it, we ate it. Tonight we will feast again.

Diu is a huge drinking town. The state surrounding it is dry so everyone flocks here to wet their whistles'. Their are bars every second building. Speaking of which. "I am thirsty," I thought aloud and left the Internet cafe to go mix up a stiff Scotch and soda. "Hold the soda and heavy on the scotch," I was talking to myself, planning how I would order my first drink after a long day of scooting around a fabulous island.