Only in India!

Whilst on our Christmas Escape (from Bombay) on a beach in Kerala – we had one of those funny ‘you had to be there to really get it’ experiences, but I have to share it…...

On Christmas Eve, we headed to the Funky Arts Café after dinner. They had their annual ‘big event’ for Christmas with Bollywood dancers (more like anorexic telly tubbies in tights who could groove), musicians playing the tabla and other such exciting acts. The place was packed, and a young German couple and ourselves were squeezed into, what in the day is a book exchange, but that night, there were 2 tables squeezed in giving us an excellent view of the ‘show’.

More often than not, waiters ask us where we’re from, after we say Australia, the reply is often a head wobble followed with the response “Ah…. Ricky Ponting” more head wobbling. (In India, Cricket is a religion & we’re in trouble for being victorious Aussies after today’s game!). On this day, our waiter, asked the German couple where they were from, he looked rather proud of himself, wobbling his head said “Ah…..Hitler”. The German couple could only look at each other, look at him and smile.

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