MACRAME ME

TODAY I RECEIVED MY MACRAME HAIRPIECE, A HEMP KNOTTED BEJEWELED WORK OF ART! SITTING ON CHAI MATS SIFTING THROUGH VARIOUS BEADS AND COLOURED WAXY HEMP STRING, I HAND PICKED TURQUOISE STONES AND LITTLE GOLD BEADS TO ACCENT THE GOAN GLOW. THIS TECHNIQUE IS USED WIDELY ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA, A LITTLE BIT OF HAIR ART TO SPICE UP YOUR DAY!

ARAMBUBBLE

ANOTHER DAY IN THE ARAMBUBBLE... OUR DAILY FIX OF TASTY TREATS. TODAY'S WANDERINGS TOOK US FROM BEACHSIDE DAYBEDS TO OM STAR, OUR NEPALESE WAITERS DELIVERING US GINGER CHAI MASALA, VEGETARIAN CURRIES AND DAHL WHILST WE SHARED INSPO INTO SUNSET! INTO THE NIGHT WE FAIRIED ACROSS BEACH HUTS WITH STRAY DOGS CHASING US ALONG THE WAY, LANDING IN OUR LITTLE LOCAL HUT SAMPLING HAND CRAFTED CHOCOLATE LOVE BALLS, WHILE 65YO HAN AKA 'BUBBA' PACKED HIS CHILLUM AND RELAYED STORIES OF BEING A NOMAD FROM ARAMBOL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE NETHERLANDS. IT'S FACES LIKE THESE THAT GIVE THIS PLACE CHARACTER. WE SALUTE YOU !

HE THE DUSK SUN

'SHIVA VALLEY' RANGE SHOT ON LOCATION WITH THE BEAUTFUL LISA HAYDON, POOLSIDE AT HER GOAN PALACE.

A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC AND A LOT OF LOVE WENT INTO THIS FIRST RANGE! WE TREKKED THROUGH DUSTY MARKETS AND SLAYED OFF HAGGLERS TO SOURCE THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES FROM VARIOUS REGIONS OF INDIA... RINGS, NECK PIECES, BRACELETS, TRINKETS.... TO BE DRIPPING IN JEWELS !!!

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CROTCHET LOVE

PEEP THIS ROOFTOP SHOOT FOR CHURRIS B'KINIS, SHOT ON LOCATION AT ARAMBOL WITH THE GOAN GODDESS KATIE STONE. THESE WELL CRAFTED BIKINIS  HAVE TRAVELED THEIR WAY FROM BALI TO BOMBAY THROUGH DUSKY ROADS  TO GOA! THEY COME IN A RANGE OF PASTEL AND BRIGHTS, SUPER CUTE, SUPER SEXY & READY TO WEAR.. RAJASTHAN AND ANJUNA SILVER NECK PIECES & ANTIQUE SILVER SHIELD RING AVAILABLE TO ORDER ONLINE http://shopdreamcatcher.portableshops.com/store/catalogue
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SHIPWRECKS&COCONUTS

STRAY DOGS, COWS AND SHIPWRECKS ON BEACH, DRUMMING CIRCLES, HIPPIES, JUAN THE STORYTELLER, JET SKIS, FISH TIKKA, SUNSETS AND COCONUTS ARE JUST A TASTE WHAT MY NEW HOME ARAMBOL HAS TO OFFER. EVERYDAY IS AN ADVENTURE. A MEETING OF LIKE MINDED PEOPLE WITH A COMMON THREAD. YOU'RE NEVER ALONE IN ARAMBOL. I'M LIVING WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS, THEY'VE TAKEN A SLEEPER BUS TO POONA FOR A MODELING AND BELLY DANCE JOB ( NOTE: BELLY DANCING EXPERIENCE NOT A PREREQUISITE!!) AND A FRENCH OPERA SINGER WHO LOVES TO SMOKE CHARAS AND BELLOW A BEL CANTO IN THE SHOWER. I HEART ARAMBOL!

GOAN GROOVE

SUNBURN FESTIVAL. TRANCE. RAVING BOOTS. RED EARTH. HILLTOP. MAGIC GARDEN. MARKETS. HEAT. TRINKETS. DUST. JEWELS. CHILDREN. ROCKSTARS. SUNSETS. BEACHES. DUSKY ROADS. COCONUT TREES. BEACH HUTS. ONCE YOU SETTLE INTO THE GOAN GROOVE YOU ENTER THE VORTEX THAT IS GOA AND IT BECOMES HOME, A PARADISE HAVEN AND COMMON EXCHANGE OF LIFE & LOVE. 

MUMBAI MAGIC

THERE'S SOMETHING MAGIC IN THE AIR IN THIS CITY. I WAS PICKED UP FROM THE AIRPORT BY MY FRIENDS DRIVER IN A LUXURY MOBILE, MY ENTRANCE INTO MUMBAI MORPHED INTO ONE GREAT MOTION GRAPHIC OF SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS FUSING INTO ONE GREAT MOMENT. THE POVERTY ON THE STREETS, SHANTY TOWNS DRIPPING IN GRIME, STRAY DOGS STUMBLING THROUGH RUBBLE, WOMEN DRESSED IN BRIGHT SARIS AND BINDIS, THE SLUMS BECAME RICH IN THEIR SADNESS.
WE'VE BEEN SHOWN THE HIGH LIFE AND THE REALITIES OF LIFE IN THIS CITY. 2 BLOCKS FROM THE FAMOUS LEOPOLD CAFE WHERE SHANTARAM PAYED HOMAGE, AND A BLOCK FROM THE TAJ PALACE. STOPPED BY  CHILDREN AND WOMEN WITH BABIES WHO USE THE TOURISTS AS THEIR LIVELIHOOD AT EVERY STEP. OUR LITTLE FAIRYLIGHTED CORNER OF THE WORLD , SAFE FROM THE REALITY ON THE STREETS, IN LOVE AND GOOD COMPANY. THE CONSTRASTS OF THIS CITY IS WHAT GIVES IT LIFE. VIVA MUMBAI !