Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Trails & Troubles

We began our journey from San Jose, bidding a fond farewell to our friends.



Our friend and God-brother, Gauranga Kishore is an inspirational force in presenting Krsna Consciousness to the thoughtful and educated people at Stanford University and the San Francisco Bay area.



When venturing out into the unknown, the only tools of the trade are faith in Lord Jagannatha, and a willingness to join His Divine Adventures!



The landscapes are breathtakingly gorgeous. There's nothing that can be said but "Jaya! All glories to the Lord!"



Fuel stations are few and far between, so when our gauge light came on empty, we decided to use our well-thought-out emergency reserve fuel supply.



The only problem was that we didn't get a funnel, and our spigot was too short to open the gas safety-flap. So being the adventurous type, Rasikananda found an old plastic paintbrush handle on the side of the road to prop it open, but on removing it, a small part broke off inside the tank! Oh no!! Lucky enough we called a local Land Rover dealer who said it shouldn't be a problem. There's a good filter in there that keeps debris from clogging the line, and probably the fuel will just dissolve that old plastic.

Whew! Krsna saved us again.

More to come!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Laptops and Land Rovers

Krishna Camp Road Trip: California to Florida.

No adventure is complete without a good deal from REI.

We staked out the once-a-month-all-returns-on-super-cheap-sale-especially-after-christmas event in Berkeley, CA. We stood in long lines awaiting our chance to get a ticket, which allowed us a 20 minute shopping spree at 10:20-10:40am. Great stuff, super cheap, drives people wild. The crew: Nitai, Arjuna (AJ) & Rasikananda.






After Burning Man 2007 AJ moved to Berkeley and opened up a bike shop, having earned hands-on experience with hundreds of Burning Man bikes. He's systematic, methodical, attentive to detail and a smooth talking salesman. AJ is always smooth, even his rough drafts inspire awe. Rasik and AJ worked together with the Avatar Studios crew on The Simple Temple: Chowpatty, check it out for your enlightenment pleasure.






This is AJ's shop. I took the snap a blink too late.

This is the Land Rover our buddy Madhavendra purchased for Burning Man 2007. He swapped it with us for a slick Macbook Air. We decked it out at REI's blowout sale (a $450 roof rack for $20!!)



The discount roof-rack had a few minor problems which we easily fixed with AJ's assistance.





We've just fried up some nummy tofu for the road, and said our farewells to Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan, Sriman Mahaprabhu, Laksmi Nrsimha and Srila Prabhupada at ISKCON Silicon Valley (ISV).


The road ahead lies ripe with adventure!
More soon on our way to the fabled land of Alachua!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

From the West to the East


We just gathered in Los Angeles and San Francisco for the local Burning Man decompression events. We rocked it out with Ratha Carts, Prasadam, Kirtan, etc. We are now heading to New York on the 25th....to the famous Floyd Bennett Airfield for the Flyinh Laboratory Burning Man event. We will have Ratha Yatra, Kirtan, and various art installations. Please join us if you are in the Brooklyn area.


http://nycdecompression.org/

Monday, September 15, 2008

Thoughts and Visions for the Future









We just got back to daily life after 2 weeks in the desert. 60 devotees appeared in the desert and we had an amazing experience sharing our rich culture in the Black Rock City.

Our hearts are very excited for the 2009 Burning Man Theme: Evolution. Already we have Drutakarma Das confirmed to do a series of seminars on his favorite topic.

We are also constructing a new Mobile Kitchen for our mass prasadam distribution program. We are inspired by Entheon Village's ideas, so we are piloting our own project in that avenue, which will be on hand during the off season for Food For Life projects around the globe.

It will be constructed out of a sea freight container and will have all the features of a normal commercial kitchen.

We are still in the initial planning stages, but yesterday an enthusiastic devotee donated $1000 to start us off, so stay tuned to our development of our Mobile Eco Kitchen. Any interested volunteers or donors can contact us through this blog.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Burning Man Pics All Aboard!


You, yes you, can view the entire collection of Krishna Camp at Burning Man 2008 pics by clicking here. Devotee friendly. No naked parts.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

KC at Burning Man 2008: The Man Burns!



















KC at Burning Man 2008: The Visual Proof


The Temple in the middle of our close friend, the dust storm



















Stay tuned later today, as the Man burns!