Good River for Old Men
How many rafts can you fit on an auto rickshaw No its not a Cohen Brothers film and there is no psychotic bolt gun wielding assassin. However the pre-production for this epic was longer than most Hollywood blockbusters. For each of the previous three monsoons, I had called the rafting companies that ply their trade on the Kundalika River, a dam fed river that runs through Kolad which is about 150km south of Mumbai. Despite my obvious desperation and an accent that would indicate that I had some money to spend, they showed little interest in guiding me. This year I tried again without holding out too much hope but I was pleasantly surprise to get a return call from the first company that I had contacted. They seemed to be will to provide a guide and I had an even bigger bonus in that Brendon, a Kiwi teacher from the American School, was keen to come along. We were a little apprehensive. Both Brendon and I fall into the "mature" demographic and I hadn't padd