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Posted on October 7, 2006 @ 9:42 am by massimo | Filed under: beach, blog, india, travel, wordpress

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What a trouble for me getting my expensive goggles lost! I am a bit short-sighted and use to wear special goggles. Though they are not really necessary to me they become a fundamental item I rely on every time I jump into unknown waters. And Varkala was a real troubled spot, yes indeed!
Yet I was fit and trained and felt sure: the choppy sea wouldn’t fool me. So I dared the Ocean and enjoyed my self confidence while snaking through the waves for ten minutes or so. No problem. Under these circumstances I knew that the worst of it was getting the shore safely. You need some skill and extra efforts -while the breakers tumble you hard about- to avoid some powerful wave pushing you straight to the sand. Unless you don’t care that much about your backbone…So lulled by the lovely sea I was deeply considering my best strategy when an unnoticed, nasty wave took me and made me cutting underwater capers, once, twice, then it took my goggles away and blinded me, throwing finally my half drowned and wrecked body to the firm land…
Do you know the old song telling “…trouble you can fool me, I see you behind that tree…you want to jump on me…”? I should say that my valuable goggles couldn’t help me to see a real trouble; perhaps it wasn’t only them…

Illustration Friday’s topic is: trouble

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I like your illustration a lot. It’s really fun and very well done. I think I will be snorkeling in a day or two out at Santa Cruz Island! Seriously, for real. I love it. Hope the water is not too cold.

Digital Scott wrote on October 7, 2006 - 4:38 pm CEST

Wonderful. I always enjoy your adventurous stories that go along with these clear bright and lively illustrations.

GINGER PIXELS wrote on October 7, 2006 - 5:04 pm CEST

This is great!

Judy wrote on October 7, 2006 - 5:54 pm CEST

Sounds like you need some new rose coloured goggles! Wonderful story and I never thought about currents under the water pushing you! I always just think of when a person is in the shallow part with pounding waves! I love Ry Cooder too!

valgalart wrote on October 7, 2006 - 11:22 pm CEST

what wonderful adventures, and I love your illustrations - so original.

Joy wrote on October 8, 2006 - 9:31 am CEST

Aynaku, this is not so funny; I broke my neck nearly too in the shore-waves 5 years ago, by hitting the ground..
And I use special lenses too, they are hard to find-
I always buy myself 2..
ur pictures are allways a pleasure, I dont post so much because of a very slow line and I had a harddisc-crash :(
I wish u the very best, stay carefully by the ocean!!
Uli.

uvor wrote on October 10, 2006 - 8:56 pm CEST

Those few moments when the waves are having their way with you are terrifying. Especially without goggles…you just close your eyes and pray that gravity will spare you ~ and fast! But it certainly makes one realize that the ocean is boss in the end. You are the master of the Illustrator blend…are you working in CS2?

Amy Zaleski wrote on October 11, 2006 - 2:51 pm CEST

I love how you did the waves and those goggles are so great. What a story - you are just amazing.

Tiffini Elektra X wrote on November 15, 2006 - 6:45 pm CET

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