Green Acres Resort Kodaikanal

... we visit the dam that has created the large lake in the area and then do some speed boating on the lake. We were a little leery about the speed boating but decided to accept his suggestions and we were all glad we did. As we walked across the dam we saw the lake on our left and the narrow valley on our right with the dam spillway providing water for the valley's river. And 15 minutes of speed boating for $6 is pretty good. The area around the ...

... on my shoulder, waking and apologising intermittently, and at one point Dan dozes with a little boy crashed on him as well. It was very cute, seems like a lot of people use the buses to get a quick bit of shut eye.
We religiously follow the ‘blue book’ and get a taxi to a youth hostel recommended. Its quite expensive (seems ’the blue book’ gives places bragging rights), but its pretty and although the clouds have ...

... nachdem wir in Thailand ja soviel Glueck mit Pat hatten. Dies** 'Guide' Mr. Sekar, hatte offenbar ueb**haupt kein Int**esse an seinen Kunden, sond**n wollte das Alles wohl nur schnell hint** sich bringen. Erstmal gingen wir nur ueb** Wege die wir auch alleine haetten gehen koennen und dann glich das alles eh** einem B**glauf als einem Trekking und ** machte staendig Stress, weil wir weit zurueckblieben und es dann auch noch wagten, uns die Landschlaft ...

... which in actuality was the crumbled remains of a building cut into the hillside, and got some good pics, even as a few locals stopped to watch me. From there I set out for a walkabout. Kodaikanal, as I would soon find, is a very small town in essence, expanding out gingerly into surrounding valleys and hillsides with leisure. Though throughout my course in Kodaikanal I would take many roads around town, soon I became familiar with the area and realized that ...

... Lower Saxony, Germany), and with the board of directors of the school. If these deciding bodies are also supportive a prolonged stay in India would definitely become much more attractive for me personally. A challenge has been the health situation of Ulrike and also the children. Always somebody seems to be ill, and our local medical facilities are just not sufficient to fully cope with it. Ulrike has been weak for a long time now, and it really has taken a toll. She ...

... does matter to him! So do you! So do I! - Yes, there have been, are and most certainly will be (at least in the intermediate future!) things that are ******* us, difficult to comprehend: the individual and collective suffering of this world, our personal defeats and, of course, the fear concerning global developments including the interdependent net of injustice and guilt, violence and war; including natural disasters - and yet in all these we are not left alone, but God is always ...

... M.F. hospital and trying to make an everyday life out of it. I dont think we will get bored the first while, since there are many interesting things to see and do. This was a pretty long entry i know but althoug i have only been here for a week it already seems like a month. Probably ill have another entry ready in about a week or so, so untill then enjoy yourelves! P.S. Remember that there are more pictures in the photo album.

... and Patrick to a game of football. They guided us to their make-shift football pitch which was situated right beside a small river! The men played football with the boys and they were loving it. Most of the village parents turned out to see what the commotion was! There was a lot of laughter and ...

... haben wir auch die vielen kleinen und grossen Aufm**ksamkeiten von allen Seiten, vorne an natürlich das gute Essen, ihr wisst ja, damit sind wir imm** zu haben. Highlight d** vi** Monate war die Drei**-Taufe von Myra, mit Lisa und Anna (ihre Cousinen), die in Dörv**den stattfand. Es war ein sehr schönes Familienfest. Besond**s gefreut haben wir uns üb** Myras Taufpaten: Caro, Claudia und Frank, die alle drei eine Beziehung zu Indien haben. Am Ende uns**es Heimataufenthaltes ...

... weltweite Aufm**ksamkeit und An**kennung gefunden hatte. Dies** Ashram v**sucht hinduistische Elemente mit christlichen zu v**schmelzen. So ist die Kirche in Form eines Hindutempels gebaut, in dem die Gottesdienstbesuch** wie in and**en indischen Heiligtüm**n in Yogapositur auf dem Fußboden sitzen und eintönig-meditative Wortfolgen reziti**en: "Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti..." (Om = Ursprung/ Kosmos/ Schöpfung; Shanti = Frieden). Auch wird wie in einem Hindutempel Feu** in ein ...