Greenshore Apartments Kovalam

... housekeeper, who pretty much looked after me
during my stay. I was happy to find out that there was another guy
doing the same thing as me; working at the school and staying at the
house.

First day at the school we turned up and were just thrown
in front of a class, no guidance of what to teach or what level the
children. Fortunately we were given the top two classes and so it was
easy enough just to chat and get to know ...

... the white w*sh. It's high se*son but there's still lots of sp*ce on the s*nd. The feel is * little more rel*xed th*n Go*, very cruisy *nd there's less pe*cock pr*ncing h*ppening. It's b*sic*lly e*ting *nd going to the be*ch. Next d*y w*s * be*ch d*y. The crew *bove he*ded to Triv*ndrum to find Amm* the Hugging Mother s*int *nd they *ll c*me b*ck very high, buzzing *nd h*ppy with their experience. We w*ndered *round shopping, drinking te* *nd followed some ch*nting ...

... traveller destinations the accommodation and bars/cafes/restaurants would all be cheap as chips. It's not like that anymore. We noticed in Arambol (Goa) which is the nearest to a traveller place we have been so far, that there was a wide range of accommodation and food places, so you could choose the cheap options or go for the full monty and eat expensively every night. In both Varkala and Kovalam there are very few cheap ...

... that wouldn't be difficult. But after five days of sun salutations and copious amounts of sweating, we can definitely touch our toes a little more freely. It makes us feel like we're doing something productive with our day, despite having to walk around like penguins after the first couple of classes. We signed up for a cookery class with another couple we had bumped into along the way. When we walked into the kitchen for our class we weren't too inspired by the vision ...

... next to Lighthouse Beach, a beautiful spot with rocky outcrops on either side. Its just so amazing. We have only been in once because its really sandy. Yesterday Adam and I went to the post office to send stuff home so we don't have to lug it around. What an ordeal.....mail is so complicated. We had to get someone to sew us a custom bag for the box. Then trying to get them to send it.....took 3 hours to send 2 parcels. Never again. Oh well ...

... Teacher's Training Course (TTC), while there were about 50 of us yoga vacationers. The TTC students wore uniforms of yellow shirts and white pants, which you'll see in the pictures. The Ashram crams in hundreds of years of yoga practice and theories into just 4 weeks, so the TTC program is intense to say the least. Because of our separate class schedules, there was a sense of segregation between them and us, and I was very glad not to be one of them! The ...

... streets familiar from Delhi and Agra - another InjuryLawyers4U heaven. I guess I must have missed it from the air when I'd flown in a few days earlier. Trivandrum airport is a fair way out of town, and I must have been on the wrong side of the plane. Shortly after checking into a likely looking mid-range hotel, the place was deluged by a brief but severe downpour, complete with ten minute power-cut. That was something of a buzz, being holed up in a dark hotel room ...

... Koska lentaminen Varanasista osoittautui tyyriiksi ja haastavaksi, koimme parhaaksi vaihtoehdoksi viettaa 30 tuntia Mumbain junassa, mista sitten poimisimme lentomme etelaan.Edellisesta viisastuneina ostimme mukaamme viltit, pakolliset tuliset maapahkinat ja hedelmia matkalla mutustamiseen. Oikeasti kummankaan vatsa ei ollut kovin vastaanottavainen millekaan ruualle, joten suurimman osan evaista jatimme rauhaan. Kimurantimpi tilanne oli kun mukava naapurintatimme alkoi tarjoamaan ...

... eyes anyway) is how the town is actually set about 3km back from the beach. Around the bay is an entire tourist village, but the locals don't seem to come down here. The only locals you see are the fishermen going out in their little two man boats. Apparently swimming in the sea is regarded as odd by the locals, though this may be because they now where the sewage outlet pipes are. After three days of swimming, I'm confident I'm bound to have caught ...

... had a 'Cultural Evening' of dance put on by the children and on another night we had a feast put on by SCAD's founder, Cletus and his wife, Amelie. On this night we all wore our saris for the first (and probably last) time. I found it quite difficult to walk in and at one point nearly tripped and fell down the stairs! There must definately be a knack. Cletus had somehow found out that it had been 3 volunteer's birthdays during the Aidcamp and had organised a huge cake ...