Hotel Jai Kodaikanal

Munnar was split into two parts by a stretch of sparsely built up stretch of road, flanked by industrial buildings, a couple of tourist information offices, souvenir shops and restaurants. The first part is where we got off with the girls, called Munnar, containing most of the guesthouses and some restaurants. The other part of the city is Old Munnar, which has all the local shops, markets, restaurants, churches, mosques and etc. <br><br>There was a muddy road leading in towards the ...

... highlights as he went pillion for the first time. Indian style of course with no helmets, it&#8217;s funny the things you allow abroad, although it was only for mile down a country road and we had given the driver a full brief on driving at only 10mph. This was just before he wheelied down the road with no hands on the handlebars and broadsided round the first bend!<br><br>The climb was at times a real steep scramble and pretty challenging, but on reaching the peak we felt ...

... Maharaj, from the library. The Bodhi Zendo library has a good collection of books. Meditation is going on well. I am thinking that I must come again for a slightly longer duration.<br> <br>Complete silence is maintained during Sesshins. There is one hour of samu (selfless service) daily. I was assigned to the Japanese stone garden. I have always liked the stone gardens and just the other day I was thinking that I should build one, if I ever built my own ...

... endemic birds in the hedgerows. It is a good idea to tell your driver to go on ahead every now and then, and walk along the road. There is hardly any traffic and so much to see which you would miss out on in a car. Mannavanur lake was a bit of a let down, being surrounded by denuded forests. There is a jeepable path from here going to Berijam Lake for those who are unable to get permission to use the route going from Moyer Point. You can also ...

... stop... Thirty feet to the mechanic shop, where several dingy mechanics sat and yelled for a while before jacking the bus up at every wheel in turn. Of course, all passengers were still on the bus and the jack was manual. Finally someone asked what was going on. The answer: break maintenance. That was very reassuring considering we were ready to descend several thousand feet on narrow winding roads with barriers seldom to be seen. I could hang tight for break ...

... but those who know me, will understand that the tension was really ******* me and might understand my efforts to promote a middle path between the more extreme positions. It has been a real blessing for me to find at home in my wife Ulrike's limitless support and unconditional understanding and to be revived by my children, Julia and Myra, who were always able to distract me from any tension at work and infect me with their joyful laughter and endless love. Both are by now two ...

... tiger population and also a healthy herd of elephants. We arrived in town with the pilgrims who come to visit the local temple each year. We passed hundreds of vans bedecked in flowers of offering to Shiva and men in black who had walked the distance of some 200 km. barefoot to the temple from Tamil Nadu. We didn't see any tigers but enjlyed a beautiful hike and 4 wheel ride through the preserve.

... die Schlafens-, Essens- und Spielzeiten gruppi**t w**den. Es scheint wirklich so zu sein, dass wenn man sich g**ade mit einem Schema angefreundet hat, das die nächste Umstellung vor d** Tür steht. Ab** Frau ist ja flexible - od** - ? Mein Heimataufenthalt bedarf noch ei***** Vorb**eitung bei KOPEDEG. Ich habe den Vorstandsvorsitz abgetreten und bin g**ade dabei die Nachfolg** einzuarbeiten. Die and**en Arbeitsb**eiche für das Entwicklungsmanagement sind ...

... Briefe und Mails aus Deutschland haben es uns **leicht**t, so weit weg von zu Hause zu sein. Auch wenn es nichts neues ist, dass Babys sich bekanntlich sehr schnell entwickeln, so staunen wir täglich aufs neue, was sich in so kurz** Zeit alles tut. Mittl**weile ist d** ganz **ste Winzling völlig v**schwunden und ich halte in meinen Armen ein kleines Mädchen (6.4 kg) das mich anlächelt und regen Anteil an sein** Umgebung nimmt. Gesundheitlich geht es ihr bestens, abgesehen ...

... die Geschenke ausbreiten, Mitbringsel aus Deutschland. Auch uns** Freund Joachim, ein Deutsch**, d** hi** in Indien seine Doktorarbeit schreibt, ist üb** die Fei**tage bei uns zu Gast. Und so haben wir ein volles Haus und v**bringen die Zeit mit spielen. Uns** Favorit: Siedl** von Catan. Ab** natürlich ist die Weihnachtszeit auch stets eine arbeitsreiche Zeit für einen Pastoren und so gab es bei all** Gemütlichkeit doch auch die ein od** and**e Weihnachtsfei** und den einen od** and**en ...