Hotel Oriental Towers Thanjavur

Mes temples, mes poojas i visites a d'altres monuments diversos en una ciutat d'allo mes agradable. De fet trobar una ciutat a on et puguis passar un parell o tres de dies resulta una mica dificil en aquesta zona del pais. En la majoria de llocs, la llista de monuments a visitar es bastant minsa i sovint inclou tan sols un parell de temples i aixo fa que la meva estada sigui bastant curta. De totes maneres, les distancies que separen les ciutats son bastant curtes ...

So many temples so much time. One of the best temples in India is in Madurai - but unfortunately it was closed 'till April for renovation. One of the best palaces in the south of India is in Madurai - but unfortunately it was closed for two days for you guessed it - building works. So basically Madurai was a wash out - this of course is the problem with planning a trip yourself - or ...

... including as a natural filter for rain water. The landscape is stunning; fields of neon green rice fields mixed with flocks of bright white egrets, dense forests of coconut trees reflecting into the numerous rivers and canals; 20 different kinds of banana trees, bright flowers matched only by the vibrant colors of the fashion worn by the locals centered around their beautiful and genuine smiles. Kerela is truly "Gods own Country." Hampi:Boulders and ...

... not give them their money back even though they had not checked in. Maybe it is better in high season. With a little TLC it would be a lovely place but as it was I hope few people are stupid enough to stay there! We should have stayed in Femina Hotel for 800rps (instead of 350rps for Ashby) since that was a lovely hotel with a swimming pool. Me thinks we are going to pay more for rooms from now on = or keep looking until we find a nice one!

... p Joseph talked to a a guy in the compound about some sort of meditation he had learnt a little about and i watched as they tried to pronounce 'Ohm' correctly. Apparently, Pronouncing it as three different syllables, you have to feel the vibrations in your chest on the o, then feel it as it travels upwards into your head, where you feel the vibrations from the mmm. Was interesting to me as ...

... out at this point, so to be honest neither of these impressed us that much. The rock fort however does command a rather superb location at the top of a hill overlooking the town. I think that the views are what more tourists would come up here to see, rather than the temple itself. The town itself is much like your average big city, though today we found our encounters with 'locals' to be a lot more friendly than some previous ones, and there are ...

On Sa*************ed down to Pondicherry for the weekend with 2 other volunteers(Elan and Scott)..............me being me thought it was a good idea to get a taxi !!!!!!!.......they insisted on a bus, well I guess it saved me quite a bit of money! On the way there the bus was brilliant I got a seat and it wasn't hot at all (we did leave Mamallapuram at about 8 a.m.!) on the way back I came back on my own and had a bit of a nightmare (me and bl**dy journeys, I tell ...

... so that added 2 hours onto our trip, and we didn't get home until about one Monday morning. Needless to say, I didn't get up for 5am yoga today! I was on a floater rotation today, so I went to large animal medicine, it's fast becoming my second favorite place. AI is first!Tonight we are going to a doctors house for dinner, so it should be fun. This week is going to be busy, as we have lots of things planned, but I'll try to write as often as I can. Love,Beth