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Tangerine trees and marmalade skies...
So Trivandrum wasn't all that... Great.. of an idea. I think I shot too far south by a bit; should have just flown to Kochin (or Cochin or Kochi or Cochi, whatever, will change as to who you ask) but, I did spend two nights in Alleppey (actually it was in Ambalappuzha- just south) on the Keralan backwaters. It was gorgeous- quiet, calm, strangely …
Alleppey & Houseboat
... venice castle and headed off the the house boat. We got a two person, one bedroom boat just for one night.We cruised out of alleppey and onto the backwaters where we got a massive lunch of kerlalan food. We had kingfish, veggie curry, green bean salad, beetroot dip and pickled cabage, yummy!! We then cruised along the canalways for a couple of hours and when we moored up for the evening we took a canoe with a local man into one of the smaller canals lined ...
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down
Just before 11am i paid our bill and we headed up the road to meet Nisha to take us to the bus station, no sign of him so i called him, he was down the road. Two minutes later he called back to say he was here..........err no your not! I got Ginnie's husband to speak to him and in true Indian style even though he'd spent his whole life in an area of 3km by 3km he didn't have a clue where we were, after directions and 5 minutes he appeared. It turns out he's parked about ...
Les Backwaters
... beaucoup plus chaud qu'au Tamil Nadu). On a découvert les alentours du Guest house ce matin: ici le temps est comme arrété! Tout est silencieux, les gens sont très calmes et souriants, les femmes lavent encore leur linge dans les rivières et s'y lavent elles-même avec leurs enfants. Les maisons sont très colorées, on est loin ...
Blessed for Generations
... to the now stifling heat and we sat down to blog and read for the rest of the afternoon. What we were actually meant to be doing was Seva (Selfless Service), something that all residents are expected to do.
The only problem was that every time we visited the office it was closed, again due to stupid opening hours, making it difficult for us to organise.
We were starting to find the Ashram a very strange place to be ...
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