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Gallery › India

  • The view of the jungle outside our hostel room
  • Kayla's muddy bum
  • The rough monsoonal Vagator beach
  • The friendly dog (we named Bruce) who took us in.
  • Baby elephant
  • Massive Millipede
  • Washing the elephants
  • Tom and Aisha from the ashram
  • The Kovalam lighthouse
  • Kayla's fresh Henna
  • Fresh Henna
  • Our twin room at the ashram. Very small and basic plus it doubles as a laundry
  • Baby snake that crossed our path
  • Mahatma Ghandi Street
  • Apes in the zoo that was the inspiration for the "Life of Pi"
  • King cobra
  • Zoo workers
  • Vulture in a small cage :(
  • Our group walking to the first stop in the excursion
  • The palace entrance
  • The ceiling contained different carved flowers all over it.
  • One BIG wooden room and one LITTLE fire extiguisher
  • The holes that the servants could peek through to watch the dancing in the hall below.
  • Windows where the royalty could watch chariot races from.
  • Painting showing how they weighed the king with gold which would then be given as an offering
  • A painting of the large gold pot the King would clean in (5 times) to become purified. The contents would contain a mixture of oils, cow urine and faeces, among other things.
  • View from the balcony of the gardens.
  • BIG door hinge
  • Staff hard at work.
  • The kitchen
  • The stone soldiers would have to lift to prove their worth to the king
  • Monument rock, in remembrance to a swami.
  • Lightning rods
  • The kings toilet
  • We had to take our own life jackets onto the ferry across to monument rock.
  • Streets filled with drying anchovies
  • A quick lesson in why India is beating Australia in the cricket.
  • The ashram entrance
  • Statues in yoga poses near the dam
  • The two halls, top and bottom
  • Tea area
  • Leads to the AC rooms, girls dorms and boutique
  • Mens dorms
  • Path to the staff area
  • The dining hall and twin rooms with shared bathrooms. Our room was the one directly in front under the dining hall.
  • The distant temple we visited
  • Inside the dining hall
  • One of the shared bathrooms for our block
  • View of the ashram from the temple on the hill
  • The dam and surrounding area
  • The area we would walk to for meditation sometimes
  • Temple on the hill
  • Ceremonial setup for the anniversary of Swami Sivananda's passing.
  • Lining up to get red dots on our heads as part of the ceremony.
  • The display after the priest had done his thing and we'd all thrown flowers on it.
  • Tea time
  • Kayla likes this sari
  • Warming up with Surya Namaskar
  • Half head stand
  • Head stand
  • Shoulder stand
  • Jobeesh. One of the friendly staff who was always smiling.
  • The berth we had on our first class train trip to Trivandrum
  • One of the many meals we were offered along the way.
  • Entry hall to the Greenix village Kathakali centre
  • Kathakali museum
  • Weaving loom
  • Kathakali performers getting made up
  • Kathakali performance
  • One of the many facial expressions
  • Lush green trees with plants growing on them
  • Chinese fishing nets
  • Walking up to the caves
  • View of the 26 caves in the distance
  • The train from Bhopal to Agra
  • The main gate of the Taj Mahal
  • Mowing the lawn the old fashioned way
  • Manual labour keeping the grounds maintained
  • Monkeys outside our hotel room window.
  • A view of the Taj Mahal from the terrace of our hotel
  • We discovered afterwards they'd eaten through the phone lines, as can be seen here.
  • The colourful town of Mcleod Ganj
  • These big slugs were everywhere and often looked like a decomposing leaf
  • On the way to Bhagsu Nag waterfall
  • No Name Cafe
  • Le Waterfall
  • Views of McLeod Ganj from Tibet World
  • Yeshi introducing the folk night
  • The first act, from a Tibetan nomad
  • One of the talented Tibetan musicians playing a Tibetan insrument
  • Another Tibetan nomad, this time he not only sang but made amazing music with some nomadic whistling
  • One of the French volunteers providing a French twist to the cultural show.
  • Everyone trying there hand at some Tibetan dancing. I tried until the increasing pace resulted in me becoming more uncoordinated!
  • Misty night time view of McLeod Ganj from Tibet World
  • The Sacred Dal lake
  • Looking down to McLeod Ganj (1750M) and Dharamakot (2000M) on our way to Triund hill. How did they get the prayer flags out onto the ends of those trees??
  • One happy trekker with our rain gear at the ready.
  • The Magic View cafe (2500M) is the last cafe until you get to the top
  • Triund hill!! Cows, horses and donkeys grazing at 3000M
  • Part of the track (halfway between Magic View and the top)
  • Kayla has succeeded!!
  • Here comes the fog.
  • The fog just rushes in around here.
  • The sun finally came out in earnest a few days before we left so I went crazy with the camera.
  • Tibet World (top floor) viewed from our hotel
  • The main street of McLeod Ganj. Relatively quiet at that time of morning (9ish AM)
  • The prayer wheels of one of the Buddhist temples
  • The main town square
  • Bhagsu road on the right, often muddy but the way to Tibet World and Nicks cafe. TIPA road on the left, leading to the Iyengar yoga centre and Dharamakot.
  • Nicks Cafe. One of our favourite eating places.
  • Monument inside the Dalai Lama temple
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