Rich + Amanda Hendricks
Where to begin? How did we get to this? Are weDrishti
a little insane? We wanted a change and an experience to solidify us and set the tone for the rest of our lives together. We hope to share a lot through this journal and hope many people become attached to our adventure and excited to read what happens next. We have titled this blog, Drishti, after the term used in yoga to define the point of focus where the gaze rests during meditation aiding in concentration and alignment. It is "pure seeing." Our journey will have this same theme of maintaining focus on our goals and our state of mind. This is the beginning of what is to be the greatest experience of our lives and we embrace it and look forward to an amazing time together. We thank all of you who take the time to log on and be a part of our adventure and encourage an open dialogue with anyone who visits. We leave for Tokyo on January 5, 2006 and will begin our entries sometime after that. To anyone who asks...we've gone traveling. "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."-Jack Kerouac...so we won't. -Rich + Amanda Hendricks
Travel Blog Posts
February 29th 2008
Este es para nuestros amigos en espana. un beso para todo del mundo. Viva espana!!!!!!!!!! Po Toma ... read more
September 4th 2006
We´re time traveling again. Realizing we haven´t put up photos from a few months ago here are some from our trip through Kerala. Who would have thought looking for an elephant in the Western Ghats would be como buscar un aguya en un pagar? (We´re collecting Spanish phrases). But it was. The elephants eluded us that day. Not even one came out to greet us, but we were glad that there was an element of surprise that hadn´t been with us before. We arrived in Thekkady after a relaxing week on the beach near Trivandrum. Fishing village of Puthen Thope. Rich´s Birthday. Copper Sand. Dense Palm Trees. Grilled Prawns and Lemon Rice. We took the train from Trivandrum to Kottayam and from Kottayam we took a car to Thekkady. As we wound higher up into the ... read more
August 3rd 2006
.....crazy in a lovely way, a great way to describe the journey so far. We´ve done a lot since our last entry. It is a little overwhelming to backtrack and realize all that we´ve been through. We´re not through yet, but we have made our way out of Asia. We had mixed emotions about leaving which is normal after spending 7 months traveling through. It was our home. We miss it a little now that we are in Spain. We have been blessed again with good fortune and have managed to secure a beautiful apartment in the heart of Sevilla. We have a ton of photos to put up so here is our first installment of a series. ... read more
May 11th 2006
Long overdue. Some photos from Thailand. We had an amazing month in South Thailand at Kamala Beach, Phuket; Long Beach & Viking Beach, Ko Phi Phi; Ko Lanta; Krabi Town; Bangkok. The beach was magnificent. We must have watched the sunset every night and revelled in the Andaman Sea. For every action there is a reaction. ... read more
May 10th 2006
Some of you may ask, "What the heck do you do all day, this is the third blog in almost as many days?" A good question. Enjoy the pictures. These are some from our first few weeks in Danishpet back in March. Such a big part of our experince at Bethel was the time we spent with the children in the classroom and outside just passing time. The children of Bethel should be an inspiration to us all. ... read more
May 8th 2006
This is the story of our day, May 7, 2006. The following includes no exaggerations, as it needs none. We woke up in the morning at our comfortable homestay in Fort Cochin, The Spencer Home. Our third day in Kochi. We lingered in bed a little longer than usual. We were a bit hesitant to start this day. Today was the day we'd planned to attend Thrissur Pooram, Kerala's biggest festival. Today was the final day of the festival, and we were excited at the chance to see elephants adorned in festival attire. We hesitated because 8 people were killed a few days ago by firework explosions associated with the festival. We decided to go for it. After all, we had to cancel our trip to Sri Lanka because of air strikes the night before we ... read more
May 6th 2006
India has happened to us. Nearly two months and no blog. We're long over due, and the longer we wait, the more things happen and the more we feel we don't know where to begin. We're pretty sure we're in India. But it's not entirely impossible that we're still on the island of Ko Lanta, having a really surreal dream. Henna tatooed hands. Two sets of toe rings. Armfulls of bangles. Jasmine flowers. Spinning tops. Broken cricket bats. Mosquito net tents. Blasting music. Dusty roads. These things seem real. Too real. Hyper-Real. Senses open. Smog. Phone Booths advertise STD local (precariously named local phone service, no thanks). Masala dosa with peanut chutney. Fresh Lime Soda Sweet (soda water with fresh lime juice and syrup you mix together into a giant fiz). Paneer butter masala with butter ... read more
April 6th 2006
As I lay mediatating in Tamil Nadu, I longed for cooler Himalayan climate - a breeze - or even for the electricity to come back on so my ceiling fan would move. It's hard for me to clear my mind here in India - thoughts rudely crowd my meditation. My senses are too open. I remembered my last yoga class. I miss the guidance of a class - someone else's brain doing the work of reminding me what pose is coming my way next. I had a great one in the States before we left which I dragged Rich to, and the other was in Saigon. Apart from that, I've been on my own. I saw a sign in a traveller cafe (Sinh Cafe on De Tham Street) for Saigonyoga.com. I looked it up and headed ... read more
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