Blogs from Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia - page 6

Photographs from various locations in the world. Photographs on the official Michel Piccaya website: http://watchtheworld.net... read more

I think the last time I wrote I’d just lost my phone and we were in Nha Trang. Well we spent another couple of days there and ended up going on a boat trip. Obviously we didn’t read the intinery but for once we were actually pleasantly surprised, we had a great time. We ended up going parasailing, now for those of you who haven’t seen our take off – where have you been?!!! Firstly I’d like to explain that EVERYONE did the exact same take off as we did (they all smacked the water face first!!) thankfully I shut my eyes or god knows what would have happened to my contact lenses – 80 metres in the air unable to see would not have been fun!! What you did not see on the video ... read more

So after a rather heavy, alcohol fuelled Thursday evening, yesterday was a total write off as far as meaningful activity goes. Needless to say I was in no fit state to do any yoga other than lying down on the yoga mat! Today was entirely different. With a blood alcohol level of zero and a reasonable nights sleep (mainly because I was reluctant to turn the ceiling fan on so as not to wake David up, and visa versa) I got up to go running along the beach. David had got up to do yoga with Carrie again, so we both headed down to the beach. It was just starting to heat up, but bearable enough to do so some exercise. Kerala is one of the south most regions of India and as such very hot ... read more

Kerala has been a vacation, I can’t even call this traveling, it has been too easy and too enjoyable. I spent several days at a homestay 20 miles outside of Alleppey. A family had set up living arrangements for a handful of tourists on their family farm. They were wonderful and the food was among the best I’ve ever eaten. The other guests were a German couple and a blind English couple accompanied by an English guide who had been to India many times. Each evening we would drink heavily and debate the hypothetical question if aliens had observed the last three years of WW2 would they have been able to differentiate who the “moral” or “immoral” nations were between the Germans/Russians/Japanese/Americans, as well as some less heavy things. It was interesting observing blind people, a ... read more

Today was a blissfully late start. We went straight to The Coffee Temple and had breakfast...brown toast and a cheese and tomato omelette never tasted so good! As David and I headed to the beach we saw a few more of the folks from the ashram who had escaped for the day. With the Shiva Ratri festival last night going on till 3am, everyone was given Thursday off rather than Friday and they had decided to hit the beach. We all met up at the beach and enjoyed basking in the sun with the gentle breeze taking the edge off the heat. Needless to say, with my shoulders still pink and tender I remained safely huddled under an umbrella with my only my white pasty legs showing! I went for a swim and the sea was ... read more