Becca and I departed from the ashram this morning for the bus ride to Verkala. We are staying in the same bamboo huts I stayed in before, and have set up shop in the Sun Shine Cafe (german bakery) that it turns out we both spent a significant proportion of our respective visits frequenting. I immediately ordered a cappucino, and scrambled eggs on brown toast (eeeeeggs, real bread - heaven) and made a beeline for the bookshelf. We are now both curled up in the comfy bamboo chairs and ploughing our way through Michael Crighton books (myself Congo and Becca State of Affairs).
Think I left not a moment too soon, ashram was severly infecting my brain and turning me into a pod person (as was confirmed when we both kept bursting into 'Jaya Ganesha' on the bus, then giving each other terrified looks!) Anyway, back in normalcy so all is now good. We plan to chill here for a few days, and on Sunday a whole bunch of people from the ashram are coming to Varanasi, so we can all meet up and go to a random party or something.
Below are some ashram piccies from Becca's camera:
Me being drowned in the waterfall
The health hut crowd
My singing partner Veera on guitar and mad Veronica eating the guitar
Me torturing the health hut with my rendition of House of the rising sun, Veera rocking on the guitar (don't ask, wasn't my idea, blame V)
Becca and Lisa looking all glowing and stuff, the temple
The lovely lake
The usual crowd getting their caffiene fix
Sam, Lise and myself, the wooden palace (ok, so this is not the best picture of me - I'm doing that bleary-eyed face I have a tendancy of pulling when the flash goes off - but good picture of Lise, plus you can see the red smudges of Kumkum on our foreheads)
Food hall - beautiful rice and goo, and sore legs from sitting on floor - I shall miss it (not)
Obligitory naff picture of me in the temple pretending to meditate
whats that thing growing out of the top of your head in your meditation picture? Is it your aura or is it just you having a bad hair day?
ReplyDeleteThat is a statue of Shiva behind me I'll have you know - and as much as I'd love to carry him round on my head all day, ah think he'd be a bit heavy...
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