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South Indian cooking classes
Learning about the spiritual path is not all that we do on our spiritual adventures. We often throw in a cooking class or two and in Madurai at the Heritage Hotel the chefs were kind enough to host a very educational cooking class for us. We learnt to make about 3 dishes. They handed out recipes to everyone plus demonstrated to us live the entire process of creating each of those dishes. Then we c...
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Mar 7, 2014 1 MINUTE READ
Bathing Elephants in Hill Stations of Periyar, India
One of our highlights on our recent spiritual adventure in south India was bathing elephants in the hill stations of Periyar. Periyar in the western ghats of Kerala in South India is a refuge of rolling hills, lush green forests, amazing wildlife and countless tea and spice plant
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Mar 7, 2014 1 MINUTE READ
The Spice Plantations of Periyar, Kerala
After 5 busy days of temple hopping and classes in Tamil Nadu we head to the quieter and lush green hills of Kerala, South India. Kerala is famous for its hill stations, backwaters, spices and tea plantations. Periyar was our first stop, and after checking into our beautiful hot
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Mar 6, 2014 On the Spiritual Path
One of the main focuses of our spiritual adventure is the daily classes that we have that focus on the spiritual path. We define the goal, the path and the surroundings that are needed to be on the spiritual path plus share helpful tools that can be implemented in our daily life.
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Mar 5, 2014 1 MINUTE READ
A traditional South Indian lunch fit for a king
We headed down to Madurai and on the way stopped in at the Ideal River Lodge for a lunch fit for kings! Here we ate a traditional South Indian lunch called a Thali served on a banana leaf that you eat with your hands. The group got to play with their food and discovered that eati
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Mar 5, 2014 Jungle Hike and Tea Plantations in Kerala, India
Photos from our spiritual adventure that is taking place now in South India. We had a great morning trekking in the jungles of Periyar in the Sahyadri mountains and then later that day explored a tea plantation.
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Mar 3, 2014 Morning walk in a Village, South India
Day 3 of our spiritual adventure in South India. Quite a few of us took the opportunity to explore the village that our heritage hotel was located in. We were up early and headed off in different directions exploring the rural life. Here are a few photos from our morning walk.
