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  Feb 18, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

  Welcome dinner and cooking class

  Our South Indian Spiritual and Culinary Adventure officially started today with an inspiring visit to the rock cut temples of Mahabalipuram and a cooking class taught by Chef Nagarajan and his colleagues. We learned three classic South Indian preparations and then sat

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• Feb 18, 2012 Photography & Travel

  Auto Rickshaw ride in Chennai

  A short video showing part of my Rickshaw ride through the city of Chennai in South India. This Rickshaw driver had outfitted his ride with an awesome stereo system.

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  Feb 18, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

  Mamallapuram's Ancient Carvings

  Our first excursion on our spiritual and culinary adventure was to explore some of Mamallapuram's ancient rock carvings in particular Arjuna's Penance. It was built by the Pallava kings in the 7th and 8th centuries.

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  Feb 15, 2012 Photography & Travel

  Volcano sunset in Central Java

  Last volcano sunset in Central Java before we headed to Yogjakarta. Mount Sindoro and Sumbing lay next to each other. Both volcanos though I am not sure if they are dormant or extinct. Indonesia.

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  Feb 15, 2012 Photography & Travel

  Indonesian Herbal Tonic

  So we started our morning by consuming various Indonesian herbal tonics called Jamu. We were told by the herbal tonic specialist that they have various healing qualities. She showed us all the bottles that she had prepared containing various tonics and explained what they did. So

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  Feb 15, 2012 Photography & Travel

  Magical Borobudur - a temple of beauty

  The alarm went off about 3:30am and shortly after we made our way down to the lobby from our room where our driver was waiting to take us to Borobudur. The streets were empty naturally at that time of the morning and our almost hour long drive finally brought us to the entrance t

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