Tag: Elephants
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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 plantations. The weste...
Read MoreMy Interview with Stacey Green Part 2!
I chat with Stacey Green about why I was wading waist deep in the Ganges while holding my camera equipment, the positive consequences of my Guru’s stylish traveling habits, how money and wealth can accompany you on the spiritual path, how fear plays a part in my own life, and various other ...
Read MoreBathing the Elephant
Driving down the road to Thanjavur, we crossed a river where a temple elephant was about to get one of her two daily baths. We leapt from the bus and hurried down to the river side to watch. Olga led the charge and quickly developed a special affinity with Shamala the elephant. While elephants ar...
Read MoreElephants! Elephants! Elephants!
83 year old Anne on an elephant. She has been an amazing spiritual adventurer on this trip and has kept up with the group in all the inner and outer adventures. Our team is ready to ride off into the forest on elephants. Katherine and Mandy. Anne feeds one of the elephants a squash. It…
Read MoreMeet Shantha Kumari….friend and elephant!
Our spiritual adventure to Kerala, South India is slightly less than 2-months away. Our 14-day journey will take us from the coast to the hill stations in the Western Ghats. One of your experiences will be meeting Shantha Kumari! Click here for details if you are interested in finding out more ab...
Read MoreBathing elephants in the jungles of Chitwan, Nepal
For sure one of the highlights of our journey, our group had the rare opportunity to bathe elephants in the middle of a sub-tropical jungle in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, during Vedic Odyssey’s spiritual adventures to the Himalayas of Nepal and North India in Oct 2010. A special thank you...
Read MoreFrom Himalayan mountains to a sub-tropical jungle
Update: The last few days we’ve spent traveling from Nepal to India and in Darjeeling in the Himalayan mountains. Internet connection has been poor and thus we have not updated our blog. But we will be doing so now so please check back to see the latest updates. This post (23rd Oct) is new!...
Read MoreFun morning with elephants in Periyar
It was earlier this year during the 2010 South Indian Odyssey that a few members of our group spent a fun morning with elephants just outside Periyar National Park in Kerala, South India. Shantha Kumari, featured in yesterday’s blog post, can be seen in this YouTube video receiving a spa tr...
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