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travel

Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under travel.

Photography & TravelNov 27, 20103 min

Choreographed standoff at the India Pakistan border

Wagah, India-Pakistan border, November, 5th: It was midday in Amritsar as I was strolling along the streets weaving in an out of the maze of people and traffic when I was approached by a man who said…

Spiritual AdventuresNov 20, 20101 min

Join our spiritual adventure in Kerala Apr/May 2011

We are happy to announce our next spiritual adventure, this time to the beautiful state of Kerala in South India in April/May of 2011. Kerala is a mellow and gentle introduction to India for all…

Photography & TravelNov 18, 20101 min

Diwali Celebrations at the Golden Temple

There was no holding back with the celebrations of Diwali at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 4th night. The festival of lights lived true to its name at the Golden Temple as tens of…

Photography & TravelNov 17, 20102 min

The Golden Temple of Amritsar

The Golden Temple in Amritsar, located in the state of Punjab, India, is the holiest shrine for Sikhs around the world. The temple was founded in 1577 by guru Ram Das (the fourth guru).

Spiritual AdventuresNov 12, 20101 min

Kerala - God's Own Country

A video recently released by the Kerala Tourism Board. Kerala is the destination for Vedic Odyssey's next spiritual adventure which will be taking place in April/May 2011. For more details click the…

Photography & TravelNov 5, 20101 min

Good morning from Amritsar

Sharing a photo of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, taken from the rooftop of a nearby hotel at dawn. I'll share more photos in the coming week but felt inspired to share this one…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 31, 20101 min

The Start of a New Journey

We made our way down the mountain, leaving behind our beautiful home of 4-nights in Darjeeling and the town that all of us now love. Over three-hours later we arrived in the little town of Bagdogra…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 30, 20102 min

Strangers to Inseparable Friends in 2-Weeks

17 travellers gathered exactly 2-weeks ago from 3-nations and in one spiritual adventure in the Himalayas have built inseparable friendships. Themed a night of "curry, champagne and catwalk", our…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 29, 20101 min

Classes and Excursions in Darjeeling

We are certainly well settled in Darjeeling now and in the comforts of our beautiful hotel. We are spending more time each day in classes and less in excursions. Our main excursion for today was to…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 29, 20101 min

Fun day of classes on meditation in the Himalayas

It's our last full day in Darjeeling and we spent a few hours of it in classes. Today it was everyone's turn to be a teacher. Each person was given a topic yesterday and it was left to them to teach…

Spiritual AdventuresOct 29, 20102 min

Tea anyone? Darjeeling tea?

Day 14: After a wonderful morning of classes we board jeeps and head off to the Happy Valley tea estate. A half hour later, after making our way through narrow streets, alleyways and cliffside roads…

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