INDIA | Wednesday, 3 Aug 2016 | Views [687]
It's business as usual today following the festivities of yesterday's holiday. School is back in session, and so are the full complement of builders, site workers and the labourers in the adjoining fields berhind us.
Breakfast consists of ... Read more >
Tags: ashok tree, india, school, sita devi school, teaching abroad, tiruvannamalai, yoga
INDIA | Tuesday, 2 Aug 2016 | Views [703]
It is already hot and humid by the time we are welcomed into the thoughtfully designed grounds of The Ashok Tree shortly after 9.30am. Looking round the circular layout to our left we see the small school with three operational classrooms at present, ... Read more >
Tags: ashok tree, food, india, medicine garden, retreat, school, yoga
INDIA | Monday, 1 Aug 2016 | Views [818]
The drive from Chennai to Tiruvannamalai (Tiru) takes about three hours which passes in a hazy state of excitement, jet lag and sensory-overload. Tamil Nadu province is full of vivid colours, abject poverty, beautiful green countryside, piles of rotting ... Read more >
Tags: culture shock, first impressionsi, india, tamil nadu, tiruvannamalai
INDIA | Sunday, 31 Jul 2016 | Views [735]
I haven't always wanted to go to India and I'm not even sure when I first thought that I did. I think the real desire probably started when I decided not to include it in my 2013 itinerary, both due to cost and that it is never somewhere I relished ... Read more >
Tags: india, tamil nadu
