The Western Ghats

A ride through the Western Ghats in Tamil Nardu. This was a beautiful ride but in parts the road had given way to landslides.

A hospital visit..

Charlotte had to visit the hospital in Kanyakamari. Charlotte is the bikes name. She was christerned by a friend.

Beware of the Crocodiles

Some of the gang from the Sivananda Ashram

Crocodile lake which is just below the Ashram

Don’t know if I can quite believe it myself, but have just spent 2 1/2 weeks in an Ashram. During our stay we had to do yoga for 4hrs a day and meditation and chanting for another 3hrs a day. Up at 5am and bed at 10pm, living in a dormitory. Hay what the hell, I had a great time and was pretty flexible after the experience.
The location was beautiful, in the mountains quite near Thrivandram with a huge lake, which we swam in against the advice of everyone… look at the photo. While doing yoga in the open air hall you can hear the loins roaring across the lake…. Didn’t know there were loins in India but there you go.

Not so little spider

This young lady woke me at 4am. For some reason I woke up bolt upright looking straight at her. Believe me she was as big as my open hand and my hands aren't small. I didn't kill her I went back to sleep and left her. But I must admit that I wasn't that comfortable with sharing a room with her. In the morning I had to pack with with no sign of her. So I carefully packed my stuff trying to make sure that she wasn't in any of my stuff, thankfully she wasn't. Later found out that this spider can give a nasty bite.