tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39641382011-04-21T17:43:09.919-05:00Jyotir Lingum YatraA travel log for my journey to 10 Jyotir Lingums throughout south and central India, November-December 2002 with my yoga group, Dhyanyoga Centers.Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-1060284975845891492003-08-07T14:36:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:17:43.630-05:00Why I am a HinduWhy I am a Hindu"I am a Hindu because of the sculptured cones of red kumkum powder and baskets of yellow tumeric nuggets, because of garlands of flowers and pieces of broken coconut, because of the clanging of bells to announce one's arrival to God..."-- from Life of Pi by Yann MartelRight now I am reading this wonderful story called Life of Pi. I am reading it slowly, savoring it. Not only does Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-1056643415299031872003-06-26T11:03:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:28:06.427-05:00The Ellora CavesThe Ellora CavesThese were some of the first pictures I had developed upon returning from India last December. I remember wrinkling my nose at them, because I did not think that they adequately captured the carved magnificence and structural awesomeness of the ancient Ellora temples.I took a second look at them recently, and realized that even if they could not convey how truly impressed I was Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-1056641175718889032003-06-26T10:26:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:39:01.976-05:00Fancy DressFancy DressHaving visitors from a foreign land was enough of an excluse for some of these little ladies to put on their fancy outfits. How could I resist taking a picture?Notice the variety of garments, from traditional costumes to modern girls' dresses.Young boys can be as handsome and photogentic as the girls.Big sisterI know I have said this before, but I would have enjoyed spending a few moreLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-959962722003-06-24T17:56:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:42:51.232-05:00Ram Sweet RamAll the Jyotir Lingum temples we visited were bustling with activity. Perhaps that's what makes the memory of the simpleness and sweetness of this Lord Ram temple so pleasant. While it certainly was not deserted, this temple was much less intense than what we had gotten used to.In this style of temple structure, the deities are viewed from a little distance. The priest presents Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-958099502003-06-18T19:49:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:47:15.662-05:00The Return of Saturn, again and againIf you're at all into astrology, you'll know that Saturn, also known as Shani in Indian astrology, has a profound effect in our lives. If you're into astronomy, you'll know that it takes may Earth years for Saturn to orbit once around the Sun. Consequently, Saturn is also refered to as the "slow-moving" one.Hindus worship Lord Shani, imploring him to have Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-958081832003-06-18T18:32:00.000-05:002003-06-24T18:01:18.000-05:00Lydia had a little lamb...well it's a goat, really
It's been several months since I posted new pictures, due to my scanner acting up, other projects, etc. etc. I know what excuses are like. In any case, I wanted to pick up the pace with something fun. I cannot remember exactly where we were in our trip, other than it was near Aurangabad, but I do recall that the group had stopped along the Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-906185582003-03-12T19:37:00.000-05:002003-03-12T20:22:23.000-05:00Temple of Harsiddhi
Last time I promised you a tour of a temple dedicated to the Goddess, especially in the midst of all these ultra-masculine Shiva Lingums. This particular temple to the Divine Mother will probably always stay with me. Keep scrolling down, and maybe you'll get an idea why.
Although a small structure, this temple is filled with the Goddess in more ways than one!
This photoLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-898012632003-02-26T18:16:00.000-05:002003-02-26T18:19:25.000-05:00Darshan
Darshan, loosely translated, means "to see." But darshan in a Hindu temple is a two-way street: not only are you getting to see God, but God is getting to see you too!
In the West we typically relate to the Divine in our own physical image, especially through a God/Man, like Jesus Christ or the Heavenly Father. While in the East, God is also worshiped commonly in both male and Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-893989832003-02-19T19:40:00.000-05:002003-02-20T10:09:23.000-05:00The Twin Lingum Temples
Omkareshwar and Mamaleshwar are two parts of one Jyotir Lingum as I understand it. Mamaleshwar is on the mainland, and accessible year-round, even when the Omkareshwar island, home of the other half of the lingum, cannot be reached due to the flooding of the Narmada River.
Our group spent most of our time at this sacred place on the mainland side, since the Mamaleshwar Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-890023322003-02-12T19:33:00.000-05:002003-02-12T19:36:44.000-05:00A little bit of old Bombay
In going through the pictures I want to show you, I like to alternate between temple shots and street scenes, so as not to bore you.
Mumbai, or Bombay, might evoke images of the wonder old of India. As New York is our mecca of American culture, so is Bombay the cultural heart of India.
Mumbai is on the Arabian Sea. I was shooting this picture from the old wing of Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-886546622003-02-06T11:41:00.000-05:002003-02-10T16:21:41.000-05:00The True Jyotir Lingum
O.K. So all this business about "will the real Jyotir Lingum please stand up" does confuse me. At Somanath, for instance, the original lingum was lost to Mughal invaders, as I understand it. The new large temple was built in the 1960s. Someone with the resources was divinely inspired to rebuild the temple, leading me to believe that Jyotir Lingums are as much about Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-886204702003-02-05T20:10:00.000-05:002003-02-05T20:12:40.000-05:00Motorcycle Madness
If you've been following my India blog, you'll remember me talking about all the motorcycles in India. Bikes, of every sort, are clearly the vehicle of choice, probably because they are relatively affordable. I think a new motorcycle runs about $500. Quite a chunk of change when the average per capita income in India (according to the 2002 World Almanac) is $1800. If I wasLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-884876402003-02-03T15:00:00.000-05:002003-02-03T15:15:44.000-05:00Meenakshi Temple Tour
The ceiling paintings that you may have seen from my last blog entry come from inside the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai. This temple fortress, dedicated to the Divine Mother, is of great historical significance. I could spend hours telling you about it, but once again, I just rather show you my pictures.
There are four "Gopurams" in each of the cardinal directions. I Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-883942492003-02-01T17:29:00.000-05:002003-02-01T17:29:00.166-05:00Temple Ceilings
Perhaps it is a primodial reaction to gaze upwards to the heavens when we think of the Divine. Inside Hindu temples, looking up at the ceilings overwhelms the devotee with an explosion of color and pattern, to align their consciousness with the gods.
Sometimes I want to say so much about the pictures that I get bogged down in the words, when I just should be showing you the Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-879159892003-01-23T15:27:00.000-05:002003-01-23T15:35:11.000-05:00For my fiber arts/spinning galpals (and guypals)...
Today we got what seemed like a foot of snow in the Charlotte, NC area. In the South, most everything closes due to snow, including the library where I work, because there is no decent snow removal equipment. So I had some extra time today to think about what pictures I wanted to put up next.
The following pictures are from a cottage Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-878691752003-01-22T19:20:00.000-05:002003-01-22T20:11:13.000-05:00More Mahadeva
You all might recall that my 3rd entry in the EVERYMAN contest was this architectural image.
A good friend of mine asked me to tell him more about "Mahadeva", which prompted me to think about exactly where I was at the time I took it. Sometimes all the images, especially the architectural ones, run together in my mind. MAHA-DEVA means great god, and is a popular name of Lord Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-877250332003-01-20T07:50:00.000-05:002003-01-20T07:54:52.000-05:00Only which I had shot more film...
OK: I am a sucker for taking pictures of Indian children, and I probably even lean, in general, more toward taking pictures of the girls, because they are so attractive. While my other photo was the winner for the EVERYMAN contest, that does not change the fact that I really love other pictures, including
Goddesses at Play
Here was another situation, where Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-875831202003-01-17T05:11:00.000-05:002003-01-17T05:13:06.000-05:00Contest results!
Hey everyone! I was awarded 2nd place in the The Second Annual EVERYMAN Photo Contest with
Through my Lens
Thanks SO much Troy!
I knew "Through my Lens" was a keeper as soon as I pulled it out of the developing envelop. Of course I remember the situation, on a beach of the Narmada River in Nikora India, but I don't actually remember taking the shot. The kids were Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-875068932003-01-15T20:27:00.000-05:002003-01-15T20:27:44.560-05:00A Lavendar & Pink Seraph
Some of you may remember tales from my shopping trips in India, including a post on 12/10/02 where I mentioned finding a lavendar and pink saree for my galpal Kris. Well, this weekend at the Atlantian 12th Night SCA event, Kris got to wear her saree and taylor made cholee top for the first time. This was her first time ever in a saree, and she looked DIVINE!
I have Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-875039842003-01-15T19:22:00.000-05:002003-01-15T21:54:48.000-05:00Still excited about my India Photography
First and foremost, I want to praise Camera World for the job they did on my 28 rolls of film from India. I would only say that there was one roll that I botched with a huge honkin' hair on the camera lens (the hair was dark, so I know it was not on the negative).
I have been giving it a lot of thought, and I think I am going to organize my India Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-868778832003-01-03T10:05:00.000-05:002003-01-03T12:21:25.000-05:00Greetings friends!
Unfortunately the good health I experienced in India kind of collapsed on me right after Christmas. I attribute most of my problems to being on anti-biotics for an extended period of time. The old body just can't handle that anymore!
I took a few of my rolls of film in for processing. Qualex unapologetically sliced up some of my negatives, so keep THAT in mind when Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-866005242002-12-27T16:16:00.000-05:002002-12-27T16:16:59.136-05:00Stay Tuned!
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoy New Year's festivities next week. As many of you know, I sent NO postcards from India (did I ever tell you that it was easier for me to find a Cyber Cafe than Post Offices in India?!), but I shot about 70 rolls of film. I took the first 5 in today. I have a goal of getting 5-10 rolls processed per week. So, I want to invite you to Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-864769842002-12-24T07:35:00.000-05:002002-12-24T07:37:34.000-05:00Home for the Holidays
Well friends, after over 36 hours of seamless travel, I am back in my cozy condo in Gastonia, NC. I am trying to dodge jetlag by not thinking about what time it's supposed to be in India, Singapore, Seoul, San Fran, or any other place than NC. My sister flies in for Christmas this afternoon, so I am back to that airport once again! I have some catching up to do to this Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-861735342002-12-17T12:14:00.000-05:002002-12-17T12:14:18.650-05:00Omkareshwar, Mamaleshwar, and the Narmada River
About 50 KM from Indore, on an island surrounded by the Narmada River, is the Jyotir Lingum Omkareshwar. Here's a good link that describes it very nicely http://travel.indiamart.com/pilgrimage-in-india/omkareshwar.html.
The hands-on puja done by the group was performed at Mamaleshwar on the mainland side of the river. I am told that since the Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-861009392002-12-16T04:14:00.000-05:002002-12-16T04:33:47.000-05:00Cyber escape in Bombay
Because we had 4-5 hours to kill in Bombay before our flight to Indore after flying in from Pune this morning, the tour director thought that the group would like to shop in a department store. Sounds like a good idea, right? WRONG! Yes, it was a department store, but the sales clerks descended on us like vultures on fresh kill, and I found it all too overwhelming.
I Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-861005432002-12-16T03:58:00.000-05:002002-12-16T04:30:50.000-05:00Bhimasankar
Despite being only 95 KM from Pune, Bhimasankar was a rather remote town tucked in the Maharastra foothills with clean air, sweet people, and lots of charm. Places like this are some of what I like best about India, despite the 4 hour drive on twisty roads through pastoral countryside.
I don't mind it at all when people as me where we are from with simple curiousity and a welcomingLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-860347082002-12-15T12:24:00.000-05:002002-12-15T12:34:03.000-05:00Pune Gold
I am such an amateur when it comes to shopping for gold in India compared to some of my fellow travelers. Because we had a local friend of the group willing to take us shopping, I made it a point to mention that I wanted some more gold. I was thinking primarily of Christmas presents and special items that folks back home asked me to pick up for them.
Essentially, I went into this Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-859926582002-12-14T10:40:00.000-05:002002-12-14T11:01:59.000-05:00A picture of me in India!
http://photos.yahoo.com/kaylee.rm
Click on the "Lydia in India" folder.
More about shopping for gold in Pune soon...Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-859433812002-12-13T08:21:00.000-05:002002-12-13T08:33:23.000-05:00Roads, Buildings, and a Cyber Mission
Our travel by bus to Pune seemed to take a rather long time, about 7 hours to travel 227 km. Granted, we stopped for lunch, but otherwise I have to assume that the ride was that much slower because the bus was loaded down with all the baggage.
The roadways here are nothing like the U.S. or Europe. There are no highways with exits. Even driving from oneLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-858922822002-12-12T08:35:00.000-05:002002-12-12T08:39:07.000-05:00Girsheshwar and Ellora Caves
My feet are really tired, but I had a terrific day. Days where there is a mix of temple-going and sight-seeing are some of my favorite.
Girsheshwar is #12 of the Jyotir Lingums. If you have noticed that we are not going in order 1 through 12, you would be correct. Girsheshwar is the closest Jyotir Lingum to Aurangabad, so it seemed a little more built up for the Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-858464112002-12-11T12:27:00.000-05:002002-12-11T12:27:57.536-05:00Where I have been
Check out this cool map to get and idea of where I have been and where I am going http://www.shubhyatra.com/htm/roadmaps/jyotirlingas.htm
Some of the names on the map are different that what I have noted in this blog. I think sometimes I use the names of the cities instead of the names of the temples. This is all an educational process for me!
The group will not be going toLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-858456192002-12-11T12:10:00.000-05:002002-12-11T12:10:28.290-05:00Vaijnath Pareli
Although it was another long day in the bus, I especially enjoyed the Shiva Temple at Vaijnath Pareli. The most straight-forward reason for this was that everyone was allowed free reign with their cameras, not only inside the colorful temple, but also the inner sanctum where the Jyotir Lingum was, so I got plenty of pictures of the group doing puja.
As usual, there seemed to beLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-857850772002-12-10T10:22:00.000-05:002002-12-10T10:22:25.423-05:00Better shopping luck in Aurangabad
Last night, some members of the group, including myself, were talking about going to the Ellora Caves today, on our 2nd free day here in Aurangabad. Some people on the trip have seen the caves, and preferred the idea of resting, but the rest of us tried to make arrangements, until we found out that the caves were closed today. (We are going to try and fit inLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-857671972002-12-10T00:15:00.000-05:002002-12-10T00:16:10.000-05:00Motorcycles
I don't think I have mentioned yet the degree to which India is a country of motorcycles. I think I am more aware of this phenomenon due to the fact that I became a motorcycle owner again last summer. I would say that 75-80% of the vehicles here are motorcycles.
My 650 bike is a giant compared to all the 110 cc bikes that families of 3-4 ride here, usually with no helmets or eyeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-857667662002-12-10T00:04:00.000-05:002002-12-10T00:11:35.000-05:00Nageshwar
Yesterday we traveled by bus to the 8th Jyotir Lingum at Nageshwar. Happily, they overestimated the length of the bus ride, which was closer to 4.5 hours vs. 6 hours each way. The driver was really hauling butt, though. I certainly could not read or knit with all of the bumps!
In any case, we arrived shortly after noon, and did not have to wait very long at all to be accommodated Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-856745782002-12-08T05:15:00.000-05:002002-12-08T05:15:41.540-05:00Aurangabad
This is my first time in Aurangabad. It is the home base point for several of the long day trips we are going on over the next couple of days. Today was a free day, so I went for some shopping in the Gul Mundi market area with one of the Indian woman on the trip. Actually, she and I kind of snuck away on our own at first, figuring that we could cover more ground more effectively Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-855903152002-12-06T08:39:00.000-05:002002-12-06T08:39:16.776-05:00Trambekeshwar
It was a relief today not to have to endure a long bus ride, and we actually got to enjoy an extended amount of time at the Trambekeshwar Temple. Once again we "hired" a group of young boys--I think they were bramacharya, or students--to chant the Rudrum for us. There chanting was different from yesterday with more harmonies, but not as polished as the priests in Somnath.
Women Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-855420542002-12-05T11:09:00.000-05:002002-12-05T11:13:08.000-05:00Back to a Taj Hotel in Nashik
Today was strictly a travel day, first with a flight from Rajkot to Bombay, then a long busride from Bombay to Nashik. We are back in a Taj Hotel, which is much much nicer than the Hotel Aditya in Rajkot, Gujarat. I was left under that impression that Rajkot was not especially economically developed. In my mind, one example of evidence of this would be that very Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-854100952002-12-02T21:44:00.000-05:002002-12-02T21:44:59.470-05:00Bombay shopping report
If you are ever in Bombay around the Mangaldas Market, and some guy hands you a card with the words ZAMEER Silks on it, throw it away and run the other way! These shops have bait-men, who lure you into their shops, saying come to "my" shop (it's not their shop at all), and then trying to sell you all kinds of stuff you aren't interested in. My complaint was that I wantedLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-853644132002-12-02T01:08:00.000-05:002002-12-02T01:08:34.546-05:00Monday morning in Bombay
Both my roommates were up and down all night, one of them remaining very ill, not being able to hold down even water. A doctor is supposed to come to the hotel this afternoon to check on several members of the group. Again, I am grateful to be feeling well. Yes, getting out of the hotel and away from some of the drama of the trip itself was important to my mental Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-853380512002-12-01T13:37:00.000-05:002002-12-01T13:37:17.073-05:00Well, since the business centre gentleman said I had 10 more minutes to use, I thought I would try to blog a little more.
The trip so far has been hard on many of us, and unfortunately it probably will not ease up for another week. The constant traveling is taking its toll on many of us, including one of my roommates.
I feel rather fortunate. Other than a cough, which I attribute in a large Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-853377142002-12-01T13:25:00.000-05:002002-12-01T13:25:27.643-05:00Greetings friends,
We arrive late in Bombay tonight, after leaving Srisailam after breakfast this morning. It has been a long day, but visiting the Shiva Temple in Srisailam has been the high point of my trip so far.
One of the reasons I come to India again and again is that I feel deeply connected to it. Well, I went through a couple of days of disenchantment, mostly due to airport Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-851573862002-11-27T07:08:00.000-05:002002-11-27T07:08:56.383-05:00In the Madras airport, at an Internet station, checking email, and even getting to chat with Scot back in NC who happened to be on MSIM. I guess it's about 7 am in the U.S. I think we both surpirsed each other being about to check in with chat. It is so cool to be able to check in with home!
A lot of travel in India is hurrying up to wait. However, right now I did hear some sort of boarding Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-850421052002-11-25T01:30:00.000-05:002002-11-25T01:30:24.493-05:00Well here I am in a little hole in the wall Cyber Station in Madras. Paying 15 rupees for a half hour in here was a much better idea than 150 for the same in our fancy hotel!
I like getting appropriate value for my money here in India, but because I am a Westerner, that assumption always is that we can afford more. To me, blogging from here is more "real" than in our five star hotel.
Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-850035022002-11-24T05:59:00.000-05:002002-11-24T06:14:02.000-05:00Oh No! I just put together a nice long entry from the email station in Singpore, but it did not save! ARGH!
OK, let's try this again...
I was trying to blog about sitting next to a young man going back to India to get married. He was delightful, telling me about how his maternal grandfather was a Gandhian, after I expressed my interest to him in fiber arts. His grandfather was in charge of anLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-849854342002-11-23T18:43:00.000-05:002002-11-23T18:44:37.000-05:00Here I am on lay-over in Hong Kong, about to get back in flight to Singapore. Luckily the bulk of the flying is behind me for the moment, as it was truly like a cattlecar. [We think a lay-over here is required in hopes that we will shop at the duty-free stores. *giggle* ] The stewardesses keep feeding us to keep us pacified!
I am at a Samsung Free Internet station in the airport. Internet Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3964138.post-848843032002-11-21T14:53:00.000-05:002002-11-21T15:05:51.000-05:00Greetings or Namaste,
At the suggestion of some of my blogger co-workers, I am setting up a weblog to document the yatra, or pilgrimage, that I am going on with my yoga group, Dhyanyoga Centers.Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11433250020621917958noreply@blogger.com