India- Wonder by Wonder

I thought I would have more writing time in India.
As it turns out, not only was my first week here an amazing non-stop adventure but my one month yoga teacher training program in Goa is so intensive I hardly have time to do my homework before I lay exhausted in bed by 9:30pm. I am back on student mode with student responsibilities except now I live in a beach hut, meditate before the sun rises, take classes on physical, mental, social and spiritual balance and do 4 hours of intensive yoga postures daily. When I do yoga in our shala, I hear the waves crash in the ocean and the birds sing, I see coconut trees, the sky and the sun set and there is contentment in my heart. I can't believe God put me here. He is by far the best author of my life. :o)

I have so many mini stories along the days mentioned below but that will just have to wait. For now enjoy the pictures!

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Day 1--10 hour bumpy ride to Punjab
Day 2--Lohri Festival, Indian Dinner with Hira Family and bonfire dancing!
Day 3--Awe-inspiring Sikh Golden Temple
Day 4- Indian-Pakistan Border March--one with the crowd!
Day 5- Hill Station Mussoori--beautiful sunset
Day 6-Hill Station Dhanaulti--snowy climb
Day 7--Foggy and Magical Taj Mahal
Special Thanks to brothers Amrinder and Arvinder for taking us around 2,500km across India by train, taxi, car, rickshaw, cable car, bus, and on foot!

Three Days in India

I had to ask my friend what day it was today...I have already lost sense of time here but that is exactly the point of my 2010 adventure--it's about experiences and not schedules.
I don't have much time becaue I still have to post some stuff on facebook and my friend has to post homework (haha I don't have to do this anymore) but so far we have
-ridden the bumpiest and longest ride ever (I tell Tricia that our dreams of traveling and riding roller coasters are coming true--just not the way we imagined, lol)
-Met an amazing family who cooked us the best Indian meal ever--we got to celebrate Lohri Festival, the whole works- bonfires and a 13 minute dance with Amrinder!
-Shopping! The walk away trick works in every country.... :o)
-Chai, Chai, Chai-Tea Tea Tea
-Golden Temple--it was freezing cold but it was hard to care because the sight was beyond amazing.
Okay----I've got lots more to say but gtg...at least you all know I am alive, safe and having the time of my life!

Goodbye NSU!

I'm back to blogging, it's 12:53 am, January 12, 2010. I enter a new chapter of my life today...one without NSU in it. Am I sad? Far from it....after all working and learning at NSU for seven wonderful years has led up to an amazing new adventure.

On 011110 I said goodbye. I am overwhelmed by all the well wishes I got, if the people I met in one tiny spot in Florida are this amazing, what more the people I will meet as I journey through India, China, Singapore, and Philippines?

<------My NSU farewell cake. :o)

I've been listening to India Arie's "A beautiful day". I sing it when I wake up now....it just fits.

It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes new dreams new ways
I open up my eyes and
I open up my mind and
I wonder how life will surprise me today
Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes new dreams new ways
I open up my heart and
I’m gon’ do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day!