Blogger a bit slow here

It is very hard to update this blog, blogger is incredibly slow here even when other sites are blazingly fast.. it doesn't look like I will be able to update photos from here either :(

So if the posts arrive out of order and sporadically...

In the New Delhi apartment

back to the apartment.. we arrived late and were really concerned that noone would even be there (or awake) to open the door. Luckily though it was not a problem, we settled in for the night... and almost froze! The weather being much colder in New Delhi than we are accustomed to (yes yes it was a hot 45/50degrees F for others, I know)
.... to be continued

India Trip 2006!!!

I arrived in India around December 12th (it is always hard to tell with the time change, number of hours in the air - it is all a bit disorientating)

We (notice the change from 'I' to 'we'... just terrible on my part) landed in Delhi, worked our way to a pre-paid taxi that took us to a friends apartment that we ended up staying in for 2 days. The trip was quite long to the apartment, and the pollution although not really bad, was starting to get to me.

Let me step back a moment - We left Florida arriving in Chicago fairly early... there was a 5,6 maybe more hour wait in Chicago for the American Airlines next scheduled flight to Delhi (I should say, New Delhi) -- we wandered around the airport......
(.... looking for Yoga mats! Yes Yoga mats.. you see it was a minor oversight of ours to forget 2 additional mats for everyone else to practice (we brought ours, of course) )

Anyway - suffice to say, if you are ever in Chicago airport looking for Yoga mats (unless we completely overlooked them) - then you will find this airport, anyway, does not sell such things... It really makes me wonder if I could set up a business selling Yoga mats in airports...hmmm... nah...

As I was walking around the airport I noticed a massage service, it looked pretty good (and reasonable price, though I forget the exact $ amount, maybe $15-$35 depending on what you wanted - up to 30minutes..), until I saw a customer being massaged by what appeared to be the most bored individual around.. how can anyone give a good massage when they look like that? Well... they can't... skipping the experience was probably the best move...

The flight from Chicago to New Delhi was pretty good, there was a decent amount of legroom not too shabby.. the food on the other hand wasn't so great. It is interesting when an American company tries to serve Indian food... interesting that is in a not so good way... next time I will fly Emirates (or Singapore Airlines which I have flown before) again.

Rama Krishna Ashram

Today I went with a few people (one I know the others are her friends) to this Ashrams bookstore... the books are incredibly cheap... some 3rs and up! I bought about 10 (most are thin booklet style)...
Pretty funny when books are that cheap... just look at the cover... "hmmm looks ok", then the title... "ah yes, something I am interested in"... "ok... buy!" lol

The other funny thing was the store was actually closed (noon time close and it was noon) but we said we were from far away (well a 15 minute walk was quite far) so they let us in... after about 30 minutes of us being there they did kinda ask us to hurry up though...lol

Self practise

I took some time off during the holiday to self practise... it has been going quite well but I am finding that I will practise maybe every other day... with today being the worse (two days in a row no practise)

For me it is just about getting on the mat and doing 2 Sun Salutations (A) and then I am off.. but sometimes I need a crane to get me out of bed... and then when I do, it is too easy to think about showers and breakfast and then plans for the day... afternoon practise never happens for me, either morning or nothing...

What is it about the morning inertia? Why is it so hard to practise when I know that once I start I will love it? Even more, when I am finished I have 'unlimited' energy throughout the day? Almost maddening.... grrrr...hehehe

Mysore Link

This is pretty good, even has a video of a mysore practice at the shala as well as photo of a led class and pictures of the city, tina's cafe etc...

http://www.yogashalacalgary.com/mysore.html

Pictures

Not many pictures for a while... so here are a few to make up for it :)

First one is of a... cat... that's right!


Next, the house where I am staying.... It is faced with marble outside and in... (floor and walls)



And finally a picture from the New Years eve party I went to...