Photos

Okay, here goes. For any of you Jewtown doubters:




This is home of the Paradesi Synagogue, a 450-year-old synagogue with incredible lamps and tiles (each one of the several thousand floor tiles is hand-painted and unique). We couldn't take pictures inside, so click on the link above to see more.

Here is a photo from the Sivananda Ashram (the first Ashram we visited, where we did yoga until we fell apart) -- there's a photo of the late Swami Sivananda behind the Krishna statue:




Here are the few intrepid souls who made it to the top of the mountain on our leisurely day off (still doing yoga -- notice I'm the one taking the photo, refusing to stretch any more):




Here's a photo of our "driver" from our canoe trip in the backwaters of Kerala a few days ago. Shortly after I took this photo, he got clocked by a tree and fell in the water.





Here's Amma's Ashram, where we're staying now. It's a pretty industrial place -- thousands of people -- though Deb and I did manage to get a hug each from Amma yesterday afternoon (man, she is one happy lady!). She started at around 11:00 in the morning, and we got our hug around 8:00 p.m. I don't think she ever got up to go to the bathroom or eat or anything, and she was still smiling -- and gave us a very vigorous hug -- when we got to see her.


Publish Post

We have decided, however, that we are not going to sell everything we own and devote our lives to Amma (as many other westerners here have done). In other words, don't worry Moms and Dads, we're not drinking the Kool-Aid. We're leaving today, as soon as our laundry is dry. Will post more soon.