Namaskar my sweet friends,

Everything is now coming back to normal with the nature. The people are still working on cleaning up the trees around and the electricity is not back but we are getting used to it and all is fantastic :)
Last night our neighbor gave a nice note to Lhasa saying that we were invited to a meditation for unity in the Tibetan Pavillon.
As the sun set, all candles illuminated the pavillon and its surroundings. Many people gathered around the place to take part of a collective amazing meditation. It was an amazing peaceful feeling and the candles looked like stars in a clear night and the tibetan chants started emanating inside the pavillon.

So far this has been the most peaceful feeling i felt since we have arrived.
All meditations are the same there are an inner journey which help t give a person self centered.
Meditation is not a contemplation nor a concentration,it is not about doing something but rather about doing nothing.. Well this is something i feel ore than ever comfortable with since i am in India. I feel like it is easier to be.
We went back home with the bike Lhasa and me singing in the big moon light, thinking "Woow what a great day and experience!"
Tomorrow we are off to Thiruvannamala for a two days trip in Sri Ramana Ashram it is a 3 hours away trip and we are looking forward to go there.
Have a fantastic and great loving day xx
Happiness is in our heart xx

Namaste my lovelies,
wow what an experience.
Since last Thursday the all world around me as change, and the way of living also :)
The cyclone has destroy 70 % of the forest around us.
During the night we were sleeping when the wind started and it felt really weird as the wind felt so strong that i haven't lived this before. I had share feeling because i felt fear but also i couldn't believe it was happening. We have no glass as the windows neither door as the weather here is hot all year. We only had mosquito blind so it gave us the impression of being at the top of a tree during the storm. All night til 5 am it was impressive. The electricity stopped working allready since the beginning of the storm. We received a message on the indian phone that the cyclone was on its way and that suddenly frightened me as i thought "What because this is not IT?" Anyway few minutes after that a Korean family living next door ask to open the door as they couldn't stay in their room because the rain was entering everywhere. We all had to sit in a corner of the room the only corner that was without water.
At 6h30 am the light of the day started to show us the reality of things and we could see trees flying to crush on the next door house and the horizon was not showing a jungle anymore but the sky on kilometers.
Well i can say at least we have known our new neighbors, they were really worry so we started to make joke and all.
The wind stopped round 1 pm to let place to big rain. We came out of the room around 3 pm and couldn't believe the landscape. Nearly all trees were down. But what i saw then were amazing: All the Indian people started working together, laughing and talking and in a couple of hours the road were cleared out for the main village. Everyone started to work together even Lhasa and me to help to make tea and clearing out all the trees. it seemed to bother no one. To the day of today we are one week without water or electricity. I find internet like today in the unit were they have solar energy. It is an amazing experience for this new year 2012. A beautiful one :) Since then, we play, we talk, we share, we read, we find all the pleasure of not having electricity. I Love cold shower also and i am not missing hot shower. When there is none of artificial way of living every single moment in a house such as television and internet and video game we learn how to be all together again. Even today i came in a bar where there is Wifi and everyone is talking to eachother because it is a bar.

Namaste

Happy Christmas to everyone, I hope you all had great time and that Father Christmas has bring you the Love ,peace and Joy that you deserve.

On this day we went to Ganesh temple and Lhasa had the great luck to get on the elephant, the taxi driver was a friend of the man and took Lhasa to get on. She loved it but said the hairs are really hard on his head and it was hitching :)

The manual washing machine make me think that the modern world make us stop to think and so make us stop all appreciation. I had to go fill up the bucket of water to fill in the washing machine and I am going back to push the button “Spin”. I love it.

We manage anyway to have a warm shower by heating up some water on the gas and put it all in a bucket; it made us laugh so much.

Apart from that, hopefully in a previous life I experienced being a princess in India, oh i mean a cow. Yes literally a cow. They are having a great life here and they are pretty and fat :) They are the princess of the road as you have to stop and wait they cross the road even in the city or on the high way. Lhasa really loved them but she is too afraid to touch them.

Regarding the police here it is really funny, today they were playing badminton and they are so smiley. Everyone is so smiley here.

There are many people from abroad here but the exchange and life seems to be a good between the Tamil people and the rest of the world.

I am lucky because my friend here is Hindi so we are buying everything half price which obviously mean that I have bought enough clothes for a life time :) and so did Lhasa. Also I went to do some ID picture and the guy came with a small digital camera and I had to stand against the wall and smile.. When I think we make it all so complicated back in Europe. I will see tomorrow the result of this photo.  

I didn’t have the feeling of wanting to change the world here even so there are many people begging for money, especially outside the temple. I see people here are quite generous and many of the Hindi don’t hesitate sharing their money.   It hasn’t occurred to me to try to change the Indian world. In exchange it has occurred to me to reeducate myself on real life.

I haven’t take many picture yet because I want to take everything with my eyes first. And make it all real. I will do soon.

I hope everyone is feeling great; we will be back for the next adventure :)

Namaste my friend,
Well this is day 2 in India and yet it seems that i have lived here such a long time. I always wonder what people meant when they spoke about India. All the people that i know loved it. I met a friend who had tea with us today again, he is a very wise India man, he said: " India: You rather love it or hate it".I Love it !! ;)
So what was India today: I woke up at 9 am and my first thought went to: "I am 32 today" and my second thought went to: "And i am in India... Wow". I had a lovely breakfast, when i say lovely it is not only for the food but also for the so friendly and smiley people, there is something in the air here which give you the smile. I have to say the sunshine and heat are amazing. Especially when i know that winter is taking place in Europe.
I love to see full family on bike and i love when my friend come and get Lhasa and me and we all go on the motorbike to the next door village.
In the afternoon i did shopping , i bought 4 trousers and 4 tee shirts which are amazingly beautiful and it costed 1200 indian rupees (about 18 €), i also purchase some hand made flip flop for 350 Indian rupees (5 €), it is really amazing. It seems that all this year i spend so much money on clothes and shoes.
The stronger feeling i have for the moment is Freedom, India give me the sense of it. I see many people from the rest of the world also and everyone have their own style and it matters to no one.
To finish for now i will say that even in a crowded city there is no sense of individualism or superiority. Even the Indian man living on the street is smiling. Why? Because they are so happy and grateful to be alive. Worry doesn't seem to be part of the local dictionary.So what does it do to have my birthday in India? A memory for a lifetime :) Some food for my soul :) I am happy to have made this choice of coming to India. Lhasa loves it so much she all ready go to play freely on the grass next to the restaurant. It is really great to hear her laugh at all time.
Tomorrow we are off to see the elephants.

Oh and pictures will come soon, here is one of our lunch ;)
Blessings.

Hello everyone,
this morning i got up early and walk in Paris towards the Indian ambassy or better say VHS Indian Visa. When i got there there were hardly anyone waiting, i said i wanted to make an urgent visa to go on tuesday 20/12  (+54 € each passeport) but the person there told me that i needed a return ticket which i didn t have. So i went to a travel agency near by and find there a lovely woman who gave me a paper of return reservation just like this. Thank youuu M'dam :)
I had to go back this afternoon and they gave me our two passeports signed and stamped for an entry visa.
I am back to Spain tomorrow and me and Lhasa are off in 5 days... Wow

Hello everyone,
11 days to go before we take the plane to move to India and still i don't have the visa. The letter i need got a little stuck between France and Spain but is now on her way (*sigh). So the only way i can do the visa now is by going to Paris again this week. I am leaving Wednesday and coming back Friday. Hopefully all will fall in to plans otherwise i have to change my dates. So if you have a little ray of bright energy to send our way so everything goes well to be able to leave the 20 th.Please send a little here ;) Anyway what will be, will be. And i won't let this take away the bright mood.
I am quite looking forward to know how to make a visa at the Indian embassy in Paris in 24 hours ;)