I arrived in Kerala now two days ago, and am staying at the Amritapuri (I think thats the spelling...) ashram in rural Kerala. It seems like a nice place, in exchange for a minimum fee and an hour or two of washing dishes at dinner time, I get a shared room and a relaxing day. My uncle John showed me around yesterday. The ashram is the biggest thing in this town (and it is big, I'm in one of probably ten residential buildings and I'm on the tenth floor), and has a few places to eat, meditate, and some cows to pet. Its right between the backwaters and the ocean, though there's no beach anymore after the tsunami, just rocks piled to keep the waves out. Here are a few pictures:
The sky as I landed at the Cochin/Kochi airport
The Backwater
The boat we used to cross the back water (there is also a bridge)
Uncle John and Me (bad picture, but oh well)
I like this sign
Ocean view from my residential building
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