I have found an e-mail place but once again I have limited time. I am heading into the mountains today with Nallasivan and his colleauge. I travelled Nallasivans school in the village (20% of the students are orphans) I met a Canadian and English girl who were working at the orphanage nearby so I went and visited them as well. Nallasivan's staff put on a welcoming ceremony and I was the ambassador for their Green movement. I got to plant some trees in the court yard. I am going to try and upload the pictures of the ashram orphanage and me doing some quick hair-cuts for some of the girls: the one's name was Sashee..very sweet.
I spent yesterday in Meena's kitchen learning how to cook and she was also filling me ino some secret ingredients that are not so secret in India but until now have remained a mystery to me...like why the tea tastes so much better here than at home!
She also took me through the traditional Hindi wedding and the reasons behind some of the reception. We ended the day with a lesson of saree dressing. I think I am close to being able to dress myself. Vydyha looked on and giggled but she told me I looked very nice. It is a real treat to be dressed and have your hair done with jewels and flowers.
I going back to the village and visiting water dam area. Nallasivan is trying to get special permission to have me enter a certain area. Okay, so the areas we were in was Tiger Sanctuary..unfortunately ( fortunately?) no tiger sitings. But two different species of monkeys..pretty cute in my books. As well we ended up hitting one of the waterfalls and went for a bath. This entailed me undressing in front of an audience...if you recall the male female ratios here, this was no different..22 men, 2 women ( that two is including me!) They
I spent yesterday in Meena's kitchen learning how to cook and she was also filling me ino some secret ingredients that are not so secret in India but until now have remained a mystery to me...like why the tea tastes so much better here than at home!
She also took me through the traditional Hindi wedding and the reasons behind some of the reception. We ended the day with a lesson of saree dressing. I think I am close to being able to dress myself. Vydyha looked on and giggled but she told me I looked very nice. It is a real treat to be dressed and have your hair done with jewels and flowers.
I going back to the village and visiting water dam area. Nallasivan is trying to get special permission to have me enter a certain area. Okay, so the areas we were in was Tiger Sanctuary..unfortunately ( fortunately?) no tiger sitings. But two different species of monkeys..pretty cute in my books. As well we ended up hitting one of the waterfalls and went for a bath. This entailed me undressing in front of an audience...if you recall the male female ratios here, this was no different..22 men, 2 women ( that two is including me!) They
had a guard stand nearby and clear the rest of the men out of the waterfall. I stood in my sarong while the onlookers stared and stared and stared ( Kit that was for you..I thought you might be missing those horrible TV commercials haha)
For a country that is very particular about seeing legs and shoulders of a woman, this was quite the experience. But very refreshing..if not a whole lot revealing.
