Category Archives: Tourism

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Face

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Taken May 3, 2014 at Fireflies Ashram in Dinneplaya.

Taken May 3, 2014 at Fireflies Ashram in Dinnepalya.

My apologies for being delinquent in posting this past week. I had the first set of tests for my yoga teacher training certification course yesterday, a Toksen workshop out-of-town last weekend, and–on top of all of life’s little happenings–my internet access by computer was only sporadically operational. [And I find posting from a phone to be painfully tedious.]

However, I’ve finished a few books for review, and have lots of thoughts to share about yoga teacher training, Toksen (a Thai massage method using a wooden mallet and chisel), and Kalaripayattu (an Indian martial art for which I’ve been taking lessons.) I’ll try to get busy on writing up some posts after I get some rest.

DAILY PHOTO: Lotus Pond Buddha at Fireflies

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Taken May 3, 2014 at Fireflies Ashram in Dinneplaya, India.

Taken May 3, 2014 at Fireflies Ashram in Dinneplaya, India.

I spent the weekend at an Ashram south of Bangalore learning Toksen, which is a bodywork method indigenous to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: Phuket Town Fountain

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Taken in January of 2014 in Phuket Town.

Taken in January of 2014 in Phuket Town.

There will be no Daily Photo tomorrow as I am going out-of-town to learn Toksen–a variant of Thai Yoga Bodywork that involves the use of a wooden mallet and wedge (chisel.)

DAILY PHOTO: The Sun Came Out

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Taken in February 2014 in Bangalore.

Taken in February 2014 in Bangalore.

DAILY PHOTO: Chedis

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Taken in October of 2012 in Ayutthaya, Thailand

Taken in October of 2012 in Ayutthaya, Thailand

DAILY PHOTO: Orange Flower

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Taken in March of 2014 in Coorg.

Taken in March of 2014 in Coorg.

DAILY PHOTO: Fortress Chapel

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Taken in March of 2014 in Madikeri.

Taken in March of 2014 in Madikeri.

DAILY PHOTO: Palyul in Miniature

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Taken in March of 2014 at the Namdroling Monastery

Taken in March of 2014 at the Namdroling Monastery

This model of the Palyul Monastery and its environs is located at Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe, India. Palyul is the parent monastery of Namdroling. It is one of the six major monasteries of the Nyingma branch of Tibetan Buddhism.

DAILY PHOTO: Bangalorean Trees

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Taken April 27, 2014 in Cubbon Park.

Taken April 27, 2014 in Cubbon Park.

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Just as New Jersey’s state name has made it the butt of many a joke, Bangalore catches a lot of flack (both from residents and outsiders) for retaining the title of “Garden City” in the wake of the recent decade of unrestrained growth. (If anything tells one about present day Bangalore it’s that its size doubled in little more than a decade from almost five million to close to ten. Even under the best of governance that would result in a bit of chaos–re: and this is not the best of governance.)

That said, Bangalore has some awesome trees. (As I’ve mentioned, this results from the lack of proclivity to destroy everything that stands in one’s way or that presents the slightest bit of risk or inconvenience that is the modus operandi  in the developed world.)

DAILY PHOTO: Puny Hulk Tree: or, Gigantic Parsley Sprig

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Taken in April of 2014 in Bangalore.

Taken in April of 2014 in Bangalore.

I took this photo at the Swiss Consulate in Bangalore the other night. The consulate was all lit up, and this tree looked preternaturally and suspiciously green. First, I thought that this might be the Bruce Banner of trees, but then I figured it’d bulk up more when it got all ragey.  Then I realized it looked a little like a huge sprig of parsley–perhaps exactly what a sprig of gamma-injected parsley would look like if it were rage-filled.