Month: January 2017

Auroville: Sadhana Forest

January 30, 2017November 3, 2019 Maya

1st of May 2015, Friday Sadhana Forest is a part of Auroville which is an ecological experiment. Everyone wakes up early in the morning. Who doesn’t feel cold, at 6am takes shower in ecological system, saving water. Morning gymnastic for sleepy youth and then we are getting divided into groups. One group takes care of the forest, plants trees, harvesting... Read More

India Interesting places Stories Transport

Journey to the east, Tamil Nadu

January 28, 2017August 1, 2020 Maya

30th April 2015, Thursday The time has come to choose the region of India, where we want to spend the rest of our remaining six month visa… and maybe more…. The choice fell on Auroville, an international city founded by Mother – The Mother – along with Sri Aurobindo. We wondered for some time and we thought it might be something for... Read More

Hotels, Guest House India

Varanasi: Khusi Paying Guest House

January 27, 2017April 22, 2020 Maya

Come and stay in a pleasant family atmosphere by the river Ganga. Khushi Paying Guest House B.2/63-B (next to Power House) Bhadaini, Varanasi-1 221001, India mob.: +91 9839873664; mob.: +91 9936441647; e-mail: khushipgh@gmail.com Khushi Paying Guest House offers rooms of varying standards, with or without bathroom, and a kitchen for residents use. Available wi-fi. Especially nice is the large dinning... Read More

India Interesting places

Santiniketan: Prakriti Art Museum

January 26, 2017April 23, 2020 Maya

This is a really interesting museum with statues made of wood. Each of them have a description and a tittle. It depends mostly on authors imagination. I can’t say much about them but you can see some of them here: Read More

Food India Interesting facts

Shops on The Streets

January 26, 2017July 30, 2020 Maya

Mostly known in India are small cafes on the streets. You can find them everywhere. They mostly serve chay – tea and some tarkari – vegetables. In very low prices. It is quite incredible because you could eat there a full breakfast for a really small amount of money. The only thing is that it can be spicy. It can be... Read More

India Interesting places

Santiniketan: Breath taking adventure

January 22, 2017July 30, 2020 Maya

One day I went with my mom to see Deer Park. What a surprise was when it turned out to be not a Deer Park but a Park with some birds only. Our journey started early in the morning. We agreed to go out at 6-7am. But because it is almost impossible for me to wake up so early I had to... Read More

India Interesting facts

Breath-hold Championship

January 19, 2017August 19, 2019 Maya

Yoga – the good old method of psycho-physical Indian culture. And if all the physical culture as though it is clear – you need as far as possible to train and keep the body in good shape. With the exercise of the psyche it is not so obvious and clear. And here in yoga for many thousands of years it... Read More

India Interesting places Stories

Colva, the taste of the exotic

January 10, 2017November 3, 2019 Dorota Volkov

22nd of April 2015, Wednesday When we got bored with big city we took the bus and went to the town called Margao. Between 4.00pm and 7.00pm we were still passing Mumbai streets. The Sleeper Class in our bus offered us some comfort for all night and at 8.00 in the morning we reached Goa state. Twenty minutes by rickshaw and we... Read More