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 Day 1 - Arrive in Bangalore Arrive in Bangalore and transfer to the Woodlands Hotel, it has a great location near the modern MG Road, and an excellent plantain leaf restaurant. Leisurely breakfast at the hotel, then we visit the ISKCON Krishna Radha Temple, a magnificent modern temple structure designed to inspire you through chanting the Hare Krishna. Save room for lunch and sweets from the stalls inside. Meals Included: Breakfast/Lunch Day 3 - Bangalore - Lalbagh Gardens Breakfast at Malwari's Tiffin Room, a colonial building with historical portraits of the owner's family lining the walls, and a quick tour of the kitchen. After breakfast we will make a trip to the second largest garden in Southern India. Laid out over 240 acres there are over 1,800 species of tropical, subtropical, and medicinal plants. The afternoon and evening are free for visiting MG Road, shopping, or seeing a movie. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 4 - Bangalore - Maha Bodhi Society After lunch we will begin the four hour drive to Mysore. When we arrive we will check in at the Siddhartha Hotel, relax for a while, and then walk downtown to see the Maharaja's Palace lit up by 50,000 light bulbs. Meals Included: Breakfast |
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Day 5 - Mysore - Dosas Dosas are a South Indian treat savored for breakfast and evening snacks. The best place for them is in Mysore. You’ll be amazed how easy and delicious they’ll be. After breakfast we will set off for Chamundi Hill, with beautiful views on clear days, and quite a pleasant little Durga Temple to visit as well. There is a pathway down to the Nandi, where our car will pick us up for the drive back to Mysore. In town we will get a local lunch and the afternoon is free for shopping, etc. Meals Included: Breakfast/Lunch Day 6 - Mysore
Meals Included: Breakfast Day 7 - Mysore - Yoga with Enzo Mysore is home to Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, the grandaddy of Ashtanga, or dynamic yoga, but we will not be meeting him as his classes are month long affairs. Mysore now has many qualified instructors all around, and we will be doing a drop in class with one of them. Enzo, who used to teach with me at the Healing Hands Center has lived in Mysore for years now, and he also knows all the variations of the Ancient Massage for the ultra flexible. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 8 - Mysore - Maharaja's Palace No visit to mysore is complete without a visit to this unique palace. Done in a fun combination of colors, designs, and stained glass, you have to wonder if the Maharaja wasn't a kid at heart. Meals Included: Breakfast |
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Day 9 - Fort Kochi Depart Mysore early morning and drive to Bangalore to catch a flight to Kochi. Transfer to bed and breakfast in Fort Kochi and wander into town for a seafood dinner. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 10 - Fort Kochi - Cooking Class In the morning take a walking tour of the city and visit the cantilevered Chinese fishing nets lining the harbour mouth. These huge contraptions were introduced in the 14th century, and they are still pulling in little fish, and the odd large one, in the same way today. In the afternoon we will take a cooking class. Taught in english by the ever-friendly Maria, we will learn how to make fish moilee, a coconut milk fish curry, along with lemon rice and dahl. Meals Included: Breakfast/Dinner Day 11 - Fort Kochi - Jewish Synagogue Meals Included: Breakfast/Dinner Day 12 - Fort Kochi - Houseboat Tour Take a half day houseboat tour on Kerala's Backwaters. Stop at various traditional local sites, and enjoy a traditional lunch prepared on the boat. Meals Included: Breakfast |
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Day 13 - Munnar A trip to the mountain area of Munnar guided by Maria. She will handle all the cooking, so we can focus on taking a tour of the Tata tea estate. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 14 - Munnar Another day to enjoy the cool mountains. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 15 - Amma's Ashram - Varkala
If Amma is available, we will take darshan, or a hug, at her main Ashram. Meals Included: Breakfast Day 16 - Varkala Arguably Kerala's best beach, Varkala is linned by a cliff lined with restaurants and shops. We will spend the day relaxing and watching the waves. Meals Included: Breakfast/Dinner 
Day 17 - Trivandrum - Bangalore Transfer to the airport for flights to Bangalore. Overnight in Bangalore Meals Included: Breakfast Day 18 - Bangalore Transfer to the airport for flights home. Meals Included: Breakfast |
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Spend the day walking through town. Marvel at the brisk trade of silk, jewelry, and jasmin along the roads, and listen to the metalworkers bang out everything from intricate Ganesh sculptures to the small metal drinking glasses used for chai all across India. Scents, sounds, and sights of the Marketplace in Deveraja will inspire anyone to take up South Indian Cuisine.
Born in a poor fishing village in Southern India and educated only up to the fourth standard, Amma now directly administers a vast network of charitable activities, serves as spiritual master to thousands of monks and nuns, mother to millions of devotees across the globe, spiritual advisor to the international community of nations and religions, and protector of the true spirit of India's Sanatana Dharma.