OMG....pinch me, I'm in heaven!!!

Hello Everyone!!

OK....so I love a nice design hotel and a little luxury:-)   I am staying at an amazing eco hotel called dune resort----it is beyond beautiful!!!!!!   And.....my new friends at the India travel magazine called, and the hotel totally hooked me up big time!!  I am staying in a fabulous house, they did my laundry in 2 hrs, then yes, you guessed it....after a few lazily hours lying by the pool overlooking the beach and drinking lassi's.....I spent 2 hrs at the spa:-)  So far it's been the best since I arrived in India--truly an unforgettable experience!!  I had 2 people working on me--ahhh, pure bliss!!  Afterwards, I had the most delicious dinner in their outdoor pagoda restaurant.  Everything here is 100% organic--and many of the products are grown on-site in their farm.

So now for a little humour ......I happily come back to my room feeling so excited to finally have my first night in a luxurious bed with nice linens (i have been using the sheet and pillowcase i brought with me everynight thus far).  I go to wash up in the bathroom, i lift up the towel and no joke--a HUGE BLACK BUG at least 4 inches long and 2 inches wide with gold lines on its back jumped out!!!!!!!!   OK....at first I totally scream and freak out.....then I just strated to crack up!!!!!  Here I am, placing so much importance on how nice my accommodations are---and here is where I find my first bug in India.  And not just any bug......I am talking HUGE!!!!!  Waaay to huge to kill...the sound would have been more than I could bare.  So now I am beginning to panic.  It's after 11pm...all the houses are very isolated..and I was too embarrassed to call someone to come.  I finally was able to catch it and put a glass and towel over it--PHEW!!!  I then decided that a sleeping pill was in order....  So after doing a very thorough bed bug check (and with the help of my sleeping pill, and my sheets....I zonked out).

This am the hotel treated me to a private yoga session with their yoga master---which was great!!  Afterwards, had an amazing breakfast...homemade pomegranate yogurt with musli and carrot, cabbage, pineapple ginger fresh juice.  I figure I shld take advantage of the healthy food here--because it sooo is not available in most parts of india (or at least that i would feel comfortable eating).

 

At 8pm I will head off to my overnite train to Madurai at 10:20pm.  I have a first class a/c sleeper (which meansthere will be 4 beds in my area).  Shld be quite the experience!!!!

Hope everyone is well!!

Until tomorrow.....

Namaste,

Dayna