Hope you all are staying warm over there (I'm not even going to mention the temp here)!!
I am now in the south western state of Kerela, their tag line is "God's Own Country" (which God is yet to be determined since they pray to sooo many)!! It's amazingly beautiful, the setting from my hotel is truly straight from a postcard!
However, it didn't all start off that way......
Tuesday Feb 3rd I land at the airport and immediately meet my driver who proceeds to take me to the ayuervedic hotel (which I have been looking forward to for months, not to mention the hrs I spent on the web searching for the PERFECT one)!! As we drive, we pass so many billboards with pics of beautiful resorts, but don't see any for mine (which, am happy about..afterall, I am looking for the "authentic" ayurvedic experience)!!
As soon as we pull into the place my mind goes immediately to those beautiful billboards..wishing I was staying there! So here I go again, not happy with my choice (yikes, could this be a reoccurring theme in my life) and want to switch hotels! But hey, I am in India trying to open my mind...I decide to stay one day and see how it goes.
I wake up early the next day for Yoga. I meet a wonderful woman who must have sensed I was unhappy with the hotel (I don't know how because I was quiet the whole time). She told me she was staying at a fabulous resort down the road right on the beach and invited me if I wanted to see it! So hesitantly I decide to go (hey, the world works in weird ways)....
WOW...as soon as I entered the gates and saw the arabian sea and the bungalows all around I decided I MUST stay here!!! Immediately I walked with a skip to the reception and they had one room available! Ok, yet again, another "Splurge"--but hey, I am in God's country...and staying at a place that isn't even fit for a (hmm, can't think of what is the equivalent to bottom of the God chain, but you catch my drift).
Now the challenge was to get out of my reservation at the ungodly place I was staying at! I had made the reservation months before and had given them a 100 euro deposit. Miraculously after much trepidation on the hotels behalf (and an extra 50 euro on my end), they let me out of my ressie!!
Yippie...Arabian sea and cute bungalows here I come!!!!
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