Houseboat Heaven....or hell????

Hello everyone!

Well I left the Ayurveda beach resort this am, and am now on a beautiful houseboat which I have all to myself with a staff of 3!  But before I go into details of my day on the houseboat, I will give you an update from my last stay.

The place was  stunningly beautiful!!  The ayurveda treatments were interesting, but doing the program for 6 days isn't enough time to get my dosha's in balance.  Oh well, guess I will have to continue being dosha unbalanced for now.  However, i do have super soft skin from the TONS of oil they slather you with, not to mention the relaxed state it puts you in.  I also had a rejuvenation massage daily where you lie on a mat totally naked, spread out and they pour hot oil all over you, then the  therapist holds onto a rope from the ceiling and begins to rub you down with her feet (Yes, it does sound sort of kinky..)!!!  Ok, the combination that I am not very into feet (actually soooo not a foot person), and the hygienic issue--this was one massage I was questioning. However, after i got over my issues, it was really great in a barbaric kind of way:-)  And yes, she cleaned her feet in a bowl prior to rubbing them all over me.  

On a totally different note, I ended up meeting some really interesting nice people at the resort and ended up having several dinner invitations:-).  One of the woman who I totally loved is from the UK and her daughter lives in NYC and is also a fashion stylist!  She comes to Manaltheeram every year (along with many other people)--so I had dinner with her a few times.  My last day i also met a nice older couple from the UK.  They live part-time in Israel. So if I ever get to Israel I apparently have a place to stay:-)

 OK...yes, I had bug issues here too!!!   I actually had a scorpion on my balcony!!!  The first night I saw it I called up the front desk explaining what it looked like because i have never seen a real one before--but have seen pictures and they are very distinct looking!!  They sent someone up and he couldn't find it anywhere!  Did I mention it is 10:30pm, of course always the time I spot the bugs so I can't go to sleep--ugh!  Again, another sleeping pill is in order.....

So it seems to me that is very clear that whatever it is you fear, or think about somehow comes to you!  In my case....BUGS!!!

Which brings me to the houseboat.....I am getting swamped by mosquito's---yikes!!!!!  The sun is down and the chef is cooking my dinner and it smells great!

OK--gotta shut down my computer--

Well, it is now night time and I have been stuck in my tiny room on the houseboat since 7pm due to the infestation of bugs/mosquito's!!!!  Apparently because this houseboat has no a/c or screens anywhere the bugs get too much to be on the deck so they serve dinner on my bed!!!!!   

Not only do I have to be couped up in my tiny room, but it's hot as hell because I can't open the windows--they said too many bugs will come in--UGH!!!!  

So here I sit in a hot, cramped room sweating my ass off and paying LOTS of money to do so!!!  It is now 9:15pm and I have had dinner (0n my bed) and taken a bucket cold shower (which for a change felt good because I am so f*#*ing hot)!!

It's really a shame because the day was so great!  Amazing scenery, wonderful lunch and beautiful sunset.

Tomorrow am we dock at 9:00am then I head to my next destination--Fort Kochi.

I just booked the guesthouse the other day, so we shall see what tomorrow has in store....

Namaste,

Dayna