Ayurveda and beyond

I have spent the last week in an Ayurveda course in Nasik. It was a course mostly to do with beauty products like face, eye, and ear cleaning. The eye cleaning was perhaps the most remarkable experience, considering there were a large array of different annointments we could put in our eyes to "clean" them. Mostly, they just felt like acid drops, albeit, your eyes did feel quite cool after, but I'm not sure if it's just from the relief of them not burning anymore or if it actually does cool the eyes. Nevertheless, we all entrusted Joshi (our instructor, pictured below) with our tender eyes.


Unfortunately, I got a sore throat and an ear infection during the course. Luckily, it seems to be clearing up on its own. I'm glad, because I really did not want to take any antibiotics for it, and also because I was kind of miserable for a few days which is never fun. I still managed to see the silver lining, which is that this is the first time I've been sick since I left, and I didn't even need any antibiotics, and it's better than the stomach flu or something like that!

My sandals also got stolen, but I don't mind. They were stolen from the Therapy centre where I'm staying, so I had other shoes. Also, they're good quality sandals, so they should last the next woman (I presume) who has them for a lot longer than I would have kept them I'm sure.

It seems I've been writing this blog for ages, but that's because I've been distracted about 100 times, so it is disjointed. I can't even remember what else I wanted to say...

On Monday I am going to Aurangabad with Abby, an Iranian guy I met in the ashram. He's quite a joker, so it should be an interesting trip for sure. For now, I am spending the next couple of days taking it easy so that I can completely recover from this earache and sore throat before we leave. I am excited to get going though. I am ready to be on the road again; living the adventure! The ashram and therapy centre are so safe and caring. It's really nice, but sometimes I feel a little too watched. I am eager to have my own room... ah, luxury. I would love love love to find a place with a bath tub, one that I would use, that is. This seems like an unlikely dream at the moment, so I think I'll just keep that desire as a distant promise to be delivered when I get home.

Speaking of home, I have no idea when I'll come home. I've been looking at other places I can go, and if I manage my money well, it looks like I can go to Sri Lanka, then Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam... pretty amazing.

Initially I had every intention of actually relaying some stories, but it seems like this has turned into just another one of my random thoughts entries. Next time I'll try and actually tell a story. For now, I'll put up a picture from lunch today, which was delicious.