early morning rooftop yoga

It really doesn't get much better than waking up to do yoga in India on a rooftop courtyard with a view of the ocean. really, it doesn't. We went next door unsure what to expect and talked with the cutest little rolly-polly old man. When he found out we were from the United States, he said "Ah! Revolution! Obama!" The Indians seem just as excited about about change as we are. We have seen so many newspaper ads and magazines with Obama on the front page. It's pretty exciting. But anyway, back to the yoga... we followed a few other women who had come for the class around the back and up some old stone steps. The teacher opened a door to reveal an amazing little rooftop courtyard and directed us to lay out our mats. The mats were made of straw and pretty uncomfortable, and the ground was hard and dirty from soot, but we really didnt care. Rachel pointed out the view of the ocean and we were both so so content to be there. The yoga was different than we were used to and the teacher called elbows ankles and toes fingers! We did some laughing yoga that made rachel cry. just awesome.

After the yoga we found out that the balcony hotel was full and decided to console ourselves with chocolate chip pancakes. Yup, that worked. We decided to make our plans to head down to the southern most point of India called Kanyakumari. We ended up going to the train station twice and the internet cafe and a travel agent all in an effort to book this train. It was so hard and stressful. We finally got a non-AC ticket and we arent sure if we are even sitting together. The man at the train station hated us and shooed us away, but hey we got our ticket and we are heading out tomorrow night.

That is all for now. I still cant figure out my pictures, but Rachel's are amazing so check hers out and I will post mine soon.
to be continued...