Coorg - feeling blessed

There were few times in life when I felt that no words or pictures (not even carefully elaborate ones) could in any way describe my feelings. As you know I cultivate and profoundly believe in the power of COMMUNICATION.
But this time there is this wonder, this amazement in me... this apparently undescribable feeling of BLESSING that makes me wanna tell you: 'there is much much more to it than what I'll be able to convey in words'.

This weekend, COORG welcomed me, Camilla, Rumela, Deepak, Gabiru and Mariana with its spontaneous luxurious grenery, its roads always leading to Paradise - by the hands and drives of Bopanna. In two days my heart was touched too many times to be true, and every time it grew in happiness and experience, it kept growing in FAITH and PEACE.

Just to begin with: the friends, the group! Guys, love you! So sinchronized we were, such good energies coming from 3 continents, such warmth gathering in that place Life blessed, atracting only good events and sinchronicities!!

FRIDAY
Bus at 21h! Brasil managed to join Portugal, Sweden and India in the same bus! Yiupppii!! Got to Coorg at 3 am and slept in a houseware humid floor, sharing blankets, laughs and dreams until the sun came and the rain calmed. This is already paradise: all around you is green, and wood, and hospitality! Smelled like Aveiro, smelled like my grand-parents, smelled like childhood! Yummi!!! :)

SATURDAY
Bopanna's Jeep welcomes us again and brings us to a little bit of heaven. Walking in a muddy path, all in a row and singing songs as taught in school, step by step progressing (still wondered with the beauty) in the midst of coffee and rice plantations... we reach a dream-house: glass windows all around, matresses and pillows on the floor, amazing view all around (palm-trees, hills, bush, plantations), undescribable silence, some coffee and tea served by Gani & Co. Welcome to Benny's House - we had this just for us for 48 hours!!!!
But of course: time to move! We went... you know what? Oh yeah!!!: White Water RAFTING!!! Helmets on, life-jackets worn, paddles ready....... 'Forward team! Over-right team! Hold on team!' - these were just some of the commands. Our nepalese monitor knew what he was doing - my team bit Camilla's, Deepak's and Mariana's ass out!! HEHE :P And we loved 'Wicked Bitch' (?), the third rapid, the most!! Thrilling! Adrenaline enough to want to try it again!
In between, we were shown around the reserve: tigers could come any minute (nah! any month :P ), rain would come and go and... whom would it worry?!, food was served in modest places, always tasting like love, spice and - of course! - our fingers. Saw tea-plant, jack-fruit, coffee plant, buganvilles, etc, etc. While wainting, there was still time for coffee (for those 'in habit' :) ) and Maria cookies by a smoking comfy fire, sitting in wood tronks, accompanied by the game that kept us company at all moments - Miming: which movie am I trying to explain {what's the right name again, Rumz? :P }.
Only after: WATER! - paddling, swimming, thrilling in group amongst water rapids, laughter, a few screams and lots lots of joy. Have pics! Of course I'll upload them a.s.a.p.
Dawn brought us back home to a yummi (patented by: Rumz - again!! :P :*) dinner prepared in the house 1km far. Got there it was night already, through dark paths, holding hands to protect each other, listening to thousands of frogs, having sang all the way to the sound of Pink Floyd.
Night and the moon brought drinks (there was variety to every taste ;) ), talks and DANCE! Oh yeah! My friends loved Salsa, and most specially Kizomba/ Zouk! Two couples danced, another watched and documented, and that made me so happy! For an hour we danced... and already during this week... 2nd class for everybody! I'm thrilled to teach them - so quick they catch it, so much they like it!! KISSES for you guys!

SUNDAY
Sunday woke me up promising the ultimate experience, but I could never imagine to what point!
We went to KUSHALNAGAR / Barlkupe, and Loden, a tibetan so so nice guy, and his beautiful daughter Bela, drove us through the amazingly inspiring ways of 3 TIBETAN MONASTERIES.
Golden Temple and Sera Mei were phantastic enough, with all the color, all the golden, all the idols, all the majesty, all the drums, hons and mumblings of the monks...
But SERA CHE - that was no tourist place and still they allowed us to walk amongst lines of around 3000 sitting monks wearing read and praying for DALAI LAMA as yesterday was His aniversary.
It was my father's birthday too, by the way. I am sure their prayers and mine went on to enlighten his life a little bit too. :) Hugs PAI!
We saw monks distributing things to others, we walked aongst them - as always - bear-feet, saw budha and god figures, Dalai Lama's seat, heard this amazing vibrating mumbling, saw butter constructions, altars, simbolic drawings and manifestations that Loden was always kind enough to explain. We played with Mela, sat on the stairway to temples, amazed at view, at the practice of the monks... and got inspired.
I was told to mingle with them easily :) as here I am always in 'orangy' clothes which pretty much describe my state f mind.

Then the JEEP JORNEYS demand some description too, as they were filled with sleepy hugs, legs enlacing, singing to the sound of nothing, telling stories, bumping our heads on the cealing as the car bumped into holes, vibrating to the sound of Dire Straits and other memory-calling pieces of audio art... and enjoying each other's company everytime more! Thank you so much Deepak!!!!!!
The last sight-seing car trip brought us to a water fall that we could sit on, amazing at an immense valley through an aqueduct arch - an authentic window to COORG Paradise, deserving a paiting, deserving meditation, deserving COMING BACK!
By then we just wanted to stay all together, not to have to come back to Bangalore, work, traffic and pollution... at leat a few more days!! :))

Waited 3 hours for a late bus but even in waiting we're the best travel group ever!! Our laghter and funny theatrical movements while playing games were entertainment to all attending passengers!
Already in Bangalore, an auto-rickshaw transporting my friends dropped me directly at work, just to find the second YOGA teacher inviting me to join his class. But this is something to tell in a forthcoming post.

Elephant riding is promised for next visit...
and meanwhile I leave all you guys with a NATURE and BUDHIST inspired ENERGY-passing hug (one of those). LOTS AND LOTS of Love, all me is a SMILE!!!!