An excellent lunch!

When in Rome.... you eat with your hands!

Breakfast: a fried lentil donut with coconut chutney - excellent!

Tea served in solid silver cups which apparently has positive health benefits.

The Sri Shveta Varahaswami Temple in Mysore, built ca. 1672.

Foyer at the Palace Hotel

The grandeur of the Palace Hotel is difficult to capture in photos, but here's another go at it. Simply gorgeous!

Friendly natives who helped ward off less friendly crocodiles

The crocodile who might've had me for breakfast!

Beware of the dog in Hindi!

I was amused by this sign in hotel rooms warning guests to shut doors to keep monkeys out.

My three little lovelies: Vannajakshi, Anjama & Kanchama. Before coming to BFA, they picked weeds for 24R a day.

The lovely Lakshmi

Sosie, Meshang and Langshe who travelled 4 days from northern most region in India - Nagaland - to attend the conference.

I indulged the kids with ice cream - look at those faces!

The Excellent Little Kanchama, shown here in a concentration exercise during the morning Tai Chi routine.

Tai Chi in the park in the morning with John Deveraj and Nagaraj.

Tak (pictured on the right) demonstrating the keyboard to students during our music workshop.

Prakasha on drums

Drum workshop: Prakasha, Narayan & Jadiyah

At a colorful roadside stand drinking tea with Yuki, Mioi, Nagaraj & Mitsuko

Prashanth, Shiva & Prakash

Jalalli's masterpiece: I LOVE this painting, wanted to buy it, but it was too large to safely transport.

Hard at work.

A beautiful painting!