Hey again!I've been at the Osho ashram for 5 days now; have to say it's been one of the best experiences so far. Basically it's a place for meditation, healing, finding yourself and learning to live for the moment. Unlike any other ashram though it's also got a swimming pool, sauna, discos, and a huge amount besides. It all follows Mr Osho's philosophy that there's no point being either spiritually or materially wealthy, why not have ...

Yo all! Thought I'd better put down what's been happening this past week and a bit! Sunday morning me and Kim got an ancient bus as part of a tour to the Ajanta caves. Some of these were over 2000 years old and are covered in ancient paintings. They're all cut into the side of a big mountain, all from one piece of rock. The paintings were amazing for how old they were - because they'd been hidden from the sun and rain they looked like they we...

Hello again.Just a quick entry today (ok it never is) ; I'm loving reading all your birthday messages. It's been weird but quite special having a birthday in India. But first!Last Friday was Shyla's birthday and we had a great party with all the kids - we got them to learn a new dance for their graduation day to "I can see clearly now the rains have gone". The girls (obviously) loved it and me Shyla and Lopa, a new volunteer from Kuwait...

Woah teaching is tiring.So I've been teaching for just over a week now. I'm pretty shattered - even though there was a three day week-end I'm still tired. I think the heat got me as well so I've been extra careful - it went over 40 degrees at the week-end.Teaching is going well though - the kids are all preparing for their graduation days (20th for the girls and 26th for the boys) so there's a huge amount to do - song learning, thinking of gam...

Hey everyone again.<> Well my little dot on the map isn't going to move much for next few weeks cos I got a job! I'm a volunteer teacher for an NGO called Akanksha (www.akansha.org or net maybe) teaching children, well basically bits of everything. On Saturday I went to their office for the volunteer meeting, watched a video and then the little group of us was told where we were volunteering and sent on our way. It was great, I didn't know you c...