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    Franklin
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    Escapades in Bodhgaya, India -- Where Buddha Reached Enlightenment.

    Encounters with Buddhist monks, the Bodhi tree, peaceful retreats,and temples upon temples. ONE: Visiting the Totoro banyan tree, on the...

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    Franklin
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 5 min

    Varanasi, India: Wrestling at Dawn and Cruising the Ganges by Twilight.

    Some favorite memories from one of the oldest cities in the world Varanasi is one of those cities you either come to love or hate -- I...

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    Franklin
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 4 min

    The One Memory From Haridwar That Will Stay With Me.

    Red and yellow bracelets, cable cars, and an amusement park temple. Haridwar is another holy city in India, downstream on the Ganges...

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    Donna
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Vegan Epicenters of India

    It’s not too much of a challenge finding vegan food in restaurants all over India - even egg is seen as non-veg to many vegetarians here,...

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    Franklin
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 4 min

    Where is The Best Yoga in Rishikesh? And Other Explorations in This Indian Himalayan Town.

    “Where is the best yoga in Rishikesh?” I asked 4 Indians this question, and got 4 different and very complex answers. As Rishikesh has a...

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    Donna
    • Jan 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    What Happened to the Beatles Ashram?

    A step back in time. A place for revelations, inspiration, and connection with one of the greatest bands of the 20th century. After we...

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    Franklin
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Ecotopia Found! Tat Tvam Asi Organic Coffee Estate in Karnataka, India.

    After five months of travelling the world, we’ve finally found an Ecotopia. In all honesty, we haven’t been searching that hard, as a...

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    Franklin
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    Varkala, Kerala. The Small Indian Beach Town with a Big Heart.

    How we ended 2018 and began 2019. It was 4 am in the morning after a night of New Yeara festivities, and we were getting ready to jump...

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    Donna
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 3 min

    What I Learned During My 10-day Yoga Intensive in Tamil Nadu, India

    Especially -- What My Yoga Practice was Missing For my whole life I have been practicing one-sided #yoga. I've toyed with #meditation and...

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    Franklin
    • Dec 30, 2018
    • 4 min

    Tiruvanamali: What I Did at the Spiritual Axis of the World

    Four magical days in Tamil Nadu that felt like four months Tiruvanamalai is home to Arunachala, a holy mountain for Hindus, said to...

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    Donna
    • Dec 28, 2018
    • 5 min

    Budget Friendly Fun in Kochi and Munnar, Kerala India

    What we did on our first sultry week in India We arrived to Kochi (Kerala, India) from Doha (Qatar), and the difference in cities could...

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    Donna
    • Dec 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    My First Impressions of India

    After landing in the beautiful airport of #Kochi and experiencing my first #Indian head waggle from the passport officers (it really is...

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