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| We see this everyday. |
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| Motorbike parking |
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| Lots of construction here, with bamboo scaffolding |
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| McDonalds!! No beef burgers, but the fries are good. |
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Out and About in Bangalore
Nandi Hills
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| Sarah swam in her first Indian swim meet (and we thought the Shady Hollow swim meets were long, the Indians know how to really make a swim meet last a long time!) |
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| Waiting....Sarah got a 2nd and a 3rd place. She was thrilled |
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| The stove after the fire! |
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| Nandi Hills |
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| Nandi Hills -- Monkeys everywhere |
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| Looking down! |
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| MK lost two teeth! |
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| See the monkey family up in the tree |
Crazy Week
It was so so good to be back in the beautiful USA for 3 weeks for Christmas. Our first week back in India was a little rough, just getting used to India again. We're settled in again and doing OK.
Last week was a bit crazy though. The British headmaster of the kids' school was arrested and then fired. This made national news in India and the press has gone crazy with the story. Long, long story that I probably shouldn't write about in this forum.
My kids are fine and were not harmed. Although, it is hard for them to grasp that someone they looked up to and admired has allegedly done some bad things.
My kids have continued to go to school along with all the other kids at their school . However, we have started looking at other international schools. I hate for them to have to adjust to yet another school, but not sure their current school is a good place right now. As if this place isn't hard enough to deal with.
Also last week, our stove was apparently having some sort of gas leak and exploded and caught on fire, while I was trying to cook. So, my eye brows, eye lashes, and some of my hair is now missing! I was ready to pack my bags and come back home. I was thinking that must have been some sort of sign. I've calmed down again. I guess this is just life in India!
On a lighter note, we went to a state park type of place about an hour outside of Bangalore called Nondi Hills, where the monkeys run free! It was crazy, monkeys everywhere. I'll post some pics.
So overall we really are doing OK. I know people get arrested and stoves blow up in the USA too, just seems more of that crazy kind of stuff happens here and to me!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Last week was a bit crazy though. The British headmaster of the kids' school was arrested and then fired. This made national news in India and the press has gone crazy with the story. Long, long story that I probably shouldn't write about in this forum.
My kids are fine and were not harmed. Although, it is hard for them to grasp that someone they looked up to and admired has allegedly done some bad things.
My kids have continued to go to school along with all the other kids at their school . However, we have started looking at other international schools. I hate for them to have to adjust to yet another school, but not sure their current school is a good place right now. As if this place isn't hard enough to deal with.
Also last week, our stove was apparently having some sort of gas leak and exploded and caught on fire, while I was trying to cook. So, my eye brows, eye lashes, and some of my hair is now missing! I was ready to pack my bags and come back home. I was thinking that must have been some sort of sign. I've calmed down again. I guess this is just life in India!
On a lighter note, we went to a state park type of place about an hour outside of Bangalore called Nondi Hills, where the monkeys run free! It was crazy, monkeys everywhere. I'll post some pics.
So overall we really are doing OK. I know people get arrested and stoves blow up in the USA too, just seems more of that crazy kind of stuff happens here and to me!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Vacation Villa in the Jungle in Kerala (Kumarakom Lake Resort)
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| We saw this elephant from the car while we were driving to the resort. It was pretty amazing. The kids loved. Our driver told us that he is used to pull lumber. |
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| Our vacation villa |
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| Sarah's henna tatoo. It wears off in 1-2 weeks. |
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| MK's henna. I got one too, but only on one arm! |
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| MK posing in front of the rice paddy. |
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| Our new friends that we went on the house boat with. Their dads all work for Timken in India. |
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| Our houseboat is right behind the girls |
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| The pool outside the villa. The view of the lake was really nice. |
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Beach in Kerala
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| Jonathan at the beach. He loved it! |
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| We watched the sunset every night. |
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| Our hotel was on a cliff. We had great views of the ocean. |
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| Jonathan right outside our room. |
Vacation to Kerala India!!
We took a vacation to southern India, along the coast of the Arabian Sea at the beach for a few days and then inland in the jungle along the backwaters for a few days. It was very nice to get away from the chaos and craziness of Bangalore. Both resorts were quiet and relaxing. I think we liked the beach resort the best, it was a five star almost even by US standards. We took long hot showers, which we haven't done in awhile! We ate bacon and sausage everyday for breakfast. The kids loved. It's been a few months since we've had those things. Our resort was very interesting as it was right next to a traditional Indian fishing village. There lterally was a line in the sand that divided the resort from the fishing village.There was a security guard that would not let the fishermen on our beach, yet we were able to walk on their beach. This didn't seem quite right to me. Anyway, the fishermen were very willing to let us see their catch and watch.
The jungle resort was a bit more Indian like. We stayed in a villa on a lake. We took a house boat trip out on the lake for a day and saw more fishermen, rice paddys, and all kinds of interesting birds. We also saw an elephant on our way to this resort, just walking down the road with his owner. Our driver told us the elephants were used to pull timber and other heavy stuff. The kids loved this.
Our boat shipment has arrived in Bangalore!! Of course, it is currently held up in customs. We are hoping to have our stuff by Friday. We can not wait. It has been almost three months. We were packed up on August 14.
We also got a surprise care package this week from one of the marketing guys visiting India from Canton (Doritoes, Oreos, Bubble Gum, Mac and Cheese, etc. etc.). The kids are in heaven. He also brought us some weather stripping. Bye Bye Lizards! We will forever be greatful to him! Because there is only about a 50% chance we would recieve any packages sent to us, we have asked our family and friends not to send us anything. Timken has been great about forwarding all of our paper mail from the US but they can not accept packages. So having something hand delivered was so so nice.
The jungle resort was a bit more Indian like. We stayed in a villa on a lake. We took a house boat trip out on the lake for a day and saw more fishermen, rice paddys, and all kinds of interesting birds. We also saw an elephant on our way to this resort, just walking down the road with his owner. Our driver told us the elephants were used to pull timber and other heavy stuff. The kids loved this.
Our boat shipment has arrived in Bangalore!! Of course, it is currently held up in customs. We are hoping to have our stuff by Friday. We can not wait. It has been almost three months. We were packed up on August 14.
We also got a surprise care package this week from one of the marketing guys visiting India from Canton (Doritoes, Oreos, Bubble Gum, Mac and Cheese, etc. etc.). The kids are in heaven. He also brought us some weather stripping. Bye Bye Lizards! We will forever be greatful to him! Because there is only about a 50% chance we would recieve any packages sent to us, we have asked our family and friends not to send us anything. Timken has been great about forwarding all of our paper mail from the US but they can not accept packages. So having something hand delivered was so so nice.
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