Its hot and I keep getting attacked by monkeys! But I am still alive, and I am here in India (dreaming of the cold Norwegian winter again!). I have been working on some posts about my trip to Rome and Portugal will be next. But as always, I ask you to bear with me through [...]

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As all of my readers know, I am currently not in Norway but here in Penukonda, India. And I found a place that I want to tell you about.. it is the beautiful Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. Of course, I bet you would suspect that this is a place somewhere in the [...]

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I have been thinking all day about posting about the animals that are all around here, at the ashram. But specifically about the monkeys. (Click on the images for bigger pictures)
Why? Because they are so funny. They are very brave, will steal things out of your hands, take things from you and not give it [...]

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Hi everyone! Just wanted to drop a quick note from Penukonda, India. It is HOT here! But I am surviving….you will hear more from me soon :)

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I have one more assignment to do before getting a good nights sleep and going to the ashram tomorrow. I could not figure out how to integrate the words “magnifying glasses” into my lovely articles. So bear with me as I finish my jobs for the night tonight before I go to bed and get [...]

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Okay my computer and internet are totally freaking out on me here and making this very difficult!
I was just going to share with you that driving in Europe can be a very interesting experience. Weather you are in Norway or Portugal, it seems to be quite the action packed adventure ride to say the least.
Thats [...]

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So since I will be away from life in Norway for a few months and here in the heat of India, Marius and I have discussed many times how we can exercise while at the ashram.
Basically it is so hot that it would be dangerous to go jogging around the ashram grounds, so he and [...]

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I’m much more prepared this time coming to India…for those evil mosquitoes! I had my mom send me a huge supply of wonderfully poisonous mosquito repellent for me to have at the ashram in India. They really got me last time and I went through a can of mosquito spray in just a week. [...]

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Well, I have to say that as tired as all this traveling has made me, I can not complain at all. I was in Portugal last week, and was at home in Norway for only three days (three rainy days….which translates into making laundry very difficult to dry!) and am already in India.
I have not [...]

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I have been so busy the past few weeks. As you know, I was in Portugal for nine days and it was so great. I will be letting you in on how great that was very soon, but first (as always when I’m back to a good internet connection) I have to get a few [...]

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