Coorg and Airports

Coorg:

I spent a week in this beautiful area of Southern India dubbed the “Scotland of India” cuz of it’s breathtaking rolling green hills.  But wait, why can’t Scotland be called the “Coorg of the UK?”  Some pics from the trip:

Tadiyandamol Peak

Beautiful rolling green hills

It was hot! We were almost at the top at this point

Abbey Falls

Smritika found a cute puppy on the hike.

What we ate at the end of the hike:

Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery: Beautiful and relaxing spot.  Largest teaching center of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the world.

Buddhas from different periods of time

Good vibes in the monastery

Crossing this river to get to the elephant sanctuary

Some elephants were in the wild, others were at this elephant sanctuary

People Crossing the river headed to Elephant sanctuary:

On numerous occasions I find a group of younger men who want to take a picture with the Gora (foreigner/gringo).  Here are my two new friends.

I generally appreciate the different signage posted that promote conservation, public health, and/or used as tools to educate.  Signs from a couple of the spots we went to:

I was within 10 feet of a real wild elephant.

Airports: