Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 still curious about advisability or inadvisability of taking kids to mysore. who here has been there? when you have finished you practice, how do you spend the rest of your day when in mysore? do most people eat at restraunts, have food prepared for them where they are staying or make their own? did you get ill at all (much)? how comfortable did you feel with the health care options there? is there much social interaction between western students and the people from mysore or is it "to each his own"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2000 Report Share Posted September 22, 2000 I don't have children so I can't speak to that point and at the risk of being flamed by the Ashtanga Nazi policeman on this site I will relate my experiences. After practice we go to Nagaratha for breakfast. She and her husband have a side business helping yoga students. She fixes breakfast for many students everyday. Then it back to my room for rest and shower. Then its off to the Southern Star (a fancy modern hotel that sells monthly passes to their outdoor pool, health club type facilities) for an afternoon of sunning, swimming, talk. Dinner is sometimes alone and sometimes a bunch of students go together to some place for a meal. I got ill my first week there, after that no problems. I never worry about health care there. There is a lot of interaction with Indians that you come into contact with in the daily course of events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2000 Report Share Posted September 23, 2000 Most people that I met while I was there were very tired after practice and didn´t do much otherwise except for eating, e-mailing, socialising or swimming. There are things to do though during daytime especially if it´s not that hot. There are a few tourist places to go to like the palace etc.<br>You can take classes though like ayurvedic medicine, sankrit or massage classes etc... But all in all there is not that much to do than to watch the amazing indian life. <br><br>Pattabhi`s weekly holiday is Saturday so you would have some time to travel to Bylakuppe, the Tibetan monastery for example. Some people went to visit an organic farm owned by a couple who sells stuff at the monthly organic market at the Green Hotel. You will find out things to do while you are there through other students.<br><br>I got a little, very little sick the first week eventhough I was drinking the tap water. some Aussie advised me it´s o.k. to do and I went for it. There were students who got violently sick for a week at a time though. Being an Auntie would I take my kids? I think so, yeah, you can cook for yourself order bottled water. It is a pretty clean city I think. I was so worried of diseases before I traveled there but actually I gained some weight and felt much to happy to return. Going back early November though for several months not being scared of hygienic issues. Taking children to Mysore was a big issue while I was there. A lot of students have kids or plan to have kids and don´t want to miss out on India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2000 Report Share Posted September 23, 2000 I forgot...<br><br>the restaurants are pretty safe to eat in. There is also an indian woman who cooks for yoga students near the Cavery Hotel. Cost about 50 cents. If you rent house cooking should be pretty easy once you are used not have any comfort at all. It´s like camping having one stove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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