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13th Year: 2011
Jan
- Piano Recital by Robyn, Mosaic Art Portrait & CNY Reunion Lunch
Feb
- Chinese New Year, PA Got Talents, Alvin's Birthday & Opening of Clay-Street New Studio
Mar
- Bye-bye Heni
Seva Wk 01: Art of Living Ashram, Bangalore
Seva Wk 02: 1st Seva with Divine Karnataka Project & On Course
Seva Wk 03: Sponsoring Rural Village Sport Clubs & Bridge at Chikmagalur
Seva Wk 04:
'WHY DKP' Corporate Fund Raising
Apr
Seva Wk 05: DKP Helps Rural Farmers, Gadag & Koppal, Karnataka
Seva Wk 06: Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Konark, Puri & Sri Sri University
Seva Wk 07: Tribal School Project, Jharkhand
Seva Wk 08:
Tribal School Arts Festival on Facebook
May
Seva Wk 09: Tribal School @ Dumuria & Ranchi
Seva Wk 10: Tribal School Digital Contest & Kolkata
Seva Wk 11: Kolkata to Delhi to Himachal Pradesh
Seva Wk 12: Shoghi, Shimla & Tirthan Valley in Himachal Pradesh

Jun
Seva Wk 13: Homestay @ Tirthan, Kullu Valley
Seva Wk 14: Sangla, Peo, Nako, Kinnaur Valley
Seva Wk 15: Tabo, Kaza, Kye, Spiti Valley
Seva Wk 16: Demul to Komic on Yaks, Spiti Valley

Jul
Seva Wk 17: Kaza to Manali to Gurgaon, Delhi
Seva Wk 18: Gurgaon & Barefoot College,Tilonia
Seva Wk 19: Jaipur & back to Bangalore
Seva Wk 20 & 21: With the Murthys in Bangalore

Aug
Seva Wk 22-24: Meridian 101 Ambassadors for India & Bye Bye India
Seva Wk 25: Seva in Africa - Jumbo Kenya!
Seva Wk 26: Seva at the Children's Garden Home
Sep
Seva Wk 27: More Seva Projects at CGH
Seva Wk 28: Self-drive Safari to Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Hell's Gate
Seva Wk 29: Short Break to Arusha, Tanzania
Seva Wk 30: Safari at Nairobi National Park & Children's Day Celebration
Oct
Seva Wk 31: Launching BEADwear for Christmas
Seva Wk 32: Robyn turns 13 in Kampala, Uganda
Seva Wk 33: Rafting the White Nile, Jinja, Uganda
Seva Wk 34: Sipi Falls, Uganda & African Child Mega Dance in Kenya
Nov
Seva Wk 35: Nairobi to Mombasa, Malindi & Lamu
Seva Wk 36: Seva@Lamu - Donkey necklace + Kaya
Seva Wk 37: Seva@Lamu - Hands Up 4 Kids
Seva Wk 38: Bye Africa, Hello Istanbul, Homeward-bound Singapore
Dec
- Home Sweet Home in Singapore
 
   

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SEVA WEEK 17 (27 Jun - 3 Jul 2011)

 

Alvin conducted a Clay LEGO team bonding session for Ecosphere's staff, volunteers and interns. Sunil selected 5 themes for their creative expression. It was so wonderful to see the team members from so many different cultures, regions and nationalities blending together, having fun and manifesting their collective ideals into form through the humble medium of clay.

>So pleased to know 3 NUS students from Singapore on social entrepreneurship internship with Ecosphere.

Everyone was busy playing with clay
Everyone was busy playing with clay...

Clay LEGO at 3700m...
Clay LEGO at 3700m...

Ecosphere clay art #1

Ecosphere clay art #2


The areas of focus of Ecosphere creatively expressed by the team members in clay.

Ecosphere clay art #3

Ecosphere clay art #4
 

Proud team members.
Proud team members.

Raymond giving a presentation on his team's art.
Raymond giving a presentation on his team's art.

EcoSphere staff, volunteers, interns and us.


Upon completion of this little seva to Ecosphere, it was time for us to leave the cool and blue sky of the Himalayan highland of Himachal Pradesh and head down to Delhi and Rajasthan, and eventually back to Bangalore.

Bye bye, Ishita and Sunil and all at EcoSphere and Kaza and Demul Village...


 

2 Jul 2011: Kaza to Manali

We woke up before sunrise, left the hotel in the dark and got to the Kaza bus stand by 5am. Only to be told that there would not be any bus to Manali today.

As we have come to experience time and again, when one door closes, another usually swings open. We approached a taxi and found 3 awaiting vacant rear seats.

After a quick mutton chowmein breakfast, we began our 10-hour scenic drive to Manali.

Taxi truck that took us from Kaza to Manali.
Taxi truck that took us from Kaza to Manali.

Taiwanese artist Hsiao Mei and the Yongs
So glad to have known Hsiao Mei, a Taiwanese artist who is travelling and painting in Himachal.
Gompa at the Kunzum La Pass at 4551m with a spectacular view of the Bara Shigri Glacier.
Gompa at the Kunzum La Pass at 4551m with a spectacular view of the Bara Shigri Glacier.

Robyn and the Bara Shigri Glacier in the background.
Robyn and the Bara Shigri Glacier in the background.

Even the lunch point offered a gorgeous view.
Even the lunch point offered a gorgeous view.

We drove pass gushing waterfalls at the opposite hillside


We drove pass gushing waterfalls at the opposite hillside, frozen glaciers that were melting under the warm sunshine, beautiful vastness that magically opened wider that door from our inner self. It was a meditative journey through the mountains.

It was a meditative journey through the mountains.

We finally arrived at the famous Rohtang Pass where regular road closure due to landslides, glacier conditions and road opening restricted some stretched to 1-way muddy traffic flow. At 4000m, the Rohtang Pass is the winter wonderland for families from Delhi looking to have fun with snow, skiing and cool weather. So there were thousands of tourists in cars, taxis, bus and bikes. At the Pass, we saw hang-gliding and skiing stations and plenty of food stalls and souvenir shops, like a chaotically organized ski resort.

Jam at the Rohtang Pass.
Big jam at the Rohtang Pass.

This gigantic ice wall along the road through Rohtang Pass was a frozen river 'cut open' by road maintenance.
This gigantic ice wall along the road through Rohtang Pass was a frozen river 'cut open' by road maintenance.

In Manali, we were back to the modern living of busy crowd of tourists and shoppers.
In Manali, we were back to the modern living of busy crowd of tourists and shoppers.
Tasty tandoori chicken for a change but price was also too high for a change...
Tasty Punjabi tandoori chicken for a change but price was also too high for a change...
   

3 Jul 2011: Manali to Delhi

We took the 4pm overnight coach to Delhi. We arrived in Delhi at 9am on 4 Jul and took the metro to Swati's home.

 

> Week 18: Gurgaon & Delhi...

 

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