Saturday, May 12, 2007

Back to Basics; Our Native Village

With the Target Execs in town, Caden, Sarah and I (Wade) took the opportunity to skip out of town to a relatively new resort north of Bangalore, called Our Native Village, which justly boasts to be a true eco-friendly resort. After arriving, we took it easy with Sarah catching up on her journal, Caden catching up on a Dora video he had started at his friends house, and me on some sleep. Later in the afternoon, we took the opportunity to familiarize ourselves with our surroundings and neighbors;
There was a poultry research center nearby which exports chicks all over India for agriculture,the bullock which was kind enough to take us on a tour of the neighborhood,
and of course a tour of the resort. Caden's favorite part was the natural swimming pool which uses a natural filtration system to clean the water. Apparently, part of the natural filtration includes frogs, which we were only able to catch with the help of a staff member willing to chase one with a net.
Of course what resort wouldn't be complete without a calf along the side of the path to your room? Caden did pass on milking the little guys mom (the cows are behind the resort rooms).Other points of fun included; kite flying, pottery making and, of course eating (yes Ramkumar, the food was excellent!)