{"id":4006,"date":"2015-04-18T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelstoriesfromyworld.com\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2017-03-21T05:03:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T02:03:30","slug":"keralastories-elephants-yoga-bollywood-eng-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tstories.gr\/en\/keralastories-elephants-yoga-bollywood-eng-version\/","title":{"rendered":"#KeralaStories: Elephants, Yoga & Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat\u2019s in today\u2019s program?\u201d I asked Kenney, the organizer of Kerala Tourism<\/a>\u00a0blog express project. \u201cElephants bathing, a yoga course, rowing and something I can\u2019t tell you about \u2013 it\u2019s a surprise\u201d he replied with a secretive smile. I leaned back to my seat, anxiously waiting for the bus to begin.<\/p>\n

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We left Trivandrum, heading to Kollam. It was a 3-hours trip full of green landscapes, colorful cities, some intense glances and lots of on-the-go shots. I just couldn\u2019t get enough of it!<\/p>\n

First stop:\u00a0Elephant Rehabilitation Centre<\/a>! We arrived there\u00a0at around 9.30 a.m. (tell me about an early wake up call\u2026). The centre is located in Kotur and as Manoj \u2013 our guide \u2013 explained, it is where elephants with a history of abuse from every corner of India were transferred in order to recover. He added that it is common for wealthy people in India to own elephants as pets\u00a0 as they cost around $20.000 \u2013 but that\u2019s really nothing compared to the expenses made in order to feed them; imagine paying for 3kg of rice and huge amounts of leaves and greens every day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t