It is a very quiet day at the Aadheenam. We are still getting a stream of casual visitors on the islands for holidays who find us in various guide books.

Today the Siddhidata Kulam gave their report at lunch. Work continues at the temple site as always with challenges for fitting stones at floor level that will later have to be a perfect fit when raised up to roof level.

Meanwhile the only news from the traveling team is that Saravananathaswami, Sadhaka Jivanandanatha and Sadhaka Nilakantha arrived safely.

It is the day before the official opening of Innersearch. Easan Katir who is on the Innersearch sends this snap shot from the airport with caption:

“Innersearch Travel Coordinator Kailash arriving in Sydney airport at 11 pm last night after traveling 19 hours from Minnesota, then getting grilled and x-rayed by custom officers over some fresh fruit in his luggage”

Apparently the official welcome in Australia is full of thorough scrutiny. The word is: declare everything when you travel down under, even the beads on your neck! It seems the Aussies are taking no chances with agricultural pests arriving that might cause serious environmental damage.

From the stunning new book, Mountains from Space, our island home. Kauai is the oldest of the island, top upper left corner. In the foreground, the tallest mountain in the world, the still erupting Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, at 31,824 feet from the ocean floor, half a mile higher than Mount Everest.