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Dharamsala Slideshow
Dharamsala
Travel Blogs from Dharamsala, India
Dharamsala / Mc Leod Ganj
After around 17h in a terrible bus, Deni and me arrive in Mc Leod Ganj. Famous for the Dalai Lhama and so another place filled up with travellers. We are lucky to find a guesthouse in a small valley close by. It is perfect: no traffic, no noises and a ...
The Indian Driving Test
... , after several people getting on then off the jeep, the driver going round the block then someone else getting back in..."it's India" is the only explanation I can give you, it's a phrase I hear a lot of from Westerners trying to explain the ...
Cricket Craziness and Dreamy Dharamkot
... weekend - great timing! But even with that, the feel of the place was very different to anywhere we’d been in India so far - the population is primarily Tibetan Buddhist, which definitely meant there was much less hassle - you could walk down the ...
A jarring start
... almost a nostalgic smell, like camping near a latrine. I was thrilled to fly over the Himalayas Monday afternoon and breathe the fresh Dharamsala air. Things are much cleaner and greener here. The city is on the side of a mountain and much of the stone ...
Trogledyte
... days up at Triund in a cave at about 10,000ft in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas soaring above the plains of India that stretch out endlessly below. McLeod Ganj, home of the 14th reincarnation of Cherensig, also considered to be in the foothills, ...
Time and Time Again
... I was heading north to Ladakh.... and yesterday I decided I may as well head for Nepal.... but today I have finally decided to go nowhere. India is vast and you'd need years to really get more than I glimpse of it.... ah, why bother? My chronic panic has ...
OM sweet home
... did a lecture on awareness and prayers for the Tibetan people who died and suffered as a result of Communist China. Throughout Dharamsala and Tibet, the mantra for compassion "OM MANI PADME HUM" is inscribed on temples, prayer wheels, rocks, prayer ...
India Part 13: Dharamsala
Hi Everyone Welcome to our India Trip part 13: The Himalayas. Dharamsala Well, the drive to Dharamsala was certainly interesting. Let's just reiterate one thing: the Indians drive like maniacs. With no road rules, no sense and ...
Day 245- Camping in the Mountains
... and most of all great people. I been hanging out with Colin (UK) who I met in Goa, Sergio (Colombia), Vinod (India), Guerrimo (Mexico), Diego (Mexico), Juli (Slovakia), and Baba (Vernassi, India). Together we went on a journey to go camping ...
Hanging out with His Holiness
This morning I woke up early and went for a walk around town. After many days here you get to recognize many of the beggars... from the men on their home made skate boards who push themselves up the steep streets with flip flops on their hands for ...
Greetings from Dharamsala!
Well, I am finally in McLeod Ganj, after a horrible, 14 hour bus ride. We got pulled over twice by the police who were looking for bagsheesh- a bribe. The trip lasted through the night, on some of the rockiest, windiest, and dustiest roads I have ever ...
Dharamsala Photo Wrap-up
Just some random pictures as my time in Dharamsala was at its end. No big stories, so it's probably better that I just let you see my world through my pictures. ...
Tibetan Children's Village
October 28th - Manali, Himachal Pradesh India Three days since we had met Yoshi in the bar at Hotel Tibet, with Michelle too ill to feel inclined to get out of bed, I made a journey to the Tibetan Children's Village (TCV). It was only a few kilometres ...
Hike in the Himalayas
... 2 km to McLeod Ganj. This was a local expedition guide named Serene, who would become a larger part of this India story a bit later! Travel Advice: Whenever hiking up steep hills, remember to bring your moleskin/nuskin/compress (whatever ...
To Dharamsala
... and an older monk who had the stature of a teacher, both of whom were originally from Tibet and also making their ways towards Dharamsala. We were approached by a man with no hands who was begging for whatever we could give. He couldn't hold out a hand ...
Random Happenings
... footage captured of the Chinese military shooting an unarmed Buddhist nun as she traveled the Himalayas trying to reach exile in India. Hundreds of people showed up for this candlelight vigil and showing - quite an impressive crowd and place to ...
Rogpa Children's Peace Arts
... caring and patient. You could say the same thing towards being a good parent. Both teachers and parents, props to you! In essence, I will take what I learned and apply it to my life. Goodbye students! Miss you Dharamsala! God bless.♥ Dasha ...
No Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
... the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we will find a place where we can catch up to him and meet him. Anyway we have been in Dharamsala a few days now and all I can say is that the Tibetan food is really really good and that I am spoiled rotten and can ...
Is This Still India?
... Free Tibet. The Tibetan's People's Uprising Movement (march) is still going on with much resistance and arrests from India police. 5 foreigners, 3 of which are American, were given Quit India notices and must leave the country in 7 ...
Your Energetic Kidneys Are Too Big...
... , I was very happy to move to Bhagsu, which is right outside of McCloud Gang, which is right outside of Dharamsala. Bhagsu does NOT feel like India. It is peaceful-no horn honking, not too many cows (therefore no cow droppings!), and clean, fresh air. ...
McCleod Ganj, Himachel Pradesh
... Tibetan refugees who had fled their country from the Communist Chinese invasion. McCleod Ganj is a village set in the hills above Dharamsala and nearby there are numerous walks of 2 to 4 hours. One took us to Bhagshu waterfall and another to the ...
Von Leh nach Dharamsala
Inzwischen bin ich schon seit 3 Tagen in Dharamsala, dem Sitz der tibetischen Exilregierung und Hauptwohnsitz des Dalai Lama (der naechste Woche hier eintreffen wird). Der Ort liegt fantastisch an einer steilen Bergflanke auf 2000 Metern und wird -da von ...
The Himalayas and the Dalai Lama
... . English is going to be a problem, but everyone seems to try really hard to bridge the communication gap. Dharamsala also written Dharamshala, the "h" is pronounced to make a “sh” sound when spoken. It is a beautiful ...
My first day at Darnu day care centre
... really hard, and very different to the experience I had in Tanzania. I really did not want to compare as nothing compares to India at all, but it is natural to want to compare experience with one another. The kids are much younger, I have 10 ...
Little Parcels of Fun for a Farewell party
No fun and games for us at school today it's all hand on deck with a full house of snotty hyperactive kids. I keep mentioning the snotty faces, I am sorry, but they really are very wet. On some of the kids it is so bad that they have a little ...
Family matters
... 8221;. This is an instituted dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan art and culture and based here in Dharamsala. Norbulingka is dedicated to handing down tradition and restoring standards by providing training, education and employment for ...
In vino veritas
It seems like Friday at school means chaos day... and I don't mean organised chaos like most days, I mean let’s all do nothing for 4 hours with 10 hyper active 1-3 year olds running around. Craziness... Apparently here the kids are required ...