Asia Health Resorts Dharamsala

... vont travailler pour la saison touristique de Noël. Aïe, avec tous ces vendeurs, faut éviter Goa à cette période de l’année! Quoi faire avec ces histoires de vie ? Je me dis, que nous sommes au bon endroit pour y laisser de notre argent, au profit de cette bonne femme et ses enfants.

Quant aux mendiants dans la rue, il faut pas se faire prendre par les émotions. Quelqu’un qui connaît bien l’Inde (Blaise pour ne pas le nommer) nous a raconté que ...

... What does one do with that information? Well, according to him, you go and see a Tibetan doctor (I was thinking you LEAVE India as you don't have to worry about hearing things like that when you are in the Western world. I'm all about the holistic treatment and view of the body, to some extent, but there are times, like when you go for a massage, when you just don't want to hear about it!!)

So, on to Dr. Yeshi, recomended by Tomer and Manu, two of my yoga ...

... so I ended up just sitting and drawing pictures as he talked with my host-parents. A little while later Paula pulled out the Losar whiskey and as we clinked glasses in a happy No-Losar cheers the monk raised his fruit juice glass so I decided to cheers him too. Amala was scandalized, not because I had cheers-ed a monk but because I held my glass equal to his, she told me when saying cheers to a monk your glass must always be lower. So next time you try to ...

... no room at the inn. Any way it is sublime, we are inside the walls of a Biddhist monastery all the epople who are staying here are very chilled. they provide meals if you need them and you can go to watch the prayer services and discussions. There are plants and crystals everywhere and it's just generally nice. There are several gardens to see lovely mountain views from and our room gets the sun all day. God Bless the Buddhists. Apart from that all our money from the stay goes to ...

Oh wow.... I have so much to tell you guys. I really wanted to tell you on the phone, but this can't wait. Yesterday was the most amazing day of my life! After we woke up in Delhi, the CCS staff had an Indian professor give us a very informative talk on the history of India and the current situation. So amazing! We left the home base in Delhi at 11 to catch out 1:45 flight to Dharamsala. We were all so excited. Everything worked out perfectly until we ...

... down one side of the hall to try and get to the front to get people off their feet. It took a ****ing age of "rocking out" (Nick's words not mine) to get the audience going. English Nick went full for it ot at the front in one corner, we had a propper little party going, and by the end of the first haf (they had a break in the middle) everyone was on their feet, but then they all sat down again!!!! So, at the begining of the second half we (nick at our head) stormet ...

... to India! We visited the main monastery, took a half day walk to a lake, and spent lots of time browsing in the shops. As well as the two excursions, we visited Agra (for the Taj Mahal) at the start of the project. Altogether a very full, tiring and rewarding three weeks! I'm now back in Delhi for a couple of days before travelling on to Thailand. This afternoon I am going to treat myself and visit a 5 star hotel that ...

... experience (a bit awkward...). The food was terrible, and we feared malnutrition, no, we lived malnutrition. Chilis, cheese, rice....a few vegetables maybe here or there, hardly a fruit, no meet, a lot of potatos, always too spicy. It was a hungry month.... We've been a lucky semester. We got to witness the first democratic elections. Some are excited about it, some hate it, most call it an experiment. "We'll see how it ...

... Tibet Independence, Falon Gong (a banned spiritual movement), and Taiwan as an independent nation. Wikipedia was banned due to some of its articles being perceived as "anti-Chinese". BBC's and CBC's (Canadian Broadcast Company) websites were, until very recently, blocked to mainland China internet users. They were only unblocked in the last couple of weeks due to the International Olympic Committee's pressure to ensure China allow countries access to news sources from their ...

... without a manager. I declined his offer (I like to play football but I was over twice their height and didn't want to injure anyone!) but thanked him and resumed my search for Yoshi.

I went and stood in the central box with the monks and watched the games for a while longer. There was pole-vaulting, high jumping, sprinting and hurdles and the crowd were rapturous with the climax of each race or event (not seemingly supporting anyone but at the same time supporting everyone). I asked ...