Padmini Niwas Mussoorie

... and messy. Another girl had an experience with the critters up here. She went on the hike last weekend and on the second night her ear started to feel funny. She said it felt like there was too much pressure, or if she had gotten a lot of water in it. She thought it would go away after coming back from the hike, but on the car ride home it still felt odd. Then she tried a Q-Tip and everything. Then she was sitting next to her friend and her ...

... written less in my journal. Now that I have Skype, I may not even email as much. Dr. Gamkhar has been borrowing my computer, so that's one reason I'm writing this manually for now. I like her, and have decided to switch to her PFM class if I can. She's been very direct and helpful in guiding the basics of the research and the interviews.

... lambs to the torture, up we went. The first 24km to Banjar should have been a good indication; maximum steep angle up (i.e. steepest we could pedal without jumping off to push) for a couple km, followed by short steep down, then repeat. Loads of fun, arrived in Banjar at dark, picked the (slightly less) grubby of the two hotels, and called it a day. Day 2: the much awaited climb to Jalori La. At this point our map is swiftly losing definition as we're off any sort of main road ...

... how the rickshaw driver peddled all three of us and our bags, but he managed somehow. When we got to the station, the driver tried to tell us that the price he quoted us was per person, not total (this is a common gimmick that rickshaw drivers have used on us before). So, we paid him a little more than the amount originally quoted and headed into the bus station to ask where the bus to Dehra Dun was leaving from. Luckily we got on before the bus was too ...

... nur noch den spirituellen/religioesen Dingen hingeben wollen) die den vielleicht 200-300km lange Pigerstrecke zu Fuss zuruekcklegen, andrerseits an Unmengen von Bussen, Autos und Motorraedern, die die Masse der Pilger transportieren, und jetzt -- es ist Pilger-Hauptsaison -- ein mittleres Verkehrschaos verursachen, was auch daran liegt dass die Strasse weiter oben in den Bergen ...

... that is essentially part of a little tower and that has gorgeous views of the mountains from 3 of the 4 windows. We also have a little balcony that overlooks the valley at the foot of the Himalya - a perfect spot for a pot of chai and some deep philosophical as well as spiritual conversations...<br><br>Overall, Mussoorie seems like it will be one of those places that calls to me long after I leave it, gently asking and reminding me to return someday.<br>

... having the natural genetic make up of a plank of wood but I've learned that yoga isn't necessarily about being flexible --if you practice like that it just becomes another a stick to beat yourself with, another thing to be competetive about. It's been great to find out more about the philosophy and how it really centres on finding more peace and happiness within-changing how you view life. How you approach getting yourself into a yoga asana is symptomatic of how you approach life--you ...