Sun Snow Dharamsala

... 8h45) et montons à la crête, à Tariund. Les bergers et les moutons et chèvres qu’on croise sont très tranquilles. Elisabeth, si tu lis ceci, rien à voir avec le troupeau qu’on a croisé au lac de Segrey en descendant de Truex! La descente est raide, mais belle. On dirait qu’on a pris le sentier des chèvres... Je pense aussi que c’est pour cette raison que l’agent local avec qui j’ai discuté la veille m’a déconseillé cette descente. J ...

... up. The<br>assistant writes out a prescription, tells me that I will get<br>rheumatoid arthritis unless I take this medicine (which looks like goat<br>***** but I would guess tastes worse than goat *****) for a really long<br>time. Have to go back next week to see how I'm progressing. I left feeling relieved that I did not have to worry about my energetic kidney but who wants to hear that they are going to get rheumatoid arthritis?? <br> <br>In case you are wondering, the ...

... and paula agreed but amala was not pleased. Disgusted she asked, "Well who makes the tea in your home?" I smiled as I explained no one makes tea with brewed milk, tea, and sugar instead most people make coffee which my mom always likes dark which is probably why I made the tea so poorly. She replied "alley" which means oh yes in Tibetan. Hehe, even in India I am somehow able to blame my domestic inadequacies on dear Mom ;) I told her that when Americans ...

Eva who is a girl I met on the farm has come to join Tanya and myself at the mountain town. We tried to go for a long hike in the mountains together but got horribly lost and were clambering around like idiots but having alot of fun when we were rescued by a nice guy called Hem Raj. He had a teashop half way up the mountain and took us there to safety. It was actually half way along the hike we wanted ...

... person. The monk and I joked..."Oh its probably the Dalai Lama" laughing and saying "Oh, I wish..." he continued to tell me how he has met him many times before. The monk I was sitting next to is actually a Lama (one of the highest ranks you can be before the Dalai Lama). He to me he had to complete 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days of complete solitude to become a Lama. Anyway, after the plane was boarded and was about to take off a man in front of ...

... Rishikesh I think, here visiting) so for the past few days we've been giving him english lessons in the morning, start at 12 in Oogo's cafe and drink loads of tea and stuff and do loads of fun things like teaching him toung twisters for his pronounciation. His vocabulary is pretty good, he even at one point pointed out that something was idiomatic! We went ot the museum learning about Tibet and how ...

... and the Tibetan way of life, which bothers him and the Tibetans in exile. In Tibet, people were strongly religious and lived a life where there was least exploitation of environment and natural resources. The Chinese in the garb of liberation have changed all that. For them the land mass provides space for their burgeoning population, natural resources help in economic development and the forests yield the timber they require for the development of infrastructure. He explains ...

... 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 ...

... were turned away from South African ports as they were carrying arms for Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe which is swiftly spiraling into violence, torture, and chaos. Any dissenting voices within China itself, are swiftly put down. As the next superpower, China's doors are obviously open to business to anyone, so long as they don't criticize China itself. China's time in Tibet has been devastating. Or incredibly beneficial depending on whom you believe. Tibetans point to the ...

... which would have been bad enough even if they weren't all sat on such a steep incline covered with lose stones and dry soil. As I made my scrabbling and precarious way through them I sent cascades of pebbles and dirt down to those who were lower down and was a great source of hilarity for many monks (most of whom seem to have a wicked sense of humour!).<br><br>HH, still seated, spoke for some length (in Tibetan) and then the rest of the morning was taken up with various performances ...