Published: October 24th 2006October 24th 2006
Deqr Ones
We are well and getting to this blog for the first time in two weeks, and only for a moment to say that the teaching was fabulous with Eva and psychodrama opening up the deep feelings and family dynamics and current sociopolitical situation for the 20-40 chinese grad students who were with us. Plus a presentation of our work for an audience in the evening of about 150.This was followed by a week's exploration of Tibet around Danba guided by the Dean of Education who had invited us to teach and took us to remote villages where he has ongoing projects to help presereve Tibetan identity. We were at people's homes...local culture...as for me Alan , I was able to walk around over 12,000 ft without oxygen...a tribute to my stent operations !!! Yes!! More to follow as we move on from Chengdu to Xian..much much to tell as we are able to connect by internet...Alan
I am a 72 year old psychiatrist always interested in traditional and village life. Past travels have been to the minority villages in Yunnan Province, China with Marty Newman and India, Bhutan, Kenya, Turkey, Nepal Guatemala, Mexico and various European Countries with my wife who I will be meeting in India at the end of this trip.
My favorite travel activity is doing magic tricks and telling Trickster stories wih people we meet. ... full info
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