Blogs from Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 105

Blog by Bronia After leaving Darjeeling we made a 27 hour train journey back to Delhi. Having never spent so many consecutive hours on any mode of transport anywhere in the world before we didn't know what to expect other than it was going to be looong. I can confirm it was both long and tedious getting feelings of cabin fever towards the 20th hour! Despite the decent class ticket we booked, sitting in a carriage on bunk beds for 27 hrs whiling away the time and hearing endless calls of "Chai chai garam chai" ('tea tea hot tea') as well as the countless offers for bottles of water, newspapers, flashlights, inflatable pillows, casio watches, calculators, travel blankets, electronic keyboards (we couldn't figure that one out - what use do you have for a keyboard on ... read more

so i was asked to do the photos for the press conference the other day...because their camera didn't have batteries or something...so i did and it was cool...although they were dark, cause the room was dark...and drank some tea and ate muffins and whateva...the TCHRD just released 2 special reports ( on capital punishment and torture) and the big 2005 annual report ...which you can download the pdf for off the website...respect. anyway...got back upstairs and chokeyi asked if i was going with the guys down to dharamsala to go to the english one...i said "yeah?? sure" and away iwent...it was in a coffee house/ cafe...and four of us hooligans met with the indian press types....it was much less informal...but we got our picture in the most popular paper and apparently the most gossipy one around ... read more

today was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. i woke up early and ate my usual muesili on the roof and did some thangs around the house and some exercises...then ventured out and went to the green shop and recycled and got more water...a very cool place, with a very cool absent minded sweet old man. highlight for sure. i got some much needed supplies for camp. and got some coffee at moonpeak and went to and walked around the greater temple circumbulation path....and it was so pleasant and peaceful for many reasons. then i met tenzin and talked to him and went and ate a veg burger and fries and mt. dew at the green hotel and then went to a movie..."travellers and magicians" check it. respect. then...more coffee at Tenyang coffee house and then ... read more

this one is entitled..."so". it goes like this.. so... i shouldn't eat food i don't know anything about. so... i haven't vomitted that much since a losing battle with a bottle of southern comfort. i forgot. so... i am officially homesick. so... i wish there wasn' so much trash. so... i wish this computer would just let me upload photos. so... i miss my girlfriend...what? so... i realized i love HyVee like a fat kid loves cake. so... i miss hanging sticks and popcorn and movies and a persistent cat that made everything happen. so... i miss coming home to troll in a towel...her? so... i love looking at beautiful mountains everyday. so... i love the fact that i finally got a proper towel. so... i totally miss baths...and cowboy boots. so... my dad got a ... read more

so... went up in the mountains today. it was truly majestic. i saw alot of trash it was kinda like colorado. sorry holders... i found made some new friends from punjab and one old tibetan guy who was rebuilding a hippie cafe by a waterfall near Bhagsu. i just kinda went off the path and started climbing up HUGE rocks. so i would like to add those technica mtn approach shoes to the list. hehehe. slick shoes. so yeah...it was no walk in the park...it was kinda like when i dragged mark all the way up medicine bow only in really thin air. sorry about that mark. so i also had a very good conversation with Tenzin...my friend and new tutor/teacher last night at a tea place...it was cool. he is nepali and has been a ... read more