Blogs from Uttarakhand, India, Asia - page 64

First things first...I have an Asian Studies degree. Besides experience gained visiting the doctor, being raised by a Nurse Practitioner, and watching my fair share of ER episodes, I have no formal medical training. I entered the Child Family Health International program as a Pre-Masters of Public Health student, but if there is anything I have learned, it is that not all things translate well. The first day of rotations, immediately after meeting the cardiologist, a patient in a very crowded office is herded into a seat for Marti and I to inspect. Marti is a PA student I am paired with and thank goodness she is here! Marti listens to the patients heart and lungs and then it is my turn. I listen to the heart and lungs - not sure what I am listening ... read more

Where I am in the north of India there are tons of animals that we don't have in Maryland. Among other things there are tigers, leopards, wild boar and elephants. Elephants in India are smaller than their African cousins and they have smaller ears. Some of them are working animals and are ridden on treks. Elephants were used to defend India from Foreign invasion as late as World War II. Tigers live all over India but up here the mountains is excellent territory for them because there is cover from where they can stalk their prey. Elephants and tigers are both endangered in India and all over the world. Governments and Conservation groups are working to save the animals and the habitats that enable them to survive in the wild. There are also spotted deer here ... read more

INTRO........ ..........AUF DER SUCHE NACH DEM URSPRUNG...... als beatlesfan der ersten stunde und spross der hippie - guru - woodstockaera war mir schon immer klar, dass ich EINES im leben erreichen muss!! eine pilgerreise, so wie die sadhus hier, an einen heiligen platz, .........mir heiligen platz! glaubtses oder nicht, ich hab vor mehr als 25 jahren im schoenwieser gemeindesaal einen vortrag ueber den maharishi mahesh yogi gesehen! wir haben den vortragenden verarscht, weil uns der weismachen wollte, dass es im fortgeschrittenen stadium der transzendentalen meditation moeglich ist, vom boden abzuheben!!! dachten damals, super, ersparen wir uns das fliegen..... ja und, was is damit jetzt? mensch, komm ich doch drauf, dass hier in rishikesh DER ashram steht, in dem die beatles 1968 den mahar. mah. yogi aufgesucht haben und meditiert haben! peng, ........knallts ihr das ueberhaupt!?... read more

I wasn't too full of beans when I got up at 10AM, but there was admin to be done which brooked no laziness. I drew a skeleton map of the area, showing just the bus station and the hotel, and asked the reception guy (who spoke good English) to fill in i) the railway station, ii) an Internet cafe, and iii) an optician. His initial response was to tell me where the tourist information office was, but that seemed an unnecessary detour so I pressed him again. Unfortunately that proved to be a mistake. He positioned the railway station on the right hand side of a crossroads, whereas in fact it was a good quarter of a mile away on the left hand side, he said there was an Internet cafe next door but I couldn't ... read more

DIE STRASSE GEHOERT ALLEN...............oder: INDIEN WIE ES HALT IST! in delhi auf dem interstate bus terminal einen bus nach haridwar gecheckt! "very good bus, very good seats, no problem......takes only 4,5 hours, much better than the official bus because this bus takes 6 hours, stops all the time........! na, von mir aus! es sind ja gerade mal 214 km in die heilige stadt, nordwaerts, richtung himalaya. nach einer stunde manifestieren sich unsere zweifel bzgl. der infos. wir cruisen naemlich immer noch um den interstate bus terminal herum und nach kurzer fort-bewegung stehen wir auch schon wieder an einer tankstelle. irgendwann kriegt der busbegleiter vom reisebuerochef vor unseren augen eine offizielle, oeffentliche watschn verpasst, danach gehts aber raus, auf die hauptstrasse. auf der strasse ( ca. 4m breit mit gegenverkehr) bewegen sich folgende dinge: busse, traktoren, autos, ... read more