my trip has come to an end - the 10 day study of eastern philosophy - mainly tibetan buddhism at a retreat was great - an amazing experience, the dalai lamas translator for 14 years came and gave us a talk too which was tops. in the past few days i went to a sufi concert with about 20 people and another friend from central america turned up and we caught up which was ace. 3 of us also hiked to the mountain nearby to the hillstation at triand, no electricity, no water and 6000ft up and above the clouds, the [View Full Entry]

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the indians are so helpful, they always go out of their way and want nothing in return. my last night in rishikesh isabelle and i wanted a beer (illegal in this town), and an indian guy took me 10km on his motorbike and made 5 black market phone calls just to help us out as we are guests in his country - this sort of thing always happens. Bit different to the vice versa in england - "you are foreign....wallop" that goes on. the next day I walked, got a taxi (delayed by ppl dancing in street with drums), sleeper train [View Full Entry]

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i went to katmandu and stayed away from the tourist area and went to freak street next to durba square with its amazin temples. I went and fed the street kids up one of the ancient buddha temples late at night and hung out with them which was fun. I left nepal as the elections start soon and its going to kick off big time and i miss india. In katmandu the tibetans are protesting as the chinese are doing and have been doing horrific things to the tibetans. you dont see this much in the news but it basically [View Full Entry]

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it was hard leaving the orphan kids, on my last day i finallly got them to understand british bulldog - the banned game of tag involving opposite walls as 'home' and a lot of rough stuff. a couple of rucks broke out but they all loved it. When i often bought cookies they lined up for them for a bit, but then it would literally turn into a fight and scrum for them, these kids where hungry and many in need of medicine for scabies. But all where alert, bright, happy, caring and sharing. i gave so much of my energy [View Full Entry]

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After a calm'ish train and hellish rickshaws, 2 friends and I arrived in Bodhgaya, this is in the next state Bihar and the town where the Buddha hung out for a few weeks during his nirvana two and a half centuries ago and where the Buddhist philosophies where born. There are many Buddhist temples and Buddhist monasteries from all round the world and allot of Tibetan influence. The famous Buddha tree is here too amongst other things and this is a famous pilgrimage town. It is so so different to Varanasi and the first nights guesthouse was laughable for many reasons [View Full Entry]

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Met some top people I’ve been hanging around with, 2 half Israeli girls and a guy from Canada. Jamie from Canada has some amazing stories about the Native Americans tribes he has been hanging out with. All are into yoga and we all add something to our little group. Varanasi is a sacred Hindu city, its like a million lanes and alleys and you are always lost but its fun. The alleys are full of smells, spices, shops, yoga, cows, mopeds and bikes. These all sit next to the 20 or so ghats - these are steps to the Ganges where [View Full Entry]

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I pulled myself away from palolem beach, from Katarina and Faarta, good food and good times, but if i didn't i would of stayed so i had to move on. I think it is a form of quicksand in palolem, makes it hard to leave. After a 16 hour bus ride out of goa into the maharashtra state i arrived in Arangahbad. The bus driver was nuts and overtook on blind bends, no one else seemed to mind as they where all laughing at this awful bad acting bollywood movie, i was more concerned with imminent death than a bad 80's [View Full Entry]

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After negotiating the chaos at heathrow, mumbai and goa airports I arrived in a taxi and the driver told me NOT to put my seat belt on as it was not necessary - I knew from that moment I would like it here :-) After passing lots of Portuguese style houses and avoiding cows on the road I arrived in south goa (as north goa is too built up and too party stylee) and went to a village called Bendaulim and found a shack on the beach amongst the tropical gardens for £2 a night. I had the most amazing biryani [View Full Entry]

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At san marcos, a surprise dinner was done for my departure, some good friends where made and much learned including reiki level 1 and 2 - reiki attunements where on a volcano above the lake with eagles circling - pretty cool stuff and so so cheap here. Distance reiki? - now theres a concept and a half! Some amazing people here doing so much for local kids and the local environment, very inspiring. When i left san marcos I went back into mexico (the border was crazy as was the driver for the full 9 hours!) and onto san cristibol - [View Full Entry]

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hi all, a lazy blog this time :-) been hanging out in san marcos still, been up to lots. check out the photos; more of san marcos halloween party my birthday - party at the lake with firedancing and drums. we put the word out and there was a big turn out which was nice :-) off to san cristobol in mexico in a few days, a mountainous mayan city then a bit of paradise at isla moheres before flying back via miami. 6 weeks in san marcos was amazing and totally unplanned :-) hope your all good. [View Full Entry]

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