Himalayas

View from my balcony in Mcleod Ganj. This is looking directly east from the town. Further off that direction is Tibet. Not that far to the west lies India's friendly neighbour, Pakistan.

A Student Becomes the Teacher

June 10th 2007
After nearly 7 months of constant movement and travel I have finally found a temporary settlement. For the next 6 weeks I will be residing in a small town called Mcleod Ganj up here in North India. When His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama fled Tibet after the Chinese invasion/occupation in 1959, Mcleod Ganj is where he made is home. In the surrounding area of Dharmsala and within Mcleod Ganj is an ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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