Blogs from Mcleod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 9

As I’m in the Tibetan colony of India I couldn’t possibly ignore learning more about the troubles that Tibetans are facing with regards to the Chinese occupation of their territory. After learning just one mans story, I feel a real sadness in my heart for these people. I decided to attend the Tibetan talk at the LIT, which is a volunteer based school for Tibetans to be given the chance to learn English and spread their message and stories in order to keep the Tibetan issue alive. I was shocked by some of the details he gave us and I’m sure he was toning them down to a degree. His name is Sonam and he was a political prisoner for 13 years before finally being set free. 12 of these years he didn’t have a shower ... read more

Apres Manali, comme annonce, nous avons debarque a Mc Leod Ganj...pour aussitot suivre les conseil de Shawn, sympathique Anglais rencontre sur le bus, qui nous suggere de pousser encore un peu afin de rejoindre Bhagsu, petit village a flan de montagne peuple par une communaute de voyageur a grande tendance hippie. L'endroit se revele en effet tres acceuillant et meme si cette fois on a presque l'impression de ne plus etre en Inde, cela fait vraiment du bien de pouvoir converser un peu avec des camarades de voyage...mais celui qui de retour au pays vous raconte combien l'Inde c'est genial apres avoir passe un mois a Mc Leod Ganj et l'autre a Goa, vous pouvez lui mettre trois taloches avant de le mettre dans le premier avion a destination de Kolkatta, Varanasi, Koraput, bref l'Inde. Neanmoins, ... read more

Namaste loved ones!!! Business first: Deb, thank you so much for reading my blog and if you are reading this post please feel free to email me at shannonelees@gmail.com... I would be happy to touch base about my experiences here, and I am home on May 4th so will have a lot more time to answer any of your questions! And secondly, I don't ACTUALLY want my brother to stab anyone with a knife, you can just get these really cool carved antique daggers and I thought what better present for a 21-year-old guy? Let's be real here... So. Varanasi. I don't even know where to start except that when I arrived I had initially planned on going to this place Bodhgaya for a couple days as well but Tessa was horrified at that idea and ... read more

Meine Lieben! Nun einige Tage vergangen, .....ah bitte um VErzeihung fuer alle Tippfehler und komischen Schreibwesen bin in einem Internet Shop mit einer anderen Tastatur,,,,,,,somit bin ich voellig ueberfordert:-) BIn seit gestern in Mc Leond GAnj ist im Norden Indiens der Ort wo die Tibeter Ihr "Exil" habe Ist ein Bergort wirklich schoene Gegend....vegleichbar mit Oesterreich:-),,,,,warum ich dann trotzdem hier bin......nun ueber diese FRage werde ich nachdenken:-) Gestern sind wir mit dem Zug von AMritsa hier angekommen .....der REihenfoge Letzer Eintrag war aus Dehli Wir sind dann an diesem Tag mit Taxi eine Stadtrundfahrt gefahren war nett, aber Dehli hat mich jetzt selber nicht von den Socken geschmissen ...Mam wird SAgen, dass ist typisch der Herbert, weil wir natuerlich nach der Stadtrundfahrt, natuerlich zu spaet zum Zug gekomen sind,,,,,,also zuerst einige Ding... read more

The answer to that question was no, he wasn't at home. But we'll get to that later. Firstly, after a great time in Agra, we treated ourselves to a better class of carriage on the train, 3AC -one with AC, what luxury. We were off to big bad Delhi. We had heard so much about it and we weren't sure what to expect, but it wasn't as scary as we imagined. We stayed in a place right beside the train station, Paharganj, an area that is full with backpackers and tourists so we felt right at home. We got in late enough so found a great place to stay with one of the best showers in all of India - seriously, you take these things as a given at home, but a good shower is such ... read more