1 month, 3 countries, 4 cultures and 14.5 books. As I sat on the stairs outside the house in the Tibetan Village yesterday, reading, listening to folks interact and watching the occasional cows wander past, it struck me that today marks a month since I left the U.S. At some times, it feels like much longer, particularly when I think of all I've seen already or try to recall the feel of working, other times, much shorter, probably given that I've yet to do any hiking and thanks in large part to the connectivity created by email. March 10th, the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising in China, also was the official day of "Holi," the Hindu Festival of Colors, which helps mark the start of warm weather. For the Hindu festival, people throw many
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