This place is truly beautiful both in terms of scenery and humanity. Most of the foreign tourists here are Israeli. There are also healthy numbers of Indian tourists. The windy, steep, crowded streets are full of orange-clad Sadhus, Tibetan monks, turbaned Sikhs, hungry yet serene looking Muslim men, (Ramadan started early this year) Orthodox and not-so Orthodox Jews. I'm "shaloming" "namasting" and "salaming" all over the place, and it feels great. Yesterday, instead of a day of non-talking, I tried to do no talking in English. Mike knows enough Spanish that I was able to communicate especially important information. I have also started studying Hindi (bought two books, one for a steep discount because it had been chewed on by some sort of rodent). I find that Hindi is a bit more nasal and less musical
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