Buddha's special day

Young monks delighted in blowing the small trumpets right beside each others ear...and making them sound as loud as possible. In truth, with all the other traditional instruments, I felt little bubbles of oxygen burst in my head into light and peace...

Right here right now

May 11th 2007
Having arrived in Leh on 24th April, it transpired that my most recent e-mail did not reach any of my contacts in Leh. They thought I was coming around 26th! Hence, there I was at the airport...all aloooone... and the Journey had started in earnest. I got a taxi to only place I knew of...through a dusty road, away from Leh town and up the hill to the Spitok Gompa (monastery). Unknowingly, I took ... 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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