Our back porch...

Blessed:)

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June 24th 2006
So here we are in McLeod Gang, which is the seat of HH the Dalai Lama and nearly the same town as Dharamsala. The monsoon has finally hit tonight. The folks here have been waiting for it the last couple of weeks. The rice patties are all dry and wilted and fields wanting the rain. It thundered much of the day today, rained a little too, but tonight as we ate dinner next to a window (we scarfed dow ... 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