Dharamsala
May 18th 2006 April 18-May 1
I arrive in Dharamsala, a hill station at the foot of the mighty Himalayan Plateau. “Dharamsala” means pilgrim’s rest house, and since 1959 it has aptly lived up to its name by serving as the center of government and culture for the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan population fleeing the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
The town itself has perhaps 5,000 permanent resi
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