Chloe on the Balcony

Au Revoir McLeod Ganj

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November 21st 2006
Tomorrow we leave McLeod Ganj, and with it, a bit of each of us. Over the past week, we have learnt to cook Tibetan Momos, bread, and soup, walked to the "sacred" Dal Lake (complete with tacky plastic pedal boats) and the Bhagsu waterfall, complete with three cafes on route. We have seen beautiful Buddhist Gompas, and sat in on prayer in the Tse Chelong Gompa, and dined on fantastic food at JJI's ... 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