OK, ITS BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS
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HOLY SHIT! THIS FUCKING PLACE IS MAD. HOLYMEN BEING SPIT ON AS THEY SHIT IN THE ROAD NEXT TO COWS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC AS TOURISTS ARE HELD UP BY 3 YEAR OLD HOMELESS KIDS HOLDING 2 YEAR OLD SIBLINGS AS THEIR MOTHERS LIE HELPLESSLY ON THE STREET. STARED DOWN A CLIFF AT A BUS JUST LIKE THE ONE I WAS ON EXCEPT WE SOMEHOW WERE STILL ON THE ROAD. BUSDRIVERS LIKE PLAYING CHICKEN ROUND WINDING MOUNTAIN PASSES IN MONSOON RAINS. GOOD THING THAT HARI KRISHNA GAVE ME THOSE MALI BEADS TO PROTECT ME FROM DANGER. WATCHED A PASSENGER ON A BUS KICK A GUY ON MOTORCYCLE AS I INHALED DIESEL FUMES AND BLARING HORNS FROM MY AUTORICKSHAW. EVERYONES PISSED AND POOR AND LEERS AT YOU OR TRIES TO TAKE YOUR MONEY IN SOME WAY. PAID 1000 RUPEES FOR A SHOWER TO WASH AWAY THE GRIME OF DEHLI BEFORE GETTING ON A 12 HOUR TRAINRIDE TO TAKE A 3 HOUR BUS TO ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR BUS TO FIND DHARAMSALA, MY SHANGRI-LA. MONKS CASUALLY STROLL THE MOUNTAIN ROADS,BRINGING PEACE AND SERENITY IN THEIR CANDID SMILES. STARTING MY VOLUNTEER WORK TOMORROW TEACHING ENGLISH TO EX-POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED THE CHINESE CAMPS AND PRISONS OF TIBET. HEARING THEIR STORIES OF TORTURE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR BEING MONKS AND NUNS WHO PROTESTED THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF THEIR LAND IS HEARTWRENCHING. I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER BONDING WITH THEM AND HELPING IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE SCORED A GREAT ROOM WITH 2 WALLS OF WINDOWS AND A TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY FOR 250 RUPEES PER NIGHT(BOUT 6 BUCKS). AND THE FOOD IS OUTRAGEOUS. AFTER SEEING DEHLI AND HEARING STORIES ABOUT THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY AS I TRAVELED THROUGH THE [PUNJAB AND HIMACHEL REGIONS I THINK I MIGHT JUST STAY AND HANG WITH THE MONKS FOR AWHILE. AT THIS POINT DEALING WITH THE DEPRAVITY AND POLLUTION THAT IS INDIA DOES NOT SEEM VERY APPEALING. MAYBE AT SOME POINT I'LL BE READY TO STROLL DOWN THE DIRTY WATERWAYS OF VARANASI WATCHING THEM BURN BODIES AND PUSH THEM DOWN THE RIVER OR ENDURE THE POLITICAL UNREST IN NEPAL BUT FOR NOW LOUNGING WITH THE MONKS(AND MEDITATING AT THE DALAI LAMAS TEMPLE WITH THEM EVERY MORNING)SEEMS LIKE A MUCH BETTER PLAN.
NAMASTE
HOLY SHIT! THIS FUCKING PLACE IS MAD. HOLYMEN BEING SPIT ON AS THEY SHIT IN THE ROAD NEXT TO COWS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC AS TOURISTS ARE HELD UP BY 3 YEAR OLD HOMELESS KIDS HOLDING 2 YEAR OLD SIBLINGS AS THEIR MOTHERS LIE HELPLESSLY ON THE STREET. STARED DOWN A CLIFF AT A BUS JUST LIKE THE ONE I WAS ON EXCEPT WE SOMEHOW WERE STILL ON THE ROAD. BUSDRIVERS LIKE PLAYING CHICKEN ROUND WINDING MOUNTAIN PASSES IN MONSOON RAINS. GOOD THING THAT HARI KRISHNA GAVE ME THOSE MALI BEADS TO PROTECT ME FROM DANGER. WATCHED A PASSENGER ON A BUS KICK A GUY ON MOTORCYCLE AS I INHALED DIESEL FUMES AND BLARING HORNS FROM MY AUTORICKSHAW. EVERYONES PISSED AND POOR AND LEERS AT YOU OR TRIES TO TAKE YOUR MONEY IN SOME WAY. PAID 1000 RUPEES FOR A SHOWER TO WASH AWAY THE GRIME OF DEHLI BEFORE GETTING ON A 12 HOUR TRAINRIDE TO TAKE A 3 HOUR BUS TO ANOTHER 1/2 HOUR BUS TO FIND DHARAMSALA, MY SHANGRI-LA. MONKS CASUALLY STROLL THE MOUNTAIN ROADS,BRINGING PEACE AND SERENITY IN THEIR CANDID SMILES. STARTING MY VOLUNTEER WORK TOMORROW TEACHING ENGLISH TO EX-POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED THE CHINESE CAMPS AND PRISONS OF TIBET. HEARING THEIR STORIES OF TORTURE AND IMPRISONMENT FOR BEING MONKS AND NUNS WHO PROTESTED THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF THEIR LAND IS HEARTWRENCHING. I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER BONDING WITH THEM AND HELPING IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN.
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE SCORED A GREAT ROOM WITH 2 WALLS OF WINDOWS AND A TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY FOR 250 RUPEES PER NIGHT(BOUT 6 BUCKS). AND THE FOOD IS OUTRAGEOUS. AFTER SEEING DEHLI AND HEARING STORIES ABOUT THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY AS I TRAVELED THROUGH THE [PUNJAB AND HIMACHEL REGIONS I THINK I MIGHT JUST STAY AND HANG WITH THE MONKS FOR AWHILE. AT THIS POINT DEALING WITH THE DEPRAVITY AND POLLUTION THAT IS INDIA DOES NOT SEEM VERY APPEALING. MAYBE AT SOME POINT I'LL BE READY TO STROLL DOWN THE DIRTY WATERWAYS OF VARANASI WATCHING THEM BURN BODIES AND PUSH THEM DOWN THE RIVER OR ENDURE THE POLITICAL UNREST IN NEPAL BUT FOR NOW LOUNGING WITH THE MONKS(AND MEDITATING AT THE DALAI LAMAS TEMPLE WITH THEM EVERY MORNING)SEEMS LIKE A MUCH BETTER PLAN.
NAMASTE
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