Hello from San Francisco!

Hello from San Francisco! where I have been sleeping off jet lag and travel fatigue…a sixteen-hour flight is no joke, although considerably cushier than, say, a twelve-hour bus ride to Delhi, in the back of the bus. Sixteen hours of jet lag is nothing to sneeze at, either… SARS (the pneumonia virus thing) was very [...]

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Hello from Bangkok!, retrospective on India

Just a quick note to let you all know I’m OK…I made it to Bangkok, after 36 hours of travel hell in India. I now understand why the Delhi airport is crawling with soldiers, armed with rifles and submachine guns: after 36 hours of dealing with double-dealing taxi drivers, extortionate bus drivers, and clamoring beggars, [...]

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Back in Dharamsala, Dalai Lama's teachings

Well, I’ve been back in Dharamsala for a couple days now, and have been going to the Dalai Lama’s teachings. These are three and a half hour affairs, 1-4:30pm, and are quite interesting…he teaches at many different levels at once, from very basic introduction to deep philosophy. (It’s impossible to tell how deep since the [...]

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off to Dharamsala?, Tibetan prayer flags, Hindu festival!

Well, I spent last night sleeping with a guru… No, no, I didn’t do anything that would mess up my karma. I spent last night up in the caves, and since there’s a puja going on, the place was packed–so the only place for me to sleep, was the main cave, with the shrine to [...]

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Back in Tso Pema (Rewalsar)

Well. I hardly know what to say… I mean, I’ve joked a lot about selling off the excess guys who’ve approached me in my travels, but as it happens, I’ve actually been handed one to sell. Anyone want a househusband?? He’ll do the dishes, wash the laundry, and change the diapers…and pay you to boot. [...]

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