Well. I have spent a very happy day today, mostly shooting up heroin. I mean, looking at thangkas and carpets. (The effect is very similar. ) Thangkas, in case you didn’t know, are Tibetan religious paintings, usually done on fabric. (Thin cotton, sized with paint to produce a smooth surface.) They typically feature one or [...]
I have put up the first set of photos from India, mostly from Rewalsar, but a little bit from Mandi and the road to Dharamsala, too. I have also added some photos to the Laos section: http://www.travelingtiger.com/travelingtiger/india/rewalsar.htm http://www.travelingtiger.com/travelingtiger/laos/misc.htm I haven’t yet put up the Akha photos, but I may not get around to those until [...]
Well, I saw the Dalai Lama today…from about five feet away. I’ve been in Dharamsala for two days now, having arrived on the 8th with a Tibetan activist woman named Tenzin. She used to live in Tibet, and came out to India fairly recently. I asked her if she ever went back, and she said [...]
Well. I’ve now been up on the mountain for a couple days, coming down sporadically to catch a hot shower and email before heading back up. It’s been an interesting experience…I don’t speak a word of Tibetan, and this being Losar all the translators are busy with their families, but I have been surprisingly included [...]
Well, tomorrow is Losar, the Tibetan New Year, and it looks like I’ll be spending it up on the mountain with the cave yogis, nuns, etc…I went up yesterday to deliver Lena’s Losar gifts to the community, and wound up getting invited to stay over. So I ran down, got my pack, and am headed [...]
