Today we are officially 3 weeks into our time in India. It's hard to believe!
I had my first day off today and Ceinwen and I went to McLeodganj which is a town 1 hour from us where the Dalai Lama lives- as a result it's totally packed with foreigners, whether on vacation/travelling/living there fore much longer. We took a bus to Dharamsala, then a taxi to McLeodganj since we were impatient and no bus was leaving for a bit. When we got there we:
1) got momos. this was street food which felt risky although we had been warned it would very likely be totally fine
2) went for coffee-- there are all these western-style coffee shops to please all the westerners! i had a good cappuccino and we split warm chocolate cake with choc sauce and cream (mmm) and they played Sufjan Stevens which made me feel so weird to be so far from the western world but in this bubble of western-ness
3) walked around, looked at all the stalls (scarves, Tibetan jewellery, sining bowls)
4) bought more momos (not as good as the first ones)
5) went to the temple--learned that the Dalai Lama will be at the temple tomorrow! so cool! we also learned that his next teachings are Oct 1-4 so next day off we need to go back to McLeodganj to register for a day or two of learning with the Dalai Lama!
6) shopped at the stalls we had looked at --I bought nice big prayer flags for my room, and a pair of great pants that will hopefully last longer than the pair that I bought in Delhi (almost fallen apart), and a box of ginger tea from this shop that sells cheese. Ceinwen bought asiago but I decided it would be even harder to go without if I tried some.
7) went to the post office- it costs 14 rupees to mail to Canada so send me your address and if I can I will send you something!!
8) got more momos. this time in soup from a Tibetan restaurant run by a monastery
9) bus to Dharamsala, then grocery shopping at this modern-looking gas station (I got peanut butter, nutella and mustard. good staples you can't get elsewhere)
10) taxi home to Rakkar---Ceinwen and I were both feeling sick so it was good to get back fast. The roads are rough and the buses can be PACKED. Plus there would have been a 30 minute walk uphill after getting off the bus. So we spoiled ourselves.
Hope this was a bit interesting. We met a woman from Nanaimo BC which was nice.
Can you tell I like momos? and all I want is more
xo
PS monsoons seem to be over!
I had my first day off today and Ceinwen and I went to McLeodganj which is a town 1 hour from us where the Dalai Lama lives- as a result it's totally packed with foreigners, whether on vacation/travelling/living there fore much longer. We took a bus to Dharamsala, then a taxi to McLeodganj since we were impatient and no bus was leaving for a bit. When we got there we:
1) got momos. this was street food which felt risky although we had been warned it would very likely be totally fine
2) went for coffee-- there are all these western-style coffee shops to please all the westerners! i had a good cappuccino and we split warm chocolate cake with choc sauce and cream (mmm) and they played Sufjan Stevens which made me feel so weird to be so far from the western world but in this bubble of western-ness
3) walked around, looked at all the stalls (scarves, Tibetan jewellery, sining bowls)
4) bought more momos (not as good as the first ones)
5) went to the temple--learned that the Dalai Lama will be at the temple tomorrow! so cool! we also learned that his next teachings are Oct 1-4 so next day off we need to go back to McLeodganj to register for a day or two of learning with the Dalai Lama!
6) shopped at the stalls we had looked at --I bought nice big prayer flags for my room, and a pair of great pants that will hopefully last longer than the pair that I bought in Delhi (almost fallen apart), and a box of ginger tea from this shop that sells cheese. Ceinwen bought asiago but I decided it would be even harder to go without if I tried some.
7) went to the post office- it costs 14 rupees to mail to Canada so send me your address and if I can I will send you something!!
8) got more momos. this time in soup from a Tibetan restaurant run by a monastery
9) bus to Dharamsala, then grocery shopping at this modern-looking gas station (I got peanut butter, nutella and mustard. good staples you can't get elsewhere)
10) taxi home to Rakkar---Ceinwen and I were both feeling sick so it was good to get back fast. The roads are rough and the buses can be PACKED. Plus there would have been a 30 minute walk uphill after getting off the bus. So we spoiled ourselves.
Hope this was a bit interesting. We met a woman from Nanaimo BC which was nice.
Can you tell I like momos? and all I want is more
xo
PS monsoons seem to be over!
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