Hi all,
After an endless, 15 hour overnight bus ride (our second night without sleep in 3 days) we finally arrived in Dharmsala in the foothills of the Himalayans. The town is perched on the edge of a mountain side, seemingly stuck to the rock with cement. The roads are narrow and filled with little shops, pedestrian shoppers and of the course mopeds and cars. It's a little bit of a challenge to look at the shops, the people and the wares being sold and still avoid being run over by the mopeds and the cars. We are at about 5,000 ft. and feeling the altitude a little, but then again we are so sleep deprived that when we lay down for a short nap, we felt drugged by sleep.
Our hotel is lovely, the mattresses are actually soft and comfy and we look out over the edge of the mountain. We still can't drink the water, have to close our eyes and mouths when we shower and can't flush the toilet paper, but we think we will be very comfortable for the next 3 nights here. Tomorrow morning it's yoga on the terrace at 7am and then the teaching with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama starting at 9 am. The afternoon we are visiting the Tibetan Children's Village, a boarding school for Tibetan children after the 5th grade. We are going to try some Tibetan tea tomorrow morning, which is yak milk boiled with chai tea spices. Yum! We've already tried chai with water buffalo milk - boiled of course.
Delhi was awful, none of us want to go back except to pass through to get on the plane. It was noisy beyond belief, filthy and smoggy. My asthma kicked up something awful and when I looked at my filtration mask at the end of the 15 hour bus ride it was already getting gray. I slept in it on the bus because of the diesel fumes and grit. Yucko! We miss you all and are so grateful for the wonderful people in our lives. We couldn't have done this trip without all of you! Thank you. More tomorrow.
Donna and Marty
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