Mcleod Ganj 3
May 16, 2010
Another quick and dirty update.
Amritsar was an absolute joy. I haven’t felt more serene in a long while and you would think that could only improve upon our next destination but unfortunately not so. Its day 3 of our stay in Mcleod Ganj, the official residence of the Dalai Lama. The altitude and cumulative affects of street food and eating anything that takes my fancy caught up with me here (pity cause I miss the Tibetan vege dumplings with chilli sold at our corner street stall). The girls have been doing most of the walks around here because I simply can’t bring myself to be upright for too long (TVGB knows my weakness for goats and has plenty of gorgeous pics for me as I live vicariously through her). But the times I have, I’ve made up for it with more serious retail because Tibetan jewelry is my weakness.
The people here are wonderfully gentle and friendly and we like the older Tibetan men and women who are so joyous despite everything they must have gone through to come here. Because its a backpacker hub, we’ve managed to get some decent tips from a couple of nice guys who were heading off on an overnight bus to Rishikesh. We’re forfeiting our 3rd class sleeper train tix (because we barely survived 2nd class) and heading off tonight. Pray my tummy holds up. Antibiotics seem to be kicking in well enough.
Pics from Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Jaipur are up at my FB account.
Hopefully more soon.
N. x
