It's where the Dalai Lama lives in exile from Tibet. It is medative
with lots of Buddhist monks around and quite a hippy place too. It's
nice as it's still pretty cool up here in the mountains.
We are trying do some volunteer work over here if we can find any.
They strangely seem to make it pretty difficult so we'll have to see.
The place is full of Tibetans, so we get to try Tibetan food like
momos (a little like dumplings & Tampsa (barley) porridge, both of
which are very tasty. I also seem to be turning vegetarian as it
tastes so good over here! I think I last ate meat over 3 wks ago now
The hotel we have been staying at is again great value only 150 rupees
per night! (70 rupees to pound!)
We have also been helping local refugees to speak English. Most seem
to be Tibetans who have been forced to leave Tibet for fear of their
lives over there due to peaceful protest. I never really understood
what the Tibet situation was all about. There is a museum here
describing how the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1959 and since then they
have gradually been destroying anything with Tibetan history. They
hope to finally drive them out by destroying their monasteries and
much of their land which used to be beautiful. Obviously here is
something for the Chinese in all this and once again it apperars to be
natural resources like oil, gold and more importantly water! Tibet is
so high that numerous rivers for numerous countries start in Tibet and
both the need for hydroelectric power and drinking water in China is
very important! It's a very sad situation and now feel I support their
plight to regain Tibet's independence. They try to deal with it by
peaceful protest but if the Chinese see any protest they often lock
these people away in prison or if they organised it they can even be
tortured! It's strange that the world doesn't know more about their
plight.
Well on a lighter note we're off to the Golden Temple in Amritsar next!
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