... blogging in a city were internet is absurdly slow (stupid natural disaster!) is next to impossible.
A mini-mini update:
- lots of bugs have been going around my group of volunteers. I got a crazy fever the day i was suppose to leave for likir and was laid up in bed all day. Luckily my friend Lucy was also feeling under the weather and was there to throw water down my throat any time my eyes opened
- Stayed with a great family in Likir, the aba-le (father) was the amchi (tibetan doctor), the ama-le was a squirrelly woman who talked A LOT of ladakhi to me which left me saying hamago (i dont understand) every 10 minutes. Daughter in law Nilza who spoke pretty great english and generally was fantastic, and lastly tyhere was nono-Singhe, her 4 year old son who is a GIANT drama queen but wants to be a monk when he grows up.
- found out whats its like to be a human donkey. carried massive amounts of barley on my back for 5 hours
- met a crazy monk named monlam who showed us around the gompas (monasteries). amazing
- got a private tour of the dalai lamas HOUSE outside of leh. WTF?!?!
- got blessed by the head lama of ladakh, Bakula Rinpoche, the recently found 4 year old reincarnate!
- went to pangong lake -- GORGEOUS
- leaving for a mini trek tomorrow.
catch ya on the fliup side
much love
