Saturday, September 1, 2007

Namaste from India!

Its been 1 month in India! How time flies..
So far, honestly...been taking it quite easy. Spent 18 nights couchsurfing in Mumbai - land of the amazingly attractive Bollywood Stars (the female kind of course!) and staying quite near them in the Bandra area. Well, the main reason was that I was doing a course in that area. Totally mindblowing...the SSY course

Followed by a 30+ hour overnight train ride to Chandigrah and another 12 hours overnight bus ride to Manali...wah....backside nearly split..:P

Spent a couple of days in Manali and then the backbreaking 2days 400+km ride to Leh (Little Tibet) in Ladakh state. Saw some amazing scenery and will update them soon (I promise!!)

Took the same bus ride back and now in Dharamsala, home of His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. Will be attending his teachings soon, looking forward to it!

Honestly speaking, this journey has been more spiritual and learning about myself and the culture here rather than seeing sights, touristic areas or anything in particular, so forgive me if there is a lack of "visual stimulation"!

Will update u all along the way....take care meanwhile!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tell us more about DaLai Lama teaching, read his book - FANTASTIC content with so much enlightment./precious

Anonymous said...

Hey Andy,

Wow everything sounds great all those fantastic places, new people all the time and you are even attending the teachings of The Dalai Lama!!! Looking forward to hearing all about it!Enjoy every minute!
Take care Diana

Anonymous said...

Didn't know you have a wanderlust streak in you! Am impressed. Have fun, take good care and let's do another pri sch get-together when you're back...
Best, Pinchee

zeitgeists said...

Thanks for dropping by folks!
Day 2 with His Holiness Dalai Lama just over. All I can say is he is one of the most authentic, natural and funnily cute person I've ever met! I don't know whether this is a compliment (or not), but I am reminded of Yoda (of Star Wars fame) :)

Anonymous said...

Yr comment abt him very unique leh ;P /precious