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Shenanigans at the border; feeding the thousands at the Golden Temple

Thursday, 3 May 2012 | Views [1792]

Last Saturday Jocelyn, Gusti and I set off in a taxi from McLo at 7am to drive to Amritsar. We had two aims in mind for the weekend trip – to see the evening border-closing ceremony at Wagah on the India/Pakistan border, and to visit the famous Golden ... Read more >

Tags: golden temple; amritsar; wagah; india; pakistan;


Sandals, slippers and chanting monks

Thursday, 5 Apr 2012 | Views [2162] | Comments [2]

This semester at Tibet Charity we have teachers from New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Austria, Australia and the USA. The Austrian teacher Gusti and I ate at Namgyal café the other night. They have the most fantastic pizzas. That’s the great thing ... Read more >

Tags: debating, dharamsala, tibetan monks


Jamphel Yeshe's story

Saturday, 31 Mar 2012 | Views [2571]

This story appears in a slightly different form in my new book "The Yeti in the Library" which is on sale in paperback - contact me by email for details - and on Kindle and verious other e-book sites. www.goodreads.com/author/show/6433635.Gill_Winter ... Read more >

Tags: dharamsala, jamphel yeshi, self-immolation, tibet


Sunday in McLo - a snow monkey, a sit-in and a PM

Monday, 26 Mar 2012 | Views [1194]

Sunday in Dharamsala - featuring a sit-in, a snow monkey and a Prime Minister   Last Sunday Jocelyn, Eva and I decided to go to St John’s stone church, which was built by the British in the nineteenth century when McLo was a ... Read more >

Tags: dharamsala, mcleod ganj, petition, snow monkey, united nations tibet


Photos: McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India 2012

Saturday, 17 Mar 2012 | Photo Gallery


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Monkeys and donkeys

Saturday, 17 Mar 2012 | Views [967]

A couple of days ago we had our first monkey visitors. I woke up to hear chattering noises outside and went out onto the balcony to find a family of monkeys coming down the hill. The babies were bouncing around like mad on the roof above my room, peering ... Read more >

Tags: lhamos croissant, mcleod ganj


Back in McLeodGanj

Wednesday, 14 Mar 2012 | Views [929]

I'm sitting in Cafe 1 2 in McLo drinking lemon ginger honey and feeling very happy to be back. The old place is pretty much the same as last time except quite a lot colder - the mountains are covered in snow (beautiful) and there is a real chill in the ... Read more >

Tags: dharamsala, english teaching, mcleod ganj, mclo


Salaam Baalak Trust Walk, Delhi

Saturday, 4 Feb 2012 | Views [1211]

In Delhi I went on a really interesting walk with ex-street kids, organised by the Salaam Baalak Trust. The Trust rescues kids who have run away from home or got lost in crowds and find themselves living on the streets in Delhi and other cities. They ... Read more >

Tags: city walk, delhi, new delhi railway station, salaam baalak, street kids


Nek Chand Rock Garden, Chandigarh - an eccentric wonderland!

Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Views [7138] | Comments [1]

On th way back to Delhi I stayed a night in the city of Chandigarh, and took a bicycle rickshaw to Chandigarh’s most visited attraction, the Nek Chand Rock Garden. The wide, flat roads were lined with trees and the traffic flowed freely so ... Read more >

Tags: chandigarh, nek chand


Walking the kora in McLeod Ganj

Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Views [4755]

While I lived in McLo I stayed at Snow Height Apartments. It was conveniently sited right next to the Tibet Charity school, but it was down the hill from the main part of town,where the shops, street stalls and restaurants were found.  There were ... Read more >

Tags: dalai lama, dharamsala, dharamshala, kora, mcleod ganj, mclo


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