INDIA | Tuesday, 27 Aug 2013 | Views [2490] | Comments [1]
The Dalai Lama has just returned from a month’s meditation retreat in Ladakh. I must say, it was good to think of him there, having the time to do some quiet meditation after a fairly hectic few months of foreign travel which even took him to Australia ... Read more >
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INDIA | Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | Views [1109]
In 2010 and 2012 I spent three months (that's the longest visa I could get) teaching English as a volunteer at Tibet Charity in Dharamshala, India. My students were mostly Tibetans. Dharamshala is a community dominated by Tibetans in exile, ... Read more >
Tags: dalai lama, dharamsala, dharamshala, library, monkeys, monks, teaching, tibet, yeti
INDIA | Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012 | Views [4848]
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