Trip: India again
There are [15] stories from my trip: India again
FRANCE | Thursday, 3 Mar 2011 | Views [561] | Comments [1]
We are in this lovely place in Tamil Nadu where many thousands of pilgrims come to walk around the mountain ( old volcanic plug) on the full moon. The place is full of Ramana Maharshi devotees, wearing white and generally very peaceful.There are also ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 3 Mar 2011 | Views [486]
We were planning to begin our adventures in Tamil Nadu with a quick visit to Mamalapuram to catch up with a friend and see the ocean and the World Heritage 6th century stone sculptures. However we should have been warned by the fact that our friend ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 3 Mar 2011 | Views [426]
A few weeks ago we visited Amaravati- the largest stupa built in India is now just a flat circle of bricks in a peaceful park. There are some fine carvings in the little museum , but the best ones are apparently in the British Museum! We ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 6 Feb 2011 | Views [576]
Rigon Thupten monastery in Orissa is stunningly beautiful. It is three hours from the nearest train station, along terrible roads, up into the Eastern Ghats, past hot springs and through the 'jungle'. Despite the difficult journey to reach the Tibetan ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 6 Feb 2011 | Views [359]
I am writing from our 2AC carriage ( two comfy bunks with sheets, blanket and a pillow provided) on the Bhubaneshwar Express, heading east towards the Orissan coast. The journey is scheduled to take 17 hours (only two hours late so far) and could ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 6 Feb 2011 | Views [468]
Sponsoring a child in India is a totally humbling experience. For 7000 rupees, about 120€, it is possible to pay school fees and a uniform for a village child for a year. This Sunday morning we walked with Dr Jain through the fields of newly planted ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 1 Jan 2011 | Views [485]
Morning tuk-tuk ride through dusty streets and busy vegetable markets. Carts piled high with cauiliflowers, and fat chewy peas which we have had often for dinner these days. Delicious Gobi Mattar. Four nervous cows blocked the road, then one ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 1 Jan 2011 | Views [508]
Twenty four Shambhalians arrived in Bodhgaya to practice Ngondro for a month, joined by four more after two weeks. We had a guest house arranged with breakfast and dinner provided and bicycles for the intrepid who cycled into town past rice ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 13 Nov 2010 | Views [426]
After the 16 hour journey to Manali we made a promise to take it easy on these wild roads and so we took a few taxis and felt more relaxed, although equally shaken by the poor suspension on most cars. But after a week in mellow Tso Pema we tested out ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 13 Nov 2010 | Views [584]
Rats my last message send itself before I had finished. Here is he complete piece
Dear Luz,
We are having a quiet day in McLeod Ganj: home of HH Dalai Lama, many Tibetans - businesspeople and monks, Western backpackers, Indian tourists escaping the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 5 Nov 2010 | Views [491]
We booked this room weeks ago by email because I remembered that the retreat rooms at the red Drikung Monastery in Tso Pema were in demand. Tashi Dolma, the Rinpoche's wife offered the slightly more expensive one with wooden floor and I liked the ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 | Views [576] | Comments [1]
We are up in the magical foothills of the Himalaya where we came in search of the Rigden Kings. Above the river valley in Kullu lies the Shambhala Art School run by Noedup Rongae who is painting a thangka of the Rigden Lineage, central tothe SHambhala ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 | Views [419]
We had three sweltering days in the heavy pollution and raw humanity of Delhi. We bought some bright kurtas, ate South Indian dosas, made some new friends, got a new pair of prescription spectcals (Indian spelling) and calmly meditated in the Buddhist ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 | Views [477] | Comments [1]
Snow in the mountains: we escaped sweaty Delhi on a 14 hour bus journey which was hair raising- first eight hours on the plains with blaring Bollywood on the video and crazy scenes out the window- dogs , cows and more traffic than I could imagine possible.... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 3 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
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