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Tue, 29 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 29 Dec 2015 | By gouravmahendramishra | Photo Gallery
Elope into the mystical paths of this journey- Life
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Mon, 28 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [441]
The picture with this blog was taken from my hotel balcony. That's as good as it gets. This is the cheapest room I have got so far (500 rupees) and, well, you get what you pay for. At the moment there is no running water and it's bleak and cold. However, ... Read more >
Tags: cold, hotels, travelling
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [285]
Today was definitivley my last day in Kalimpong. I got up a bit earlier than normal to do chi gung, take a shower and pack my ruck sack (a job I detest) so that I would also have time to pop down to the post office (not that you can 'pop down' in India ... Read more >
Tags: hair cut, post
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [365]
Live Young and Free is just one of many 'slogans' you can see around here stuck to the top of the windscreens of lorries, jeeps and the small people carriers that are so popular. Others read like 'Jai Ganesh', 'Om Mani Padme Hum', 'Siddartha' and so ... Read more >
Tags: hospitality, momos, monasteries, mountains
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 26 Dec 2015 | By elcastleberry | Views [461]
Our boat was surrounded by others just like it: rickety, in a word, with peeling paint and shoddily assembled wooden planks. I could feel my whiteness in the empty space between us and our boatman, where the other boats were packed to the ... Read more >
Tags: culture, delhi belly, developing world, india, puja, river ganges, varanasi
Sat, 26 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 26 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [515] | Comments [2]
Hi All,
A very brief blog to wish you all a very happy Christmas. I'm very grateful to have such loving family and friends and very appreciative of it.
I've had a good day in Kalimpong today, a lie in populated with mysterious and snowy dreams, ... Read more >
Tags: christmas, family
Fri, 25 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 25 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [392] | Comments [1]
I am probably at my lowest ebb yet on this trip. Nothing terrible but I'm feeling a bit lost and lonely.
I could have titlled this blog Facing Mount Kanchenjunga but fear it lacks originality. Yesterday I took a taxi (300 rupees) to the top ... Read more >
Tags: gompas, loneliness, monasteries, mountains, panoramas
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [371]
Today I asked Kamal, the caretaker at Deki Lodge, where Mount Kanchenjunga lay. Not to my surprise he pointed behind me. So it seems that, unlike the title of one of Sangharakshita's memoirs, I am backing on to Mount Kanchenjunga of which I have only ... Read more >
Tags: resting, rupas, shopping
Wed, 23 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 22 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 22 Dec 2015 | By davidford | Views [323]
This evening I am peeved. Yet another email from my conveyancing solicitor (I am selling my flat) with news of yet more enquiries from the buyer's solicitors. I'm not fond of any of them at the minute.
ANYWAY, today I stumbled upon an event held by ... Read more >
Tags: festivals, gompas, indiginous people, viharas
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