More Nepal...

So, it's rough, and definitely a bit shaky...These clips begin in Kathmandu at the Boudha stupa, then there's Karma Chagme's place in Bangjang and then K in Guru Rinpoche's Yangleshod cave and lots of little monks and roaming animals!

Nepal!

Not only does this truck believe in fair love, but the front bumper proclaimed, "I kiss you." Hmm...Keith, Dizzy, and I saw this after climbing off our bus from Pharping and walking into Kathmandu, due to the "jam."

On the roof of the bus.

Karma Chagme before a puja for the earthquake vicitims.

Goatherder. This man had a very naughty goat who chased after Marike and I, jumping high into the air as though doing the River Dance.

Near Guru Rinpoche's Yangleshod cave.

Dizzy waiting for Marike and I at Ravi's internet shop.

Dizzy in the field. Yes, I am his official photographer.

Women carrying rocks to build Khenpo Namdrol's Shitro mandala.

Thailand Thailand Thailand!

Keith surrounded by fish at Phi-Phi Ley


Phi-Phi Ley from on our long-tail boat excursion with a man from Argentina, a woman from Israel and another woman from Spain


Keith and I on the overnight train from Bangkok to Surathani--photo courtesy of our aging Montreal neighbors...

Keith at the start of the train trip--yes, those are both his ice creams!


Oh, this one is pre-Thailand! Us and Karma Chagme Rinpoche in front of his kitchen!

I Am Loving

1) Karma Chagme Rinpoche!
2) Manjushree Thapa--especially the book "Tilled Earth"--I haven't discovered such a wonderful writer in so long...(http://www.manjushreethapa.com/)
3) Hot lemon and honey, masala chai, and finger chips at Snowland.
4)Our two black dogs (yes Blake, I really said that!)--one is a he-dog, one is a she-dog--as they say here. They are sweet and sleep outside the temple door , never demand to be petted, and protect me from the creepy yellow town dog.
5)Curd--especially when made by Lakpa's uncle.
5)Sun
6)Trail mix with dried coconut
7)Knitted legwarmers from Bhouda
8)The Arya Tara Nuns (the girls in class five were so sweet on my last day...they gave me a little envelope they folded with a drawing of a smiling duck family that Nyima Sangmo had made--the other side wishing me to have a successful life...) Thanks to all you sweet anis for being so nice and sharing your dreams with me!