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October 31, 2004

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween - I've decided I'll eat a lot of my candy in celebration. Last night was the best night I've had in months. I slept the whole night in a warm comfy bed. I really don't want to get...

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Posted by Peter on October 31, 2004 10:27 AM
Category: Tibet

October 29, 2004

Tsethang

let me tell you about my day. So I got up the most disgusting I've ever been - cold sweaty, greasy with crumbs of dirt in my sleeping bag - the whole tent smelling of stinky feet - our bathtub...

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Posted by Peter on October 29, 2004 10:26 AM
Category: Tibet

October 28, 2004

Samye

I'm at the top of the hill that overlooks samye as well as everything else in all directions - it's amazing. and by hill I mean Mt. Hepori. Incredibly tall, desert-like mountains create a backdrop for the flat landscape that...

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Posted by Peter on October 28, 2004 10:25 AM
Category: Tibet

October 25, 2004

Week in review

The week in Lhasa was a blur of language class and lectures, shopping and sightseeing. I ate lots of chinese food which made me sick, got a cold, brushed off the chunks of rust off my chinese - realized I...

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Posted by Peter on October 25, 2004 10:24 AM
Category: Tibet

The Jokhang

This morning I went to the Jokhang entirely intending upon going to class and then realizing it was way too big and busy to do in 45 min so I skipped class. I was sick and what's more important, seeing...

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Posted by Peter on October 25, 2004 10:23 AM
Category: Tibet

October 20, 2004

Potala looks like the titanic

Last night I had dinner at the hotel for the first time and it was pretty good. I ate with Breanna and Phuntsok. went to bed and ended up sleeping like 2 hrs. Today we had language class which I...

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Posted by Peter on October 20, 2004 10:22 AM
Category: Tibet

October 19, 2004

Drop made

Today was a good day - despite a constant, nasty stuffed/runny nose. Language class was pushed back to 11:30 because our teacher had class, so I had a nice leisurely breakfast and checked my e-mail. Then I went to the...

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Posted by Peter on October 19, 2004 10:21 AM
Category: Tibet

October 18, 2004

Lhasa

Today was a good day. Got up with a nasty sore throat but cleared up on and off the rest of the day. Sylvia says I still sound like Peterla, (whatever that means) And by crazy I mean jam packed....

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Posted by Peter on October 18, 2004 10:20 AM
Category: Tibet

October 17, 2004

Prep for Tibet

A list of things/thoughts from the past days -after meeting Gary/creepy Iowan guy, ran into Kristina and BJ and we had lunch at KC's - had a turkey burger -random guy from colorado warned us not to eat the lettuce...

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Posted by Peter on October 17, 2004 10:19 AM
Category: Kathmandu

October 11, 2004

Ivory Tower

Yesterday afternoon I and a few others went on a bus tour of Delhi - we visited a mosque, saw the walls of the 7 ancient cities that used to exist, one of which was delhi - now old delhi....

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Posted by Peter on October 11, 2004 03:51 AM
Category: Travel

October 09, 2004

Back to Delhi

We are back in Delhi at the plush, ivory tower-like Hans Plaza hotel. I went out walking with Slyvia and Breanna towards connaught place circle and found a really good indian restaurant. We found few shops, and the shops were...

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Posted by Peter on October 9, 2004 03:50 AM
Category: Travel

October 03, 2004

Sunset after two days of rain



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Posted by Peter on October 3, 2004 10:11 AM
Category: Dharamsala

October 02, 2004

Papaya of Death

Monday I went home for dinner and for dessert we had papaya which tasted great at the time, but proved to be evil. (it makes me sick just thinking about it now) The next morning I felt really sore and...

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Posted by Peter on October 2, 2004 03:47 AM
Category: Dharamsala

October 01, 2004

Final Paper

I skipped language class to type our final paper for this first part of the semester, but then met Nyimala, my teacher, on the way to turn it in, which sucked. I had to feign sickness, but what else could...

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Posted by Peter on October 1, 2004 03:45 AM
Category: Dharamsala
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