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October 31, 2004Happy HalloweenHappy 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...Read this update October 29, 2004Tsethanglet 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...Read this update October 28, 2004SamyeI'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...Read this update October 25, 2004Week in reviewThe 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...Read this update The JokhangThis 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...Read this update October 20, 2004Potala looks like the titanicLast 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...Read this update October 19, 2004Drop madeToday 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...Read this update October 18, 2004LhasaToday 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....Read this update October 17, 2004Prep for TibetA 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...Read this update October 11, 2004Ivory TowerYesterday 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....Read this update October 09, 2004Back to DelhiWe 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...Read this update October 03, 2004October 02, 2004Papaya of DeathMonday 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...Read this update October 01, 2004Final PaperI 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...Read this update |
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