May 4 Day 78.
We woke up and puttered around the apartment puttering about with whatever needed doing until 11:30, when we had our volunteer lunch right at Ahimsa house where we were staying.
When we went down there were only a few people but they trickled in as the afternoon wore on. There were Americans, Canadians, Indian, French, Germans and Italians. Many were here because of the Buddhist presence and the conversation skewed towards the spiritual, which was interesting. Many people had gone on long retreats, some quite extreme sounding. The food served was very good and the conversation went on well into the afternoon, a very interesting group of people.
We rested for a bit before heading out to get some errands done. While we were getting our simcard we met a couple from Colorado who were there for trekking and got on nicely so we arranged to meet them for dinner. The simcard itself was no easy get, Meg had to go get passport pictures to apply for one. At the picture place we saw a pile of radios for sale for the Dalai Lamas teaching that we applied for. He speaks in Tibetan but you can hear the translation in your language through the radio.
Our simcard was in process but would not be ready for activation until Monday evening. We walked along the road to find the local Anglican Church and check out the service times on Sunday. It was a nice church in the woods with tourists milling about but the English Service times had a piece of red tape over it and something illegible scrawled on the tape in black marker. None the wiser about Sunday, we walked back along the traffic-packed road.
On weekends, Indian tourists pack McLeod Ganj and so the traffic is even worse than usual. We braved the streets to pickup laundry and then waited in Tibet Kitchen for our friends to show up. They were out of almost all drinks but fortunately they had lots of food.
Our friends brought someone else they met and we had another spirited conversation about travel, things to do and spirituality. The food was enjoyed by all and we exchanged e-mails, phones not being functional yet.
On the way back we saw our fellow volunteer Firoz in a restaurant and joined him for tea. He showed us a few places of interest as we walked afterwards and showed us another way to get to Ahimsa House. Unfortunately, this way was very poorly lit for walking back at night and was less busy, meaning that the drivers went faster as they sped by in the dark. We used the flashlight app on our phone to get back home.
Once there we looked through some materials for our class and went to bed.
We woke up and puttered around the apartment puttering about with whatever needed doing until 11:30, when we had our volunteer lunch right at Ahimsa house where we were staying.
When we went down there were only a few people but they trickled in as the afternoon wore on. There were Americans, Canadians, Indian, French, Germans and Italians. Many were here because of the Buddhist presence and the conversation skewed towards the spiritual, which was interesting. Many people had gone on long retreats, some quite extreme sounding. The food served was very good and the conversation went on well into the afternoon, a very interesting group of people.
We rested for a bit before heading out to get some errands done. While we were getting our simcard we met a couple from Colorado who were there for trekking and got on nicely so we arranged to meet them for dinner. The simcard itself was no easy get, Meg had to go get passport pictures to apply for one. At the picture place we saw a pile of radios for sale for the Dalai Lamas teaching that we applied for. He speaks in Tibetan but you can hear the translation in your language through the radio.
Our simcard was in process but would not be ready for activation until Monday evening. We walked along the road to find the local Anglican Church and check out the service times on Sunday. It was a nice church in the woods with tourists milling about but the English Service times had a piece of red tape over it and something illegible scrawled on the tape in black marker. None the wiser about Sunday, we walked back along the traffic-packed road.
On weekends, Indian tourists pack McLeod Ganj and so the traffic is even worse than usual. We braved the streets to pickup laundry and then waited in Tibet Kitchen for our friends to show up. They were out of almost all drinks but fortunately they had lots of food.
Our friends brought someone else they met and we had another spirited conversation about travel, things to do and spirituality. The food was enjoyed by all and we exchanged e-mails, phones not being functional yet.
On the way back we saw our fellow volunteer Firoz in a restaurant and joined him for tea. He showed us a few places of interest as we walked afterwards and showed us another way to get to Ahimsa House. Unfortunately, this way was very poorly lit for walking back at night and was less busy, meaning that the drivers went faster as they sped by in the dark. We used the flashlight app on our phone to get back home.
Once there we looked through some materials for our class and went to bed.
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