McLeod Ganj Travel Blogs

yes it's true. i'm still here.i've been......sleeping on my balcony, in the open air....listening to the epic stories of young tibetan refugees....dancing at indian weddings....acting [as an extra] in a film....seeing his holiness the dalai lama....making amazing friends....cooking with rami and bi…

Returning to McLeod, a 10 minute walk, was a harsh contrast to the silence of the removed Vipassana Meditation Center.  Horns, cars, motorcycles and auto-rickshaws raced through the narrow shop-lined avenues.  I hung tight to the gutters, a bit shaken from re-entry.  Traveling with A…

We ended up spending 8 days in Mcleod Ganj, when we arrived i was pleasantly suprised with the town and after walking the wrong direction in the rain we eventually found the hotel we wanted to stay in. The next few days where quite samey really, but one day we walked to Dharamshala and watched a c…

I spent a week up here, and was hoiping to be granted an audience with his holiness, the Dalai lama, but discovered that he was out of residence and would not be back for a few more weeks. My first two nights I spent in Lower Dharamsala, still recovering from the horrors in Jammu. Found the food i…

All I knew about vipassana was this: 10 days meditation course in an isolated retreat. You are expected to avoid any contact with others (Including eye contact) and remain within a small area of the course site. You are not allowed to speak, read, hear music or write, and have to spend all day from…

After 10 days of meditation and studying Buddhist philosophy, I returned to the village of Mcleod Ganj - to the real world....  Well, if this part of India is the real world.  It was strange for me to be in a village with stores, restaurants and people!  I felt hyper-s…

  After the retreatCame back down to McLeod Ganj, back to same guest house.  First day I arrived back down here, terrible rainstorn.  Got stuck with Anita, Sajeer, and Lisa at a restaurant for five hours, with some scary thunder and lightning keeping us company.  It was actuall…

Public relations are important to the Tibetans, for McLeodganj is more than just temples and the Dalai Lama's residence. It is home to a flourishing number of enterprises, political, religious and commercial, all of which are designed to demonstrate the seriousness and competence of the government …

Bamboo curtain burning    We have seen the Berlin Wall collapsing, And with it Freedom’s Bell ringing, Why? Why then must we believeThat our prison walls will remain, Forever and forever – and for ever? We have seen the Iron Curtain crashing, And with it old nations in freedom ri…

after tushita, i decided to stay in mcleod ganj for a few days and i am just so glad i did!  it's such a precious town and i also got the chance to hang out with and get to know some of the peeps from tushita!  so here's what my time is mcleod ganj was like.... april 30th:tushita let peo…

Another early morning, woke up at 5:30 am and Larry spotted a dark, looming figure out on our hotel balcony. "What the heck is that!" Larry screamed, and then realized....we had a monkey outside our window. As I scrambled to get my glasses on to take pictures, Larry seated himself on the other …

I am travelling in and around India, to many places! Starting Feb 18th 2008 .

 i've come to mcleodganj in the himalays & it is heaven compared to delhi .... on our way here we stopped for breakfast at this small cafe & there were a bunch of other travellers also taking breakfast & before they left the elderly man who seemed to be in charge came over &am…

Some pics of my trip through the north of India, from Delhi to Agra and Varanasi and on to Rajasthan and to Himachal Pradesh. What an amazing country!

Dharamshala Photos