Mcloud Ganj
Hey all,
So the last three weeks weve been living with Homestay families in Dharamsala. this for me has been one of the highlights. I loved my family; my mom was the nicest women and my dad was a great guy who loved to bicker about cricket. we would start everday by having breakfast with teh fam. for me this consisted of a mutant pancake that was half American style half tibetan, it was good though. then we would head to tibetan class, afterward we heard from a speaker who usually was some kind of local leader. i enjoyed these the most because we heard some amazing stories and interested points of view about the situation in tibet. sometimes after the speaker we would go out to a local place such as the Tibetan youth congress or the the place where they make the traditional arts and crafts. after this we pretty much had the rest opf the day free except for our ISPs. we could walk around or check out the internet cafe. most of us would go to the volunteer conversational english class. here we would work with recent tibet escapees and help teach them basic english. this was an amazing experience meeting and learning about their experiences. For my ISP i did more interviews, but this time i recoreded them and rather than ask about tibetan culture I wanted to hear their personal accounts of their life. many tibetans had incredible stories to tell. so were political prisoners who spoke about the atrocities the chinese committed while in jail. others told about escaping and who they had to walk for 7 days with almost no food through the freezing Himalayan passes.
we are now leaving for the golden temple and then trekking in Ladakh.