From Brahma to Buddha, Spring 2010

A lone tower is all that remains of a ring wall of Basgo Palace, a stopover on the way to Domkhar

Looking down onto Basgo village

Domkhar valley

Balang! A balang (cow) sticks her head out of a shed

Dzo (a yak/cow hybrid) are most frequently used for plowing in the fields

Jeremy and Eliot play volleyball with students on the Domkhar Highschool grounds

Looking down onto Domkhar village

Peter painting in the classroom

Margie going to work

Jeremy and Haley

We arrived in Domkhar during the students examination week. Here the students sit for that day's exam

Domkhar students huddle around Margie, who teaches them how to use Microsoft Word

Eliot tutors his students

Long! Freshly sheared long (sheep)

Checking out a bit of the Himalayan geology during our short day trek

Jeremy helps tie up a string of prayer flags

Eliot on the trek

Namgial Le, our fearless local coordinator

Students on teeter totters at Domkhar school

A GLAB vs. Domkhar volleyball match. We both put up a good fight

Eliot sets up for a serve

A monster spider we found near the stupa

As part of our service in the village, we helped repair a stupa wall

We are intense!

Transporting dirt to the Stupa wall

Jeremy and Eliot work on the wall

Ladakhi kids next to a world Buddhist flag

Eliot gives a speech to the school about similarities and differences between Ladakhi and US school systems during our "cultural program" on the last day at school

Jeremy and Haley give speeches. Watch out for some dancing video uploads soon...

The generator used to power the computers

Students at the computers