It's late again. .after a long day of amazing events and conversations.  I'm mostly feeling grateful and peaceful. . .deeply.  We arrived in Nepal late yesterday afternoon and are at the Mandala hotel just off of the Bouddah Stupor.  The energy here is amazing.  What a relief! especially after a somewhat harrowing day previous to leaving India.  That day we were driving out of a the mountains- or very tops of the Himalayan foothills on VERY precarious and narrow roads.  At one point, we met a very large bus full of people coming towards us- head-on with no room to pass at all with one side of the road making a steep drop down the mountain.  We actually had to back up to get to a spot that was a little wider and then let the bus slowly passed us within inches of our van and the edge of the road which of course had no guard rail or anything!  I was so nervous for the people on the bus but they just calmly looked out of the window at us as if it were no big deal.  And, of course, it wasn't to them because I'm sure the situation was a very common occurrence.   I don't know how they do it.  I've come to the conclusion that there must  be lots of angels working the roads in India!

Although I'm starting to have another set of amazing experiences in Nepal, I'm going to do my best to catch up on India in the next day or two first.  In order to do that though, I'm going to simply post some pictures depicting some highlights.  There is just too much to really cover it all!  Enjoy.

Thought I'd throw in a picture of myself at Norbhulingka!

Doing kora (clockwise circumambulation in prayer and meditation) around the foothill that the Dalai Lama's residence and the main Tibetan temple are on.  . . spinning prayer wheels.   We spent a few days based out of Dharamasala in a beautiful hotel on the side of a hill overlooking this hill.. all the rooms had a balcony with an awesome view!

A monk on the path- chanting.

Just outside a Hindu temple we visited outside of Dharamasala.  Pilgrims: Maria-Eleni (Australian) and
Cecelia (Brazilian)

Okay so I was going to try and add more pictures tonight, but I've had issues with this program and it's taken longer and it's almost 12:30 so I've got to sign off for tonight!  Love to you from Nepal!!!