It's a quickie

Well, it's official. Jenn and I have cancelled our flights and are spending the next 2 weeks in the North. We should have known that once we got into the mountains we would never be able to leave. We’ve spent the past week in McLeod Ganj doing Tibetan cooking classes, Buddhist lectures, way too much eating and talking to as many people as we can. We’ve been trying to learn about Tibet and Buddhism but have had trouble finding someone who speaks English well enough to teach us. We finally found someone and are meeting with him for tea for a Buddhism 101 lesson. Ironically enough, of all the people we talked to, we’re meeting with a guy from Vancouver who converted to Buddhism at the age of 14 and has been teaching in Canada ever since. Never thought we’d leave Canada to learn about another country through a Canadian.

We’ve also managed to meet up with Leslie (good friend from Queen’s) and her friend Faysa, which has turned our twosome into an awesome foursome. Tomorrow we leave bright and early in a jeep for what I’m sure will be another shell shocking trip on the mountain roads. We’re going to cram our bodies into a little car to get to Manali where we will start our 5-day trek in the wilderness. We've been starring at the mountains from a distance and can hardly wait to be walking (or crawling) up them. Starting with the hats, we've continued on our warm clothing trend and have now bought some weird two pronged socks and soon gloves and sweaters to go along with the somewhat "halloweenish" attire. It better be as cold up there as we think it will be! It's been a pretty intense week analyzing some serious subjects so I think we're both ready to work our legs and give our brains a rest.

That's all for now. Sorry it was so short and boring. I’ll make the next one a little more exciting when I get to regail you of our mountain adventures.