40 hours ride through...
astrid70 | 17. Februar 09
the wilderness of Asia!!! I took the bus from Kathmandu to Delhi direct on Sunday and finally landed in the pure realm of the KIBI.
After we had a delay of the normal 1 and a half hours from Kathmandu I got on a bus with 30 Tibetans to Manju ka tila in Delhi - the Tibetan Camp. Most of them were on their way for Losar. On the border to India we had to wait half of the night until it opened and than I witnessed of how to bribe the Indian Police at the border. Incredible. Me they didn't check at all. I was only: Madam! So all the worthy statues from the Tibetans landed on my lab covered with my jaket and were brought to India without being payed:))
Than we had a very rough ride through the upper part of the Northern State and I got really sick. Medicine Buddha helped me out but for some hours I was not sure if I wouldn't leave some marks on the side of the bus...
Anyway after a second night on the bus - and the streets got better and better - in the end we were on something like an highway that wouldn't even fullfill the European standards for a normal road we entered crazy traffic jam of Delhi. I am still amazed by everyone driving in India!!!
The whole time I was protected by my personal Kampa sitting right besides me, helping me to get the stamps at the border, packing my stuff and translating all the short announcements from the bus driver in his Tibetan English. Great!
Now I am in KIBI and I will stay here until I will fly home. All the friends are here and the place realy changed form the last time I saw it. The next days we will get teachings together and finally even from His Holyness for a week in the beginning of March.
More to come about that ....
After we had a delay of the normal 1 and a half hours from Kathmandu I got on a bus with 30 Tibetans to Manju ka tila in Delhi - the Tibetan Camp. Most of them were on their way for Losar. On the border to India we had to wait half of the night until it opened and than I witnessed of how to bribe the Indian Police at the border. Incredible. Me they didn't check at all. I was only: Madam! So all the worthy statues from the Tibetans landed on my lab covered with my jaket and were brought to India without being payed:))
Than we had a very rough ride through the upper part of the Northern State and I got really sick. Medicine Buddha helped me out but for some hours I was not sure if I wouldn't leave some marks on the side of the bus...
Anyway after a second night on the bus - and the streets got better and better - in the end we were on something like an highway that wouldn't even fullfill the European standards for a normal road we entered crazy traffic jam of Delhi. I am still amazed by everyone driving in India!!!
The whole time I was protected by my personal Kampa sitting right besides me, helping me to get the stamps at the border, packing my stuff and translating all the short announcements from the bus driver in his Tibetan English. Great!
Now I am in KIBI and I will stay here until I will fly home. All the friends are here and the place realy changed form the last time I saw it. The next days we will get teachings together and finally even from His Holyness for a week in the beginning of March.
More to come about that ....
bjoern am strand,
Dienstag, 17. Februar 2009, 15:21
Hallo, Perle, in Kiel scheint die Sonne und ich denke an Dich, und das beides zusammen zeigt mir, dass es Dir exzellent geht, und dann lese ich hier, dass das auch wirklich so ist, und freue mich. Viel, viel Spaß da draußen, mit allem, was Du siehst und fühlst und machst. Bjørn