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This week we have mostly been eating cake! We also found time to go and see the Dalai Lama (between mouthfulls). He was giving teachings all week at the temple, and on Friday we finally managed to fulfill all of the strict security criteria and actually get inside to hear him speak. Having said that, as he was speaking in Tibetan we had to listen to a (somewhat poor) English translation via a tiny radio which we bought for the occasion (and tuned into Temple FM!). Still, we managed to catch a glimpse of the great man entering and leaving, complete with heavily armed escort (not entirely in keeping with the peace and love message, but presumably necessary).
We've also managed a couple of little strolls to some surrounding villages, although there isn't much to see apart from the fantastic views (of which you will see plenty - some may even say 'too many' - in our photo section).
The itch is beginning to return to our feet (metaphorically, and not just because we haven't changed our socks for a while), and so tomorrow we're going to head off to Rajasthan, which will take a couple of days with a couple of mini-stops along the way (more because we have to change trains etc. than because there's anything to see). Anyway, we shall thus be in Rajasthan for Christmas and New Year.
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