Another day in paradise ( Dhamakot )

Since 14 days I'm in lovely Dhamakot. Dhamakot is a small village above McLeod Ganji (seat of the Dalai Lama) in the north of India, Himalaya Paradesh. Most of the revenue comes from touris with they stay in relax and cheap guesthouses. But you can still see people on the terrace land spreading the cow shit with their hands. There are no tractors so everything goes by hand and cows. One of the strangest thinks is that most of the work is carried out by the woman of the village they work on the land and make the meals for their familly. It is now off season so there are just a few tourist mostly Europeans and most of the restaurants in Dhmakot are closed. So for dinner I have to walk down in 20 minutes to Mcleod Ganji so every day its about 400 meters in altitude difference.

The weather?

The weather is not so different as in Europe, during the day it is about 24 degree (flipflop weather) and the evenings are very cold with the temperture dropping to 10 degree celcius.

What did I do the last 14 days?

In the morning and in the evening I do vipassana meditation and recently I finished a course in meditation and healing.

So my daily live is very relaxed at the moment I get up 7 AM to see sun rise and do some Tai Chi on the roof. From the roof I look over the valley and watch sunrise. At 8 AM I will be at the Vippasana centre in Dhamakot for an hour of meditation. Then I have breakfast drink some tea and read a book. Late in the afternoon at 6 pm I go again to the Vippasana centre for an hour meditation and after that I meet up with some other travellers for dinner.