Work as a Holiday

Hi All,

So not only does August 4th mark 3 months of us travelling we also happened to leave China on that day and have thus visited 5 countries in our 3 months.

Our current situation
I'm exhausted. I'm homesick; I miss my family, I miss my friends, I've lost any sense of adventure and exploration. I dont want to put my pack on and take a 12 hour bus ride or another overnight train jounrey. I dont want to see another temple or monastery or go back to some big city and get in another taxi or get trampled by touts selling thier crap.
Gay is feeling it too. One morning I woke up and caught Gay hovering over my bed with a knife; she said she was just cutting up a mango but I saw evil thoughts in her eyes. We may have to seek out a Couples-Counseling-wallah here in India before it's too late!

So to combat this growing lethargy we have decided to stay put in the Dharmsala area for about 2 weeks. This will not be idle time mind you. We are volunteering for a local agency that helps Tibetan refugees and we are tag team teaching a "Super Beginner" English class aimed at recently arrived refugees. We had our first class today and had a lot of fun. Luckily for me, Gay is a natural teacher and has a gift for it.

Hopefully by the end of 2 weeks we'll have the desire to get back on the trains and start to do some exploring. But for now we're just content to hang out and try something new for awhile.

Another Video
This video is from our horse trek in Langmusi. As Gay described in an earlier post we had the fortunate oppurtunity to stay with a nomadic Tibetan family. Here the matriarch of the tent, who is 34, is weaving yak hair to use for ropes and giving us a Tibetan language lesson. Enjoy...