Getting Outta Here . . .

hi all.

soon i'm scheduled to leave on a trip to india . . . this is something i've always wanted to do, and am finally, before i get too old and frail, going to do it . . .

i'll be flying to delhi and am planning to then go north into the himalyan "foothills" where i expect to spend a couple of days in the dharamsala area (home of the exiled tibetan government) while i acclimate to the altitude, and them am either going further into the higher mountains (toward the edge of the tibetan plateau) into heavily tibetan buddhist ladakh, or will head east toward hill-station darjeeling . . . i hope to visit varanasi (formerly benares) if i do head east . . .

travelling alone and with no real itinerary, i plan to follow my intuition . . . my desire is to see the himalaya mountains in the light of early morning (and in full moonlight, april 24), to visit buddhist and hindu holy places, to meet extraordinary (and ordinary) people and to come back with experiences and insights to share with my children and friends . . .

i will carry to india two or three small stones from our vortex here in yalaha and will leave them where it feels right to do so, connecting the energy between here and there . . . also, if it feels right, i will bring back to yalaha a stone or something similar to complete the circle . . .

if all goes according to plan, i'll return home after a short stay in paris.

while in india i do expect to be able to send off emails and/or posts to this blog. private emails will be sent from an email account i've set up just for this trip, it is mwguv@yahoo.com -- the name may seem odd, it stems from a private joke louise and i share, so if you want to write while i'm away, mwguv@yahoo.com is the addy i'll be checking . . .

so that's it . . . i had this trip planned once before (two years ago) and opted to ditch at almost the last minute to attend a function at wils' school. now, with a week to go, i've gotten my shots and am beginning to learn a little hindi, so it looks like full speed ahead.

namaste. mark