Yesterday we arrived in Leh, India (look it up on Google Earth) it is a extremely beautiful place we are surrounded by mountains and you just can't help yourself from taking pictures everywhere you turn. We're staying at a cute little hotel name Yak Tail Hotel and we've pretty much taken it over with the 26 of us. My room mate is a girl named Nora from Hawaii (Stephen you might know her) and we're having a great time making our room into home since i've been on the road so much it feels so good to be able to unpack my pack and spread out.
Lets see when we first got here most all of us arrived on the same fight so we all got to meet each other there at the airport then we all drove up to the town (it's a very hilly town, everything is up hill) we got our rooms and ooed and ahhed over the views out our windows and we got a great welcome note and map which we all tossed aside because we were so excited to get out to explore. But since we are 11,500 ft up we have to get used to the less oxygen in our blood and that first hill was a killer we were all panting like we'd just dashed a marathon. We checked out all the markets and a couple people bought some things and we were all around talking to people. One man that i talked to was very nice and he asked were i was from and when i got here. I told him today and he said "oh no no no you must go back to your hotel and lay down no walking around, you will get very sick" so we went back to our hotel and sure enough on the welcome note it says "Please enjoy a day of doing nothing" apparently the sickness doesn't hit you until after the first couple hours so sure enough there are a couple of people who are really hurting today, but no worries i feel great.
This morning i enjoyed sleeping in till 9! then i went around to some more markets and bought some clothes and earrings, i'm really not trying to buy too much in the very beginning but it's hard there's some much great stuff everywhere. then this evening we had a man come and give us a seminar on Buddhism, which was great because tomorrow bright and early we're headed for the Hemis Festival, a Buddhist festival that's been happening every year since 1730 so that should be amazing i should be gushing about that tomorrow.
by the way now i really will have more of a chance to up date this more often since i'm in the same place, and i know where the internet cafe is.
Jullay,
Caty
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Caty: I am so glad you are having so much fun. Take lots of pictures so we can enjoy it too.I am going over to play with the little Young's kids this afternoon.It is a beautful sunny day,80's. Be careful in the altitude, take it easy for a little while then you will be fine. Keep having fun, Love you lots, Nona
ReplyDeletesounds absolutely amazing Caty!! I'm so sorry I missed your call. I left my phone upstairs when I was downstairs showering, silly me!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully i'll get to talk to you soon but so far sounds like you are loving life :) And keep the updates coming. I'm living vicariously through you.
Miss you!
xoxo
KK
Caty:
ReplyDeleteNo, Nora or Nora's in my memories banks! The reason why your not sick is that Portland is at about 40 feet and Silverlake is at 496 feet. You acclimatized yourself by stopping at the Island before you left for India. There are some pretty old people over there, I think I would get bored going to same festival for that many years. Create something new for them and keep it simple. At that age they not remember all of it. This one picture at the bottom is getting kind of Old, How about an update of something gushing!
Stephen