And to think I was gonna stay home...

The Golden Temple in Amritsar.  Really cool place. 

 The mountains here ain't bad.  Its wet, the wettest place in India, in fact, but, the monsoon season is coming to an end and it only rains for a few hours a day.  Even with all the rain, the air remains crisp and thin and cool.  The altitude is similar to that of Tahoe, 1768 m.  This is a view of Dharmasala from McLeaod Ganj that I am lucky to take in on my way to the Tibetan Library in the Tibetan Parliament complex; I attend teachings from a Buddhist monk there.  Makes for a good morning, huh?
I have made several friends here and seen many peeps I met in Leh.  The travelers community is tight and commonly bonded and often we are, apparently, on the same traveling track.  So I am happy.  And class went well today too.  Yay!

There is a view from my guest house room above.  The mountains are gorgeous anywhere, and here...whoa. Pretty flowers are creeping in all over town, they enjoy the sun after months and months of rain.  And this is the puppy, Mogely, we hang out with in the cafe upstairs from my room.  He is trouble, but I love trouble.