It's been busy here! There have been 6 weddings in the last 2 days. It also snowed - and I couldnt go anywhere... we lost power, I hiked around 5 hours, and have been painting and avidly reading "The Icarus Agenda" - a departure read courtesy of Dan. Visiting friends and working on the network, as well as teaching English everynight is making for a very busy Zo! (plus at least 2 hot spring baths a day).
Manali is about a 1:15 hike from Vashist. It's a good workout and a nice enough path. I go over the rivers and through the woods - and it's pretty lovely. Pictures of the views and the snowfall are also forthcoming. The only real drawback to my new location is the internet/power situation. Vashist is not nearly as modern of a village as manali, and power outages occur often. Also, we do not have internet in the guest house - making it tricky to keep up with the family - since the internet cafe's don't open til midday. A challenge I'm working on conquering.
So - this post was a little.. scatterbrained - but forgiveme! I've flown around the world, bused up to the mountains, moved houses, conquered a non-existant but none-the-less frightening pseudo-blood-clot, gotten snowed in & out .... so I'm finally catching up with myself! Plus, I'm becoming non-coherant after the 6 course dinner for the wedding tonight - woah!
So off I go - hope you are all well!
Love to all of you. The sun has set over the mountains here, pink and purple in the sky - catching just the tops of the snowcrested peaks... I trust it's rising over there, pink and purple - catching you all from your sleep.
Be well, and know my love is with you.
Zo
