Gazette 77
INDIA - In The Footsteps Of The Buddha 17-31 October 2009
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NB Full details of the trip itinerary are embedded in the photopages here
Tuesday 27 October McLeod Ganj
Lama Chime & Karma debate the price of a religious ritual conch trumpet /
A view up to the mountains
Sheila prepares the G &T sundowners to enjoy on our tiny hotel balcony
Wednesday 28 October Visit to Lama Chime's monastery near Dharamsala
Lama Chime on the steps of the monastery temple / Karma & Sheila in Lama Chime's room
Derek & Sheila on the temple steps after receiving the blessing (thanks to Lama Chime)
of H H Gyalwa Karmapa Rinpoche XVII (the head of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition that
Derek has belonged to since the early 1970s) (for full details of the Karmapas click here)
Sheila on the Kora (circumambulation path) around H H The Dalai Lama's residence
in McLeod Ganj on our last night before returning to Delhi (right)
After an unexpected 13 hour drive we really enjoyed a day of luxury at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi
Despite appearances, Derek is really enjoying his G & T in the hotel's Rick's Bar / Take your
pick - innovative Indian nouvelle cuisine or pretentious nonsense in the hotel's Indian restaurant
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Photographs © Derek & Sheila Henderson 2009