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Traveling to India not only allowed me to see another set of values and lifestyle but i also gained a life long friend who i now consider my family. I met my friend kalsang in the strangest way. i was walking through mcleod ganj with mike looking for a hairdryer. This has been a mission of mine for 3 previous days already but i was having no luck. The air in the himilayas in august is muggy and thinck with fog. It is monsoon season then as well so it rains alot. I have naturally curly hair and without a brush or hairdryer my hair is in knots that slightly resemble dredlocks. It was becoming an emergency for me to have this hairdryer… (im joking.. alittle) . I guess me and mike looked lost because we meet Kalsang, a buddhist monk and he says “are you lost? do you need help? ”
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Whats amazing about the himilayas is there is no form of entertainment in the traditional sense that you think of when going on vacation. It would seem you would get bored quickly having no tv or tourist adventure packages, etc. But i wasnt bored for even a minute. I would wake up , have my chai, and get dressed to walk into town. The walk into town was a few miles both down and up hill. It was very tiring and strenuous but i chose to do that daily because i was terrified of the tuk tuk’s ( the little motorized scooter cars). 
Flying domestic in India does not feel safe. I flew air deccan and it was a giant propeller plane that had no engine. I feared my life for those entire 2 hours of flying. It was worth it the moment i landed in the himilayas. Upper Dharamsala is where the dalai lama lives and where his temple is located. The actual city is called McLeod Ganj, and its divided into upper and lower dharamsala. The first few nights there I stayed in a little hindi village called naddi. WHen you arrive to mcleod ganj its not that quiet. Its actually a very crowded town filled with a mix of all different cultures. Its Americans, Europeans, Tibetans, Monks, Chinese, Hindi, every culture, and religion living together as one in peace. Its the most amazing view you can imagine. 
Today is the day we all make our new years resolutions. Lose weight, eat healthy, save money, etc. Its also a day we should be thinking of maing ourselves better people and striving to acheive our goals. We should think of others and how we can help them. With Obama as president we are looking at a year of change for the better.
