ok... if you've never been to asia... the driving is INSANE! absolute friggin' chaos... now... take the drivers to 13,000 feet above sea level, and it's like a whole new flavor of crazy-licious... lanes? ha! traffic lights? if they even exist, they're more like "guidelines"... so... after the craziest cab ride EVER! (imagine a driver going a bazillion miles an hour through town, honking his horn as if it’ll run out of steam… a dog crossing the street… and three americans cowering... covering their eyes and screaming, “OH GOD!!! OH GOOOODDDD!!!! DON’T HIT THE DOG!!!!” (we're pretty sure we missed it)…. yeah… my morning was something like that…
had another great day at the school… a few kids have become almost fully attached themselves to my hips, but that’s ok… they need attention and affection as much as education… probably more… and i can’t deny that hearing “teacher! teacher!” and seeing the rush of kids when we walk into the courtyard isn’t the coolest thing… really, words can’t describe how amazing this whole experience has been so far…
anyhoo, learning my way around the city and picking up the odd tibetan phrase here and there… (and horribly mis-pronouncing everything, much to the locals’ entertainment)... headed to the jokhang temple today (friday, my time)... then to class for the afternoon... tomorrow (saturday here), we're off to namtso lake, one of tibet's holiest lakes and the highest saltwater lake in the world... staying overnight in a tent and freezing our asses off... yay! SO excited!
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