Dharamshala trip: Day with Anya
Was so amazing just to spend one day together… without really rushing for anything and being stressed with endless group decision-making… This is not that we did not quarrel with her…. Oh my God, I was about to kill this girl when thanks to her being nice and smiling to the people at the reception of the hotel we could not get rid of one of them visiting our room….. And I hate this…. sticky men, ok?!… So conflicts are there, but how does it matter if we can hug each other and no words would be needed to say how much we appreciate each other and how essential we became for each other within such a short span of time.
We are taking out time to have breakfast in a nice Tibetan eatery, make the necessary calls to let people know we are staying one day longer, walk to the waterfall so that to stay there for a while and climb it down, go to the temple again to study its premises properly,
do some shopping eventually….. It’s pleasantly warm, but sun hides now and them – so perfect weather to enjoy before getting back to Delhi.
Somehow was unpleasantly impressed with shopping in McLeodganj. My Footprints says “It is pleasantly relaxed to shop here. You are usually quoted a fair price from the start by the Tibetans” … Quite different impression we got… First, the prices are quoted as usual in India:
- Kitna?
- 800…
- us leaving
- how much u want, how much, mam?
It is what u call fair quoting from the beginning? Moreover, they are really reluctant to bargain there… Anyway got amazingly cool pants for 170 (instead of 250, he looked at me as if I was the bitchest customer ever, but gave the pants… those people do not sell at loss, right? so let them save their physiological aikido for those “first-time-in-India” ). Anya got the Tibetan long skirt for 200 (no bargaining) and hand knitted Tibetan cardigan (350 instead of 450) – very sweet authentic pieces….. Decided to copy my pants and her skirt at a tailor in Delhi….
People in the shops easily identified us as Russians…. In fact, the Dalai Lama is not allowed in Russia, therefore Buddhists with Russian residence (and newly converted ones) are heading to Dharamshala…. Russian speech u can just hear on the streets…
We are taking out time to have breakfast in a nice Tibetan eatery, make the necessary calls to let people know we are staying one day longer, walk to the waterfall so that to stay there for a while and climb it down, go to the temple again to study its premises properly,
do some shopping eventually….. It’s pleasantly warm, but sun hides now and them – so perfect weather to enjoy before getting back to Delhi.
Somehow was unpleasantly impressed with shopping in McLeodganj. My Footprints says “It is pleasantly relaxed to shop here. You are usually quoted a fair price from the start by the Tibetans” … Quite different impression we got… First, the prices are quoted as usual in India:
- Kitna?
- 800…
- us leaving
- how much u want, how much, mam?
It is what u call fair quoting from the beginning? Moreover, they are really reluctant to bargain there… Anyway got amazingly cool pants for 170 (instead of 250, he looked at me as if I was the bitchest customer ever, but gave the pants… those people do not sell at loss, right? so let them save their physiological aikido for those “first-time-in-India” ). Anya got the Tibetan long skirt for 200 (no bargaining) and hand knitted Tibetan cardigan (350 instead of 450) – very sweet authentic pieces….. Decided to copy my pants and her skirt at a tailor in Delhi….
People in the shops easily identified us as Russians…. In fact, the Dalai Lama is not allowed in Russia, therefore Buddhists with Russian residence (and newly converted ones) are heading to Dharamshala…. Russian speech u can just hear on the streets…
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