Gangtok, Sikkim

Hello friends,

a very brief update from Himalayas! Just arrived in Gangtok, capital of Sikkim. Last night and two days I spent with a GREAT Tibetan family in a Tibetan refugee village near Ravangla. Slept in their house, ate the mothers superb Tibetan food and hiked around with their eldest Son Karma Tashi (=good karma).

The whole Tibetan culture was a big experience and I spent some hours in their library reading about the history, situation and their buddhism. None of the people I talked to had ever lived in Tibet, but the culture lived strong in them.

You can visit "www.tibet.com or "www.freetibet.org to get some insight into the subject.

Now its Tuesday evening and I'm tired since its already 20.34 and these days I'm used to be in bed by ten and awake in the sunrise at 5. Nevertheless, got to get something to eat and some money and maybe a clean t-shirt since I just took everything to the laundry...

Probably I will stay a couple of days around here and then move back to south. This means, most probably I will travel until the weekend. Everything is going great, but homesickness is growing...especially to Bonn...

And "MERCANTO!!! I'm actually quite jealous about all the great quartett-stuff going on. Anssi, it would be great if you would get some photos to web. And yes! Croatia next autumn!!!

Ok, done and hungry! Miss you all and wish you a nice autumn!

Jussi