sometimes my town looks like the love child of Bladerunner and Vegas

If you doubt it, check the pics...there is just some about the grime and the neon that screams Bladerunner to me.





Things continue to be a little stressed...I took some really cool pics at the night market that I can't wait to upload...they are very surreal and are very atmospheric, since the night market is a bit on the surreal side.

I will be done with teachign in a week and plan on heading out of the city to do some travelling. Heart of Tibet, several Monestaries and Quinghai Lake are a few spots on the itinerary. I guess I will have to dump some of my photos...I am down to just 200 left on my camera!!

Yesterday I had an amazing day...we hiked up to the stupa on the top of one of the mountains and met a disciple of Garchen Rinpoche. He started pulling out a these pictures of different Lamas and the monks that I know stateside. It was very trippy and reafirmed the whole karma thing once again. I took a few good pics there also.

My emotions and my stomach continue to be thrown through loops here. We have all been sick for the last few days, a weird bug that sometimes feels like food poisoning but is really a fluish bug.

Emotionally I am a bit wrecked. I came here to help kids and continue to be involved in beurocratic b.s. I have had to walk out on my own, out from the security of those who helped me get here because the people on this end have said one thing and then acted in an entirely different way. Meanwhile I just want to help and I have not given up on that.

I've got to get out of this computer lab, but hopefully I'll have a chance to put up some more pics in the next few days.