The old Hardwar chai walla is over 90 and nearly totally blind; but he makes a great chai.
We have arranged to go in the jeep that takes newspapers up the road to the town of Uttarkashi, starting early tomorrow morning. We will overnight there or a little further up the road at Ganganani. Once we arrive at Gangotri, there is no electricity, no internet or banks and most importantly no wheeled vehicles in the town. We hope to spend a week up there and if the weather permits, take a walk up to the source of the Ganga a further 18kms on at Gaumukh, which is slightly over 4000 metres and well above tree line.
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hi you two!
what a marvellous trip and the blog a marvellous way to keep us all in touch!
As my youngest daughter jenna's dear father died I have been away for more than I have been here lately, but am now here for a few weeks until i travel with others to listen to the dalai lama giving teachings on meditation in mid June in sydney
our hearts at Wtree are blazing with inspiration currently devising the next funding application for W Tree festivals... this one cleaning up the public reserve next to us and clear walking paths and then devising a ceremony that explores the relationship we have with the gunnai people.... this will be with huge puppets and live music... great new folk have moved to buchan, the wife the new principal o fth eschool and the husband a music director of festivals and a puppeteer..... also gunnai elder and lore man robbie thorpe has very interesting energy and will be teaching us about their sacred fire ceremonies..... imagine the dusk and the trees and indigenous dancers and huge puppets and lighting into the trees and us dancing in, dancing together to take the custodianship of the land.... with music written for the event! o yeah
also i have some work with TAFE not too much...... went for th eWWOOF job two of us interviewed but he chose lorraine again... much better pay with my tafe work albeit much more travelling to offeset it
i am cooking at SIBA today so gotta go.... must say i have not been down there much either! busy busy!
much love and hugs and cool off thinking how cold it is getting here! fires burining down to 3 degrees over night and max 15 some times in the day
julia
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