Sunrise in Tibet

so after the crazy border crossing, we slept at the boder for a few hours (2 actually, thank to the scottish father-son duo... thanks guys! haha) and were up at 2:30am for a rather l-o-n-g drive day. the first 4.5 hrs before the sun rose, it was a super bumpy ride (understatement) over dreadfully steep cliffs in the dark. no one slept (comfortably).

(me in front of Everest just after sunrise. it's the one on the far left)

but then the sun rose and it cast the most amazing colours onto the clouds... at first i opened my sleepy eyes to find the normally jet black sky lined with glowing blue...this was the first time that i could make out the outline of the himalayan mountain range in tibet. suddenly, the sleep deprivation didn't matter... i was too excited to care.

(Mt. Everest)

the light slowly filled in the details of my towering surrounding as i fell into a spell. where was i? how was i so lucky to be there?

a little tib. village at the time of sunrise.

then the villages started becoming more frequent... every few minutes our convoy would pass another small group of houses and local people with beautifully weathered faces.

now, i know that i have been away from home for a long time, but last time i checked it was spelt a little differently...

i may not have a chance to post the rest of my story into tibet or the madness that ensued on the way, but maybe in a bit... i have to see if this post goes through first.


but the quick run down of the next few weeks is that i leave tomorrow for another 5-6day return to katmandu and stop off at mt everest basecamp on the way! we will do a quick 2 hours up and back down... and then from the border we have to try to get a bus or a ride with a truck... not sure yet. then i'll be in kopan monastery for two weeks (july 4-18th) and i am not sure yet if i have internet access this time. after that i hope to do some volunteer work and eventually head to europe and then home on sept 2nd! HOME! it's not enough time, but too much...


lots of love, and keep the emails coming. they help!


thank you! love you!


adrienne :)