Finally an update!

I am finally here! It's been great so far, and the area is amazing. I have attached a few images of by first few days here, but not all because it takes too long to upload. It has been fairly intense and I tried to document whatever encounters I can. ( the image to the left is a view from my hotel room, also the others are of different parts and activities of the area) So far, we spent the first two days acclimatizing, the altitude definitely takes a toll on the body, especially after going up a flight of stairs (I'm huffing and puffing...). We also took a tour of the school and built a tradition nomadic tent called a rebo. Yesterday, we went to a festival where his holiness the 12th, Gyalwang Drukpa was there. A couple other kids and myself was selected by chance to have lunch with him. It was pretty nerve racking where I peed my pants. No, but I did accidently lean against my mouthpiece of my reservoir and created a large puddle of water in my chair, soaking my whole bottom. How embarrassing, all while sitting three chairs down from his holiness' facing. Most recently we were given a cultural tour of Leh, and later trekked up to one of many palace's and monastery here in Ladakh, probably 100-200ft higher. We have a documenting meeting later today, and our first official day of work is tomorrow.

8 Days to go...

8 more days until I depart first for Newark, NY and then travel for about 2 days until I finally reach Leh, India on the 30th. I'm very excited, one for the trip, and two this will be my first attempt at a blog. It's something I haven't given much of my time to, but will take a whack at it for the sake of keeping everyone informed on my travels. So here it goes... can't make any promises that I will be consistent, something I definitely ain't good at when it comes to personal computer programs, or whatever these myspace, facebook things are called. E-mail I'm a lot better at and have more patience with, probably because it's easier.. :P