Ellen Besso Coaching

We said goodbye sadly to our many friends in Mcleod Ganj over a 4 day period last weekend. So hard to leave after such an intense 6 weeks of being immersed in Tibetan culture & surrounded on all fronts by the spiritual monk energy. (Our apartment at the monastery had monk residences & mediatation/debating rooms on either side of us, with their deck over top of us; many of our neighbours in the guesthouse were visiting monks, & the Dalai Lama’s temple was very near.

We had so many white leaving scarves, & received so many gifts from our Tibetan friends, that I had to mail them home, along with the ones I bought, when I reached Deli again.

We travelled by car to Delhi, along with one of our Tibetan doctor friends. The driver was great, but the trip took about 12 hours. Heavy traffic, especially nearer to Delhi, & it took him about an hour to find Paharganj, the area of Delhi we were going to!

We’re now in Jaipur, Rajasthan, at a beautiful heritage hotel – an oasis of calm in a huge, chaotic city. Tomorrow we move to the Shekhawati region nw of Jaipur, a ‘magical’ area according to our guidebook. We’ll spend a few days there.

Mcleod Ganj is a very hard act to follow. Although all the steep hills & many steps were something my body had to get used to, being there was very easy & uplifting. Everything seemed to flow – we were drawn to certain people  & vica versa, & found the small NGO that was the perfect fit for us.

Part of me could stay there forever, but another part knows I need to move on, & eventually go back to my own home.