A new twist to international travel I noticed on my trip to
India: a watchful eye for the Ebola virus.
I noticed signs at both the Tokyo and the Delhi airports directing
people who had visited West Africa to a special area for health screening.
My flight into Dharamsala was on time and uneventful. It was interesting to see the food offered
for sale on the flight: palak masala
dosa, podi uttappour, sambar, malai kofta.
Meeting me at the airport was Tamden, one of the Tibetan
translators. He and a driver loaded up
my gear and off we went to the College of Higher Tibetan Studies. The college is only a 10 minute drive from
the airport which is much closer than I have had to travel from an airport when
I have visited previously. In the past,
I have had to travel about two hours from the nearest airport.
As soon as I got out of the car, I was warned: be careful of the monkeys. And sure enough, monkeys were climbing up
various parts of the buildings and being chased by dogs. My room on the third floor has a nice view of
the forest to the south and of the college compound courtyard to the
north. In the center of the courtyard is
a full-sized basketball court and from what I hear, there are games every day
at about 4 pm.
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