haven't posted in a while. i got really sick for a few days and had an adventure at varanasi hospital. i'm okay now, but when i went in there to have blood work done, i have never been so homesick for the west. indian pathology labs are not necessarily the cleanest places in the world, and probably not a place where you want people sticking needles into you and doing things with your blood.

anyway, the weather is getting hotter again, and on sunday i'm heading up north to dolanji with my pal yangri. i won't be back till the 16th or so (i think), so i'll be out of regular e-contact until then.

i have lots of ridiculous stories to write about since the dalai lama left, but i've been too busy to sit down and type them out in my blog. they'll come soon, i promise.

in the meantime, here's the coolest photo ever: