A two hour drive through humongous mountains, or rather great walls of rock and earth swirling overhead like tidal waves about to crash, takes us to the country’s capitol. The first thing one notices is how un-capitol-like it looks. More like a Swiss mountain village, with medieval stone and wooden palaces painted brightly in primaryContinue reading “Thimpu”
Category Archives: Musings
Paro
Well, there has been a change of program. Landed in Paro today. My first hit of Bhutan was of total peace. Peace so peaceful it is palpable: heavy and thick. Heavy peace that settles into the earth like the monsoon rains; thick peace like the air in a deep deep cave, no echos of discursivenessContinue reading “Paro”
Winds of change
Who knows why we make the choices we do, or where the wind will take us. I used to think that being offered choices was evidence of being at the controls. You choose one path, you control the outcome, is how that logic goes. Now I wonder. It seems we all have certain lessons toContinue reading “Winds of change”
Greetings from Phu Quoc
Greetings from Phu Quoc! Maybe you are asking yourself this: “Where the hell is Phu Quoc?” It’s here…… http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/gulfofthailand.htm We are about a half day’s swim (this is a guess, not something I know from experience) from the quaint little village of Kampot, Cambodia. It would be an easy day trip by boat, if theContinue reading “Greetings from Phu Quoc”
Diary of a Pilgrim 