High Tea (Nov 11)

After two days of yoga with Vijay, we decided to take a day off and do a bit of exploring. There are plenty of courses and studios in town although not all of them are fully operating since it is low tourist season right now. We wandered around and checked out 2 or 3 places. There are still alot to choose from. One place that seems interesting is Kailas. I think we'll check it out tomorrow morning for a yoga class.

One thing we've noticed about Dharmasala is the number of beggars. Maybe its because we are in a more touristy area (like being in downtown TO or the Byward Market in Ottawa). The majority of the beggars are lepers (it looks really painful) and we've started to recognize them - they seem to have their usual corners where they sit.

We wandered down the hill and stopped for tea at a croissant shop. Yes, real live croissants! I opted for some marble cake (it was quite yummy) and Brad had some apple cake type thing. As we sat soaking up the sun, we perused the latest edition of the Lonely Planet. The cafe had it, among other books, available for people who were just hanging out. The latest edition hadn't been released in time when we were preparing to leave. Not a whole lot had changed but we made a few notes.

As we were sitting there a small shop up the road opened where I'd seen a great suit that I was interested in. We stopped in and started looking around. The suit is an orange tunic top with nice detail work on the neckline and sleeves, a pair of burgundy drawstring pants and a scarf. The pants were very giant - one size fits all but the top is pretty snug. The shopkeeper was Indian but spoke English with a French accent. I understood why when his wife came in - she's from France. I accompanied her above the shop to the tailor to get the top altered a bit - it will be ready tomorrow.

We stopped at the movie theatre to watch Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - we'd both seen it before but it was really good so we decided to see it again!