Snowy Weather

The weather has quickly turned cold. This morning it was snowing here in Leh but I think the flights could depart. I really hope I will get away tomorrow. In Delhi it's +27 today. With this kind of weather people huddle up in Oriental's dining room where they have installed a gas heater. Then it's straight to the sleeping bag. The Ladakhis move into their so called winter kitchen where they sit all day drinking tea and watching TV. In the streets from Changspa to town the only creature you meet are stray cows and wild dogs looking for shelter. The scary Yaks seem to have moved to other pastures.

Tomorrow, I hope, my stay here is over. It hasn't exactly worked out according to plans. I wanted to spend most of my time in Kargil but ended up having only two and a half days there. They were fun, though: a poetry slam, a guitar jam and a Bush burning! Instead of examining KASCO I have mainly studied Skarchen, which is totally new to me. In three weeks I'm presenting this at a conference about Tibet and Islam. As things turned out the abstract I sent the organizers does not match what I have to work with. But that's just the way it is.