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Delhi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Songtsen, Mussorie

Travels to Delhi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Songtsen, Mussorie. Haridwar to see the pilgrimage to bathe in the Ganges, rafting in Rishikesh, Buddism class, Tibetan class at Songtsen center for Buddism and Tibetan Studies, and hiking to Mussorie

9 Feb 2010

Photos: 37

Gyiak

My days off, spent visiting Jigmet Angmo's family in a three home village hidden deep in a cold mountain valley

16 Nov 2009

Photos: 29

Taj Mahal

trip with Spring students '09 to Agra to see Taj Mahal

16 Nov 2009

Photos: 18

Pizza party

Making pizza at SECMOL with VIS Spring Semester '09

16 Nov 2009

Photos: 24

NOLS summer '09

my instructor course, NOLS teton valley branch, and first two courses for NOLS, ADO 7/7 & ADO 7/28

13 Sep 2009

Photos: 209

Himalayan Intercultural Spring Semester '09

Highlights of a January-May '09 Vermont Intercultural Semesters program in the Himalaya, beginning with a Delhi & Agra trip, travel to Uttarakhand, rafting in Rishikesh, then to beautiful Ladakh for months of classes and intercultural exchange with SECMOL school pas, trekking, and homestays.

29 May 2009

Photos: 55

Artificial Glacier Fieldtrip, Igoo

Unit on glaciers & climate change concluding with a trip to the artificial glacier at Igoo, with guest speakers Mr. Nazir and Mr. Norphel and from LNP Watershed Program. Also some ice skating, and maybe snow leopard tracks.

22 Mar 2009

Photos: 44

Greenhouse project

Building a greenhouse with spring semester students (part of science curriculum) using pre existing south facing retaining wall on west side of campus

22 Mar 2009

Photos: 11

Maatho Festival

22 Mar 2009

Photos: 8

Sham Valley

Trekking through the Sham Valley over 5 days, 12 VIS students, 3 SECMOLpas, begining in Likkir, 4 hrs hiking to Yangtang, 2 hr hike next day to Ulley, next day hike to Hemishupachen, next day hike to Ang, next day morning pickup from Ang, and a stop at Alchi on the way back to SECMOL. Days travelling over snowfields, evenings in homestays in warm kitchens making thukpa noodles.

7 Mar 2009

Photos: 38

First day of Spring

Spring finally comes to SECMOL, a hike of the mountain behind SECMOL, 11,500-12,500, and a short English class by James just below the summit

27 Feb 2009

Photos: 22

Ladakhi Winter

Arrival at SECMOL school in February, first few weeks of the semester, ice skating, hockey, campus life

14 Feb 2009

Photos: 30

Songtsen Center for Tibetan & Himalayan Studies

VIS Spring Semester students' week of introduction to Buddism and the Tibetan alphabet at the elegant Songsten Library in Dehradun. Mornings rising at 4 to listen to morning prayers at the monastary school, a trip to the nunnery school, trip to Dehradun, and student presentations

7 Feb 2009

Photos: 21

Rafting in Rishikesh

7 Feb 2009

Photos: 17

Cabin Weekend

January trip up to one of the DOC cabins for some skiing and snowshoeing and good company--from Hanover, NYC, and New Haven

21 Jan 2009

Photos: 16

Taj Mahal

Our trip to the Taj Mahal

23 Nov 2008

Photos: 12

Bharatpur

End of Semester trip to the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur

19 Nov 2008

Photos: 9

Glacier Day

Field Trip!

16 Nov 2008

Photos: 26

Stok Trek

Our last trek before the snow came, over Stok Pass, 16,000 feet

3 Nov 2008

Photos: 43

SECMOL Campus

SECMOL Campus life, just outside of Leh. Building mud brick walls, cooking in the kitchen, SECMOl presentations, VISpa presentations, dancing, (there is always dancing), working on the solar water heater, English Conversation Class, field trip to Thikste Monastary, eating dinner, watching the election, around campus, these are photos from daily life at SECMOL

1 Nov 2008

Photos: 29

Nubra Trek

Travels & trekking from Pangong Lake on the Tibetan Border in Eastern Ladakh, over Chang-La pass, homestays in Chachuskool, and Relly, over Meg-Bon La pass, to the Nubra Valley Region in Northern Ladakh, near the Pakistani-Indian LOC. Horses, cars, camels, & our own two feet.

19 Oct 2008

Photos: 38

Mulbekh, Chiktan & Takmachik

Semester in the Himalayas trip through northern Ladakh, with stops in Kargil, Mulbekh, Chigtan, and Takmachik. In Mulbekh we spent the night at a Buddhist nunnery, in Chigtan we stayed at our guide Tashi's home in a primarily Muslim village and visited the schools there, and in Takmachik we spent a week helping out with the fall harvest and living in the homes of families there.