बहुत अच्चा!

Things I like about Dharamsala:

10) Chonor House (my hotel) is actually a tibetan museum and the walls of every room are covered in Tibetan paintings
9) The tea is spicier. None of the watered down chai around here. It is all lovely masala (trans. = spicy) chai.
8) No more cars. Now that we're here, we're not doing much more venturing out on twisty mountain roads. In Shimla, we were constantly going on 7-9 hour "day-trips" in the mountains. This was particularly scary when we were told we would have to take an alternate route because the road had been washed out by the previous night's rain.
7) Our classroom here is much more interesting. Instead of sitting at a conference table, we are seated on pillows on the floor, surrounded by plants and more beautiful Tibetan art.
6) It's quieter. Shimla was amazing, but I woke up every morning to the sound of cars honking their horns and their alarms going off. This morning I woke up to birds singing...though there was one bird squawking in an eerily human voice.
5) Diet Pepsi. I found a vendor selling Diet Pepsi for only 20 rupees! Everywhere else they charge at least 50 rupees for diet soda because the locals don't drink it. Not to mention, until now I could only find Diet Coke.
4) The beautiful scenery. Looking up to see the Himalayas will never get old!
3) The blend of Hindu and Buddhist traditions. There are bright Hindu temples and an expansive Buddhist monastery right here in McLeod Ganj (the part of Dharamsala we're staying in).
2) There is an italian restaurant with amazing desserts (hot fudge brownie ice cream sundae!)
1) I found a jeweler to custom-design a handmade engagement ring for Josh (because he is going to propose to me)!!!