バラナシ＆嬉しいニュース

今、バラナシという町にいます。ここはガンガーがある街です。明日あたり沐浴してこようと思います！

ダラムシャーラーからデリーへ移動し、色々と面倒な手続きを済ませ、アーグラ―でタージ・マハルへ行き、今日バラナシへとやってきました。

今まで移動続きでバタバタしてたので、ここで一週間ぐらいゆっくりしてからデリーに帰ろうと思います。


そして、２年前ボリビアで出会い、去年ニューヨークでお世話になったスティーヴとサラが、４月に日本に遊びに来ることになりました！！わーいわーい。

まあ、無事にここまでたどり着けて何よりです。おそらく無事に日本に帰れるでしょう。ご心配おかけしましたー！！

ダライ・ラマ！

久々の日本語更新ですね。今、ダラムシャーラーという町にいます。以前も書いたけど、ここは現在ダライ・ラマ１４世の亡命先でもあります。


今はチベットの旧正月にあたります。さっき町をプラプラ歩いていたら、なんだかすごい人だかりを発見。聞くと、なんとダライ・ラマ１４世が通るとのこと！！

実際、通ったのはほんの一瞬ですが、実際に見れたのはすごく貴重な体験でした。
今回はヒンドゥ教、イスラム教、シク教、チベット仏教など、宗教に触れる機会が多いです。すごく刺激になるし、いろいろ考えさせられますね。。。


昨日の夜、アムリトサルからこっちに移動してきましたが、早くも今夜移動です。
インド再入国の際、またまたビザで色々トラブって、デリーで手続きをしなきゃいけないそうです。面倒くさい・・・

最近、バス移動３０時間とか続いてたから、１３時間でデリーに着くと聞いて「超短いじゃん！！」と興奮してしまった私は末期でしょうか・・・


ダラムシャーラーはチベット民族が多いので、薄い顔を見てると安心します。インド人も心なしか優しく見える。
ここへきた目的はチベタン料理を食べまくることだったのですが、胃の調子がおかしく、どうも食べ物を受け付けてくれません。色々うまくいかないものですね・・・

まあ、でも私は元気です。ご心配なく。


ダラムシャーラーの町はとても穏やかで、時間がゆっくりと流れているように感じます。でも忘れてはいけないのが、チベット民族の波乱の歴史。そして彼らの願いはまだ叶っていないということ。


一日でも早く、チベットの人々に平和が訪れることを願ってやみません。
宗教に疎い日本人。もっと勉強しないとね！！

To mari

i could find the computer that has japanese,so i could answer to anke-to. but i couldn't write in japanese, then, iwrote in english.... i'm so sad to show my terrible english to SYAIN-SAN!!!!oooohhhh...


anyway, thanks a lot for your corporation!!

India!!!!!!!!!!

now, i came back to Amritsar!!!

i had lots of troubles on the way to here.....

my flight was canceled 3 times, and i heard the news that the road was repaired. so i decided to take a bus to rawalpindi.

but!! the bus was broken!! it needed 5 hours to repair...i spent the night in the cold broken bus...

so, if there's no problem, it needed only 20 hours. but because of that trouble and bad weather condition, it took 32hours!!! this is the longest bus trip for me...

i heard that 2 bomb blasts occured in Pakistan and many people died.
but don't worry! now, i escaped to india and i'm fine!!

tomorrow, i go to Daramshala. its a tibettan place and Darai rama 14th lives there.
in fact, it was a big tibettan festival on feb 14. but you know, i had lots of trouble. so i couldn't see that.

i go there to eat tibettan food! my stomach is a little bit tired of curry...
anyway, i'm happy to come back india again!!

pakistan, especially northern area was very very good place. but it was too cold to stay long. no hot water, no electricity.....next, i have to visit on spring.

mari!!!
thanks for telling me the adress! but i have a problem!!!!! you see, now i can't read japanese! so i can't answer!!
tomorrow, i'm gonna find the computer that has japanese in Daramshala.
but if its impossible, can you send e-mail to SYAIN SAN that i can't answer anke-to?

and, i'm gonna arrive at japan on march 1st. so i think we can't meet...
after you come back, let's talk about indian curry and toilet!

Gilgit.....

now,,, i'm in Gilgit...

today, i got airticket for tomorrow, but its not sure that the flight is gonna be possible or not. it depends on the weather condition....

but its funny that i've got many friends in this town.

i met one guy on the way to Gilgit from Hunza. he is also from hunza. he is very kind and helped me a lot. in these days, i walked around the town with him.

we talked a lot about our country, the problem of kashmir, and religion.
when i said that i don't have any religion, he asked me,

"if you don't believe god, who created us?"

i said, "if god created us, who created god?"

he said,"god was created by spiritual power. but god himself is also spiritual power."


i think, its impossible to discuss about religion for japanese. we never understand "what is religion?"


off course, there's no proof that god is real or not.

in Pakistan, i feel so much the difficulty of religion...


but, if we wanna know what's happenning in the world, we have to study about religion...i think...

Gilgit

now, i'm in giglit. its a small town that places 4 hours by bus from hunza.

i enjoyed hunza very much! i had some troubles,,, but i'm gonna tell you in japan.

now, i have a problem.

i came here to go to rawalpindi by airplane. but the weather condition is not good, so the flight will be canceled tomorrow, maybe also the day after tomorrow...

so i tried to take a bus to rawalpindi, but the road is broken. it needs 3 days to repair.

then, i have to stay in this small town more than 3 days!! what i'm gonna do?

anyway, something unexpected happens often. its no good to feel unluckey.
i'm gonna try to enjoy this trouble!

take chan!
thanks for your comment! why did you feel SYAKAI NO JUGYOU!?
you go to foreigin country soon? have a nice trip!!

mari!
thanks a lot for your comment! i'm so happy to hear that you're gonna visit india!
when is your departure day? if your flight is march 1st, i think we can meet at the airport!
and,,, please tell me the URL of NAITEISHA HP!!!!!!

P.S conglatulation to getting MENKYO!

Hunza!!

Now, i'm in Hunza!
the way from rawalpindi(the capital) to hunza was very very hard. i was in the bus 27 hours and all the road was bone shaking road...i couldn't sleep.
i have many experience of hard way in south america, but i think it was the worst one....


hunza is a very famous place between japanese backpackers, but maybe i came here in wrong season...

now, i'm the only tourist in hunza...

the best season is march and april. in that season, there are lots of cherry blossoms here and many tourist come. but now, its very cooooooold and the town is covered with snow.

and unfortunately, electric service is not enough, so sometimes we cen't use light, heater, water(off course it doesn't have hot shower)... in the moning, i can't go out of my bed.

but the people are soooooo kind and friendly.
when i was walking on the street, many people talked me, "Do you want chai(hot milk tea)?"
yesterday i arrived at here, but i think that i already drank 10 cups of chai....
today, i walked around the town with one guy, it was very interesting for me. we talked about hunza, pakistan, and islam.

now, it is very cold but i felt the warmth of hunza people. in this season, i can't see cherry blossoms, i can't meet any travellers, but i can communicate with many local people. some people can't speak english, but we can understand each other by heart to heart.

i think i'm gonna stay here 2 days more. and then i go to Rawalpindi by airplane from Gilgit(its near from hunza). cause i don't wanna use bus anymore!

i wanna visit here in spring! i'm sure that i'm gonna come here again!
if you have a chance to come to pakistan, you have to visit hunza!

now, many people think that pakistan is a dangerous country. its true that there are some dangerous area, but nothern area is very safe! don't worry!!:)

パキスタンに行ってきます。

まだデリーです。

ここ数日、ろくに観光もせずインドビザ情報をかき集めた結果、なんとパキスタン入国OKだという情報を手に入れました！片道１時間半かけて日本大使館言ったかいがありました！！

さっそく、明日の早朝から動き始めます。バスの時間が合えば、うまくいけば明日中にパキスタン入れるかも。デリーでダラダラしてた分、これからはビュンビュン動かないと！

同じ宿に、パキスタン旅行した人がいて、情報もいろいろもらえました。危ないところはすっ飛ばして、安全な北部にダッシュで抜けようと思います！

いやー、本当によかった！！宿のみんなと別れるのはつらいけど、明日から一人でがんばります！！


さおりんへ
コメントありがとう！！無事パキスタン行ってこれるよ！！
食べ物はすごくおいしいよ！やっぱ本場のカレーはうまいわー。チベット料理とかも本当においしい！
ここはパソコン遅いから、写真アップできなくてごめんね！！


パキスタン入れたらまた更新しまーす。