We left India with such great memories and experiences, and were more than a little sad to say goodbye. Our host family served us a Tibetan banquet on the evening of the 24th to celebrate my birthday the next day, and made a carrot cake (the carrots here are red and are sweeter, so the cake was delicious!). The next morning they tied white silk shawls around our necks, as is their custom for safe journey. We kept them on until we reached Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania with stops in Dubai and Addis Ababa.
We will remember beautiful mountains, great home cooked Tibetan food and lessons in making Mo Mo (Tibetan potstickers), and all of the colors and sounds and diversity that is India today. We hope that our new friends in India will keep in touch and visit us in Minnesota some day, but most of all we hope that these exiled Tibetan people will be able to return to a free Tibet in the future ...
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