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I still am not a convert, but trying to fit in into the group that loves the mountains. I am still struggling with my vertigo and after effects of Avomine, but all that is sitting more comfortably on me. And I am less intimidated by the peaks. Of course I have my qualms still. I cannot climb down due to my knees, and I am at loss when the  entire town sleeps by 10.30. The hills wake up early and sleeps earlier and it just does not match my bio clock. At Tirthan Valley, the storm blew out the lights for almost  30 hours and the city bred me found it so difficult to live without my mobile. The gurgling river and the adda over trout fished by Pranesh were a bit of diversion.But I get restless without a city close by. But this time I noticed how mountains make everything look minuscule comparatively. The people walk miles in the uphill terrain so effortlessly. What happens if there is an emergency? No ambulance, no doctors , no medicines....yet the people are happy , smiling ...

My recent trip to the land of thunder dragons was interesting in many ways. Being a story teller I lapped up the tales of myth and magic. Bhutan's national animal Takin was created when a monk , disappointed after being served with bones of different animals for dinner, conjured up a magical animal. Though Bhaskar commented, that the animal could have been made more handsome! And there was a divine being, who rode a tiger and slayed a demon. And then there is a village of wish fulfillment for all those wanting babies. The village has a temple dedicated to phallic power. And it was interesting though a tad embarrassing to see similar toys in every nook and corner and as I took a surreptitious pictures I wondered if anyone noticed  😁 ! And I walk into a shop where two just teen boys are shopping for souvenirs. - " What is that? If we buy it will you give us a discount?" Pointing to a keychain phallic souvenir ! Lady shopkeeper-" That's a phaalluuus?" - ...