Okay, the wounds of my Tibet trip are finally scabbing over. This photo is a great metaphor: Debbie was trying to take a beautiful picture and one of Tibet’s seemingly infinite feral dogs wandered into the shot and spoiled it.
Before I forget, I wanted to record some of the things I learned on my Tibetan adventure:
- Butter tea is just fine if the butter isn’t rancid. It tastes a bit like the soupy stuff at the bottom of a pot of macaroni & cheese.
- Tibetans sincerely believe that yeti exist.
- Tibetan Buddhism says that this cycle of existence will end in 2500 years. The next cycle of humans will be much taller, like giants.
- Pointing at a sacred object is rude and one must gesture with an open hand.
- Tibetans aren’t allowed to have passports.
- Yeti are a yellow-brownish color like straw, not white.
- When chased by a yeti, one must run downhill because their long hair gets in their eyes and they can’t catch you.