After a few hours of Trekking in the Himalayas, its nice to have a welcoming family to serve you hot sweet tea and biscuits, or the traditional Ladakhi bread. Our first homestay split the VIS group between two houses. Three Ladakhi's from SECMOL accompanied us on our Trek, so they were split between us. There was alot of time to walk around, and enjoy the scenery. The mountians were breathtaking, and always different in each village. The night consisted of eating Skew, and drinking lots of tea. The cold night is warmed by our sleepingbags along with the many blankets our homestay parents brought us. After a nice breakfast of Jipati and Dal, its time to Trek again.
The rest of our homestays split us between 4-6 houses. That put 2-3 VISpa's together with eithor one SECMOLpa, James, Amy, or Nick. The small amount of people make the experience much more interesting. None of my Parents throughout all the homestays spoke any English at all. It was a task to interact with them when all you know how to say is Jullay and a few random words. Even with the language barrier, everyone is so nice and friendly, and never fail to fill your teacup. These homestays have opened my eyes to where the students from SECMOL really come from.
Jullay!
- Mikey Piscitelli
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Hey Mikey! Sounds like an awesome experience. I'm so jealous of you right now you are seriously having one of the best experiences I can imagine. Living imersed in another culture like that sounds awesome, their perspective on life is very different from ours and it sounds like there may be alot to learn from them. Be mindful and learn as much as you can about yourself and India and have a great time. -ray
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