some pictures of mussoorie.

so what is life in mussoorie like? well.... although it's become fairly normal for us now there are still times when we are amazed. the area around woodstock is relatively quiet, besides the monkeys on the roof, the men hacking in the mornings and the noisy students... we are surrounded by some amazing hills and forest. as you wander into town things slowly begin to change. it's about a 25 minute walk with amazing views.. unless you look just over the edge of the cliffs as they're covered in trash. once when all garbage was biodegradable this would have been fine, but since good old plastic has been here it's a pretty messy situation. the town is precariously perched on a steep ridge... woodstock being at the far east side, and the more and more you walk in, the more and more touristy things get. we have our favorite places by now... the best tailor, the small grocery store, the shoe man, the bread man, the pirated movie guy.. so we don't often wander into the depths of the cheesy-indian tourist section... but here are a few pictures of a rare daring adventure to the "west side".

the revolving restaurant (just like winnipeg!)

some students in p.e. class... some kind of aerobic workout.

mussoorie has a large population of tibetan refugees living here in a colony called "happy valley". with the recent happenings in tibet there has been some hunger strikes to try to raise awareness. the dalai lama actually spent time here when he first fled tibet... thought that was an interesting fact.

not sure about this one.... but you'll always see the indian tourists getting their pictures with it... isn't it amazing?