Back at it again....

I'm in Chicago visiting with friends today and then tonight I'll fly to London.  It's been 10 months since I've made an international trip (longest domestic stretch in the past decade since I've been travelling).  I'll try to post photos from the excursion, the Olympics, interesting happenings...Let me know if it's interesting.  I received many personal comments about my Beijing '08 Olympic trip after I returned...if you like the posts I'll keep it up!

The song stuck in my mind is One Republic's Good Life:

 Watch "Good Life" video

Lyrics to Good Life :

Woke up in London yesterday
Found myself in the city near Piccadilly
Don't really know how I got here
I got some pictures on my phone

New names and numbers that I don't know
Address to places like Abbey Road
Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want
We're young enough to say

[Chorus]

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

[Verse 2]

To my friends in New York, I say hello
My friends in L.A. they don't know
Where I've been for the past few years or so
Paris to China to Col-or-ado

Sometimes there's airplanes I can' t jump out
Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now
We are god of stories but please tell me-e-e-e
What there is to complain about

[Bridge 1]

When you're happy like a fool
Let it take you over
When everything is out
You gotta take it in

[Chorus]

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
A good good life Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

[Bridge 2]

Hopelessly
I feel like there might be something that I'll miss
Hopelessly
I feel like the window closes oh so quick
Hopelessly
I'm taking a mental picture of you now
'Cuz hopelessly
The hope is we have so much to feel good about

[Chorus]

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

To my friends in New York, I say hello
My friends in L.A. they don't know
Where I've been for the past few years or so
Paris to China to Col-or-ado

Sometimes there's airplanes I can' t jump out
Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now
We are god of stories but please tell me-e-e-e
What there is to complain about

(Thanks to Clayton T. for these lyrics)

[ These are Good Life Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ] 

The Tibetans Vote: There is magic in the air.

This Dalai Lama temple complex has such energy with all of these Tibetan monks present. There is magic in the air, and I may stand here all day .

Tibet Children's School. I played basketball with these kids, and then snapped a photo. Everyone is looking good!

At the Tibet Children's School, I played basketball with these kids, and then snapped a photo. Everyone is looking good!

The Indian sun was rising and burning off the morning fog.

The Indian sun was rising and burning off the morning fog.

Which of these two photos do you prefer?

Food for food

En route to Agara from Delhi, we passed a caravan of 20+ of these overloaded tractors. They contain the scraps from the mustard and wheat plants with fresh grass. A machine mixes the plants and then they sell it as feed, to make the "good milk."

On top of the world... Lord of the rings style.

This mountain is huge! The peak on the right is an 8 hour trek.

Higher than the highest gondola on Earth!

The Himalayas stretch farther then the eyes can see.

Air, light and mechanical chases

The house is 3 stories, with a nice rooftop terrace. There are two grates covering shaft ways that go to the ground level. Windows open in to the shaft providing air circulation and on the upper story some extra light.

Jet lag, nah... Just early to rise

After I woke to the songs of the ever populous Indian birds, I went about fixing some things around the house. Sinks have aerators (see photo), they can collect mineral deposits and chunks. Unscrewing from the faucet, cleaning and reinstalling can restore the water flow. Also, you can pop out the wire mesh (screens) and rub them together which will rid them of buildup. I did this at a friends place in Chicago, and he was as amazed as my host here. It's really easy, and you don't need to call a maintenance man. Before breakfast I cleaned 3 of them, and rewired a flaky bathroom light that had developed a strobe effect all it's own.

I must be well rested enough... Now where are the elephants??

Kelloggs, thank you for stating the obvious.

I can't imagine it tasting the same with with room temperature soy milk.

Goodmorning India!

Tragic. Luge accident in Whistler 2010

Tragic.

I couldn't find a video link on youtube, but then the ctv / Olympic channel shows it. It shows best with Internet Explorer.

Video

I have tickets to the finals on Sunday.

Vancouver was 52F

The high temp on Thursday in Vancouver, 52F

Snowing in Dallas

We are delayed (2hours), waiting to de ice and take off for Vancouver.


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