This is what is disappearing at a very fast rate

Everybody has by now heard about the climate change that is affecting our planet and the damage it's causing to Mother Nature around the world . If you are still not convince go and watch the film Inconvenient truth by Al Gore to get a better idea of the situation.
I am trying to reduce my carbon footprint by cycling to work, not owning a car, recycling , not being a consumerist and eating seasonal and local produces. I don't want the glacier above to just disappear in my lifetime. Standing in front of this huge mass of ice and hearing the pieces breaking off with a huge noise is just an experience out of this world!
I also buy carbon credit every time i fly somewhere. I know that as a passionate traveller, it's difficult to come to terms with flying and saving the planet and that's why i will try to find the shortest route possible to get somewhere and do the rest of the journey by train for example .Every effort by everyone of us, even if it can be compared to a drop in the ocean, is better than nothing . It's always a step in the right direction.

The teaching of the East

In Tibet's monasteries , twice a week monks organise what is called 'debating session' . They regroup in a courtyard where the Young monks get tested on their Buddhism knowledge through questions asked very quickly and also requiring a very quick answer. That's one type of 'examination' disciples go through in their curriculum.it's looks very much like a game played in the open. Any one can come and watch the session. Also people can go and listen to the incantation of the monks in place like the Jockang monastery in Lhasa. The music is soul reaching and the atmosphere simply magical

The beauty of nature

Have you seen this rock ?..it's found in the desert highland of Bolivia at an altitude of 3,000 metres approximately and has been shaped by the winds and the sand. It's called the 'arbol de piedra' . This is what's extraordinary about nature , you find beauty in the more inhospitable places .. At that altitude the vegetation is very scarce and apart from vicunas there is practically no other living creatures..it's very cold and the air is thin .
I love remote spaces and have always tried to climb to  high places to feel that we are very fragile being and at the same time very adaptable . It when i push my body to its limits that i really feels that I exist in the real sense of the word .. it's when the mind fights the body that things become interesting and it's through hard physical exercise that I can see how strong my mind is .

The road less travelled

Refers to two particular things I have come across.
the first one is the book by M.Scott Peck which i read a few years ago and which gave me a new insight in how to understand  the emotional changes one goes through at certain stages of adulthood
The second is the road that i have physically taken during my travels in order to meet people , to discover other cultures and to understand different ways of life .
I myself come from a relatively small country and have always looked to the outside world as a magnificent mosaic of differences which by being discovered will bring out the best in me .
I hope i'll be able to do this for a long time to come.