Befuddledbeckers’s Weblog

I’m in Leh, India. When Kevin and I arrived here yesterday we were told not to do much because we needed to get use to the altitude.  Leh is more than 11,000 feet above sea level! I’m not sure if Kevin really believed this acclimating business until we climbed the stairs to our room and we both had pounding headaches and were breathing heavily from the exertion. So we have been tooling around, drinking lots of water and tea. And since it is very cold and rainy today we decided to find an internet cafe. Since there is only so much browsing I can do in a day, I decided to sign up for a wordpress blog (which is what Kevin is working on right now). Only to discover that I had in fact signed up in March (which I have absolutely no memory of doing. Sigh). So here is my new blog. Ta-da!

So far my trip has mostly been in transit. My flight involved 15-16 hours of screaming, grumpy children and pushy older people. We got into Leh around 6:30 am yesterday and then took a nice long nap. Kevin has been ill and was quizing me on whether he needed to take his antibiotics or not. I said no and then yes because there were some white patches on the back of his throat. Have I ever mentioned how glad I am not to be a doctor? So needless to say with all the traveling and acclimating and Kevin being ill we have been taking it easy. It’s kind of nice. I’ve already finished my first book. There was talk of renting a motorcycle if it is sunny tomorrow and going to some of the monastaries in the area. I’ll let you know how that goes.