Tibetan Camp, Majunukatilla, North Delhi.

Turns out there is a White House in the Tibetan Camp in North Delhi. For the astronomical price of $8 per night  you can stay at the White House, it has hard beds, a drippy shower, traffic noise 24/7, a grumpy monk at the reception desk and electric plugs that work when they feel like it. On the good side the food is cheap, simple and the bus to McLeod Ganj leaves from around the corner here tomorrow night. I have visited with my dear friends Pema and Tenzin and their daughter Chitso who is a very health happy 2 year old who smiles to everyone and loves to dance to Bollywood music at full blast. The Tibetan Camp is  a labyrinth of small alley ways with tall buildings, people are just crammed into this small area which the Indian government gave to the Tibetans on their arrival form Tibet over 50 years ago. To say  it is overcrowded is an understatement. However everyone comes through these street on their way to McLeod Ganj and since it is Tibetan new year soon there are new arriving refugees, and visitors from the Tibetan Camps down in south India.Just next to Tibetan Camp is a Shik community which has built the most beautiful white temple and land which is for them a religious site and across the freeway is a Hindu community and market which stays open into the wee small hours selling all kinds of foods.  I feel  lucky to be staying at the White House, not for the name or for the cultural diversity but for the simple fact of it was the only room available.

Cool blog from one of the locals    http://www.majnukatilla.com/