We spent the next few days hanging around Dehradun (DDun), visiting family, shopping at the world famous Paltan Bazar, and taking in a few sights. It was really nice to stay in one place for a few days, and have a home base. The city itself is still a bit hectic, although much more manageable than the large cities we've been in so far. I was able to get around by flagging down autorickshaws by myself, allowing me to make visits to Internet Cafes and McDonalds when Shveta and her mom went shopping.One afternoon we took a trip to see a large buddhist stupa near an air force base. As soon as we entered the 'Tibetean' area, it suddenly seemed a lot cleaner! The temple area was really nice, with a tall white building in the middle, and prayer flags all around. Inside the temple were various statues and paintings, and it was very peaceful. There were also some huge prayer wheels that you could spin, so of course we took a few turns to send out good wishes to the world. There were some interesting signs forbidding the eating of peanuts, apparently they had some issues with people dropping peanut shells all over the place.
Here are the pictures.
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