My trip to Tibet

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I think every artist were interesting cases, I have had my creative unforgettable trip to India and Tibet.
I decided to write a little about it, though short of everything will not tell.
It all happened by accident. At one of the exhibitions in Alushta, I was approached a man in a funny slapping, called an art critic of the House Museum Nicholas Roerich and bought me a picture, saying something about the positive energy in the works. Then I did not pay attention to it, thinking that now many of Roerich societies. But what was my surprise when a year later I received an invitation to India to work with the House-Roerich Museum in the Kulu valley.
Open visa and armed with two easel, I flew to New Delhi. The luggage was minimal: paints, brushes, camera (soap), a couple of things and a little money, later they gave me very useful, even though I supposedly was going to fully support.
In Delhi I met a little man who speaks with an emphasis on Russian. Photographer Ventzislav Semion from Sofia, it also invited to assist in the creation of printed materials, and all seemed to begin well and settled.
Motley crowd had gathered, which is a few days fussing, running along the Delhi trying to open a beautiful exhibition Roerich in the Russian heart, I had to also help, although my plans are not included.
A few days later they all sat down in the shuttle bus and went to Kullu, to the House-Museum (daily ride on the breakneck speed by the howling of the Indian national folklore). In Kullu, I was suddenly told that all going on an expedition to Tibet, but I can not stay in the museum (the museum is a hotel). "Yes, of course!" - I thought. I have before me a magnificent view of the snowy Himalayas, and I could not take such a chance.
In the Kulu full of shops for the climbers. Quickly bought a nice backpack, jacket and everything you need for a hike.
By hiring a jeep (quite expensive), we went to the Himalayas, p.Manali and from there to Tibet through the pass Rattan (3980m.). The beauty of these places I was just shocked, I drove all the way with his mouth open. The first stop was in p.Keylong, we got there too late vecherom.Podobnye villages literally bristling vshivenkimi hotels for tourists and mountaineers. The next day was a turning point in my seemingly excursions.
Morning Ventzislav quarreled with the group leader (the person with whom it all began in Alushta), because of differences in religious beliefs and philosophy of Roerich . Ventsislava we got out of the car, saying that he has the means on the way back and quietly went on without him. From this behavior pastors Spiritual "I was stunned. "How can man, alone, without money, no knowing, throw in the Himalayas?". I spoke on this occasion and was as follows. Staying at a small village along the route, I decided to wait Ventsislava, realizing that of course he will not turn back - the Himalayas was his dream, like I have and will continue its way forward! By evening I met him. This point can be considered a starting point of my journey.

[Posav]

Simply amazing. Interested in everything concerning Tibet. Share your experiences.

[Konstantin]

Obaldet!
Must go on. The last picture - what's this? Have to draw? Before Kailas not dobraplis?

[artcol]

Super! We look forward to continue!

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Сообщение от Artem

we got out of the car

.... Interesting, however, philosophy ....

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Сообщение от Konstantin

The last picture - what's this? Have to draw?

This is my picture, but it is not a specific place - a collective image. Health was, why was - will explain later.

   In the local telegraph office (if one can call it as such, more like a village latrine, with one phone number that you have to twist the handle as the "Smolny") we saw pinned to the wall otkserokopirovannye maps, we bought them and use them to continue the path. We have no one interfered, stopping where they wanted and were engaged in their work. Wentz ran with schtativami, and I collect a huge number of onlookers, he wrote quickly bustles, knowing that all come in handy later in the work. Interesting point, after the return gave me a book about Nicholas Roerich and I was surprised that he wrote the same motifs as Nicholas, that sitting on the same field.
So slowly through the mountains, abandoned city, which was administered in the evening I was in the mystical horror, we entered the town of Leh, the former capital of Buddhism. There, we settled in a house where there lived a family of believers. An interesting way of life, education and discipline that prevailed in the family, forced to look at life from the other side.
That same evening, I asked her to show me a Bathroom, to wash, I was shown the door. The boy quickly dragged into buckets hot water, but when I went there, saw that the ceiling there. Effusions had a hot water under the head paduyuschim snow. When I asked the question - why? I calmly responded that the dirt flies up. I always thought the opposite.
Once on the street we saw the child with the balls on the head. He posed as different smileys, before him lay a "cap", that he earned, a business. We threw him a couple of coins. Then something prompted me to ask: "And I gave money to?" The boy immediately dumped into my hands all that he earned for the day. We again asked: "Why?" The boy replied: "You also have to!"
We did not know that it is often at Leh in the afternoon, there are dust storms, and one morning went for 10km. on studies of the monastery "Stakmagompa. Interesting monastery, it is very often portrayed in the engravings, I wanted to draw something, take pictures crown, the return trip was nightmare. Sand in the eyes, ears, mouth, cuts across all the hundreds of needles, well the wind was in the back. In Leh we were 4 days.

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Сообщение от Artem

Interesting point, after his return gave me a book about Nicholas Roerich and I was surprised that he wrote the same motifs as Nicholas, that sitting on the same field.

And you and name-"Ukrainian Roerich".

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Сообщение от Artem

Then something prompted me to ask: "And I gave money to?" The boy immediately dumped into my hands all that he earned for the day. We again asked: "Why?" The boy replied: "You also have to!"

My friend, also an artist, recently visited Tibet. It seems like going the route you Artem. So, he said
"I went to the poorest countries, where people often do not have anything except a single garment that was on them. But they're always smiling, and they did not have any aggression. It's amazing, because each of us has a place to live, there are Food and nearly every family has a car, but we consider ourselves poor. Apparently, we do not know what real poverty. And what happiness we do not know "

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Сообщение от Cyril Syzranskiy

And you so-called "Ukrainian Roerich".

Perhaps unfortunately, I am indifferent to the works of Roerich.

Сообщение от Veronic

It seems like going the route with you

Hello, envy, he was there recently. But I walked without a route, aimlessly. In general, I would go further, but on the other hand, in Nepal. I thought nothing of it. But probably no longer pull.
The highest point on which I was - Taglangla Pass (5328 m), the second highest after Karakuruma, to be honest - hard, always want to sleep, but can not, you can not wake up. Pressure decreases with increasing altitude, because of this lungs fill with air, oxygen starvation, as a result - weakness, drowsiness. Since poor health is better not to try. I saw a woman taken away from a height of 4000m, it was blood from his ears, Vidocq was putrid.

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Сообщение от Artem

ill-health is better not to try. I saw a woman taken away from a height of 4000m, it was blood from his ears, Vidocq was putrid.

yes, he also invited us, but I just realized that this journey will not stretch, then going by train or by car, and so tired that day or have a rest, and in Tibet with a backpack ... it's frightening to imagine Although very much want.