Wednesday

A quiet morning for Ama-la, then after lunch we explored the London Underground and went to visit the folks at Free Tibet Campaign who had asked for a talk by ama-la about her experiences and the situation in Tibet. They have a lovely office and quite a few staff and volunteers. Strange, but Ama-la seemed to talk more about Art Refuge and the children than her time in prison, which I think is what they wanted to hear more of. And some of them didn't know about us so I was asked to explain about the charity more at the end. Ama-la was presented with a huge bouquet of flowers afterwards, much to her surprise, and I was presented with a gorgeous plant, much to my surprise (Tsering got a t. shirt)!



And that evening we went out for a drive which we thought was going to be a short one, to Hitendra's sisters' house for dinner...but got caught up in traffic and didn't arrive till an hour and a half later- oops! Luckily, Meena was very understanding and it had given her time to make an outstanding feast and to organise her husband and sons! There was so much food (and I fell in love with her cauliflower curry -it was divine!) Hitendra's mum and dad were there too, and his mum felt a special bond with Ama-la- they made a lovely pair. And after it all, poor Hitendra drove us all the way home again- going out of his way to take me over the other side of London where I was staying. He is such a poppet!