Dharamsala

Dharamsala is the city very close to Himalayas. The city itself is in the mountains and has a beautiful view. As it is so close to the border of Tibet it does not look like a typical Indian city. Although you still see many cows on the streets there are much more Tibetans than Indians.
The place is well known as Dalai Lama was born nearby. They have a beautiful monastery there (it is not very old one but still is beautiful). Every morning monks come to worship Buddha. First they come to the temple and have to go 3 times around it because 3 is a magical number. During these 3 rounds they go and spin some kind of barrels with mantras. Afterwards they find a place to sit and wait till one of the monks start reading mantras loud. The others can either join or just listen. Mantras are read loud to prevent different disasters and help monks to meditate.
After they finish they are given food. We had in the morning Tibetan bread and typical Butter tea. Butter tea is salty.
The other beautiful thing you can find there is a wonderful waterfall and the Tibetan museum. It is nice museum and it tries to show the reality of Chinese and Tibetan relationships. Because Tibetans are not free and could not keep their traditions and culture many of them flee to India. That is why there are so many Tibetans staying in Dharamsala.
The life of monks also differs. In Tibet, monks are dependent on their family, friends or other relatives. They can become monks anytime but the minimum age is 12. Monks are not allowed to work, their job is to worship Buddha and pray for preventing disasters. Monks in India, on the other hand, can work. Some of them have their sponsors and they are not so much dependent on their family and friends.
People in Dharamsala are very nice and polite, they are smiling and they are enjoying their life. That is what I loved about the city.