2nd Dec. - Sydney. DALAI LAMA.

The second day of teaching. H.H. on good form. Very witty and self efacing. There were many Tibetans in the audience and some traditional singing and dancing.

Paula & Jake had been galivanting around Sydney during the day, then in the evening we went to the Opera House to the first night of 'Good Evening'.
This was Shaun Micallef and Stephen Curry doing a rehash of Peter Cook & Dudley Moores old sketches. It was brilliant. Brought it all back to me.

Intermission champagne outside the Opera House.

1st Dec. - To Sydney. DALAI LAMA.

Paula, Jake & I flew to Sydney the day before. Staying at Darling Harbour.

His Holiness was giving a 2 day teaching on 'Awakening the Mind' by considering an old text by Nagarjuna.
Fascinating stuff with considerations of sleep, coma, trance, death - just like my anaesthetics really.


In the evening we got on the Manly ferry and went over to a restaurant called 'Hugo's' where we met up with Joe & Jude Boninton and their 2 girls Edie & Honor.
An excellent evening of talking about the Annapurna trip over beer and pizza.
Hugo's at Manly