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Sorry for the delay in my first post. I probably spent an hour trying to remember my google username and password tovsign in on blogger. Anyways Bhutan i just want to say is an amazing place. When i first stepped off of the jet i was thoroughly amazed. I looked at pictures and videos of bhutan before my trip but the views of the mountains and trees did not compare. Bhutan is the most beautiful place i have ever seen. Thats saying something since i have been fortunate enough to have seen a lot of the world. We flew from la to tokio and then from tokio to bangkok. Then we stopped at the top of India before entering the kingdom of Bhutan.when we stopped in India i thought we arrived in Bhutan and was very disapointed to see no mountains and no trees. I was relieved when i was told that this was India and we werent staying here. Everday has been an adventure and been a blast because of the guys i have had the privedge of going on this trip with. The people here are so friendly and the respect and hospitality they have shown us is unbelievable. So far we have not been teaching as many bball camps as i thought we would have at this point of the trip. But when doors close better ones always open. Inatead we have just been hanging out with the kids at various schools. Kids flock up to u and are always so happy to see u. The respect in this country is unbelivable. All of the kids when running up to u would say hi sir! Or good morning sir! These kids have brought joy to my life. We have also gotten the privledge of playing some games against the national team of bhutan and a locak university. I thought i could jandle the elevation since i am in pretty good shape but nope the first run down the court i knew i was in trouble. Luckily ee had quality subs like game guy to give each other some breaks. Often on breaks u would want to just leave the gym and just sit down and enjoy the surroundings. I could just sit for hours and enjoy the beauty while thinking about life and its grandour. Our hotel is nice and we have a personal driver thst we nicknamed bob. Many of mornings i just enjoy walking in the city streets and enjoy the culture and the frendliness of the people. Tomorrow we willl be leaving to go east from the capital where we have stayed so far. More adventures and jokes i know are ahead of us and am lookong forward to it. Already we have done so much and met so many new people to call our journey a sucsess. I have learned so much about the culture which has been great which includes go's which are the clothes the people wear (many of our team purchased a set and look great in them i might add), some words of respect that sound a little funny, and the charachter of the people. The kids today at the camp wanted our autographs. How crazt is that. I wanted their autographs because of the amount of respect they shown me. I will fight on! Just like usc until next time...