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                            Michael Smith
                             
                             
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                             Travel, buddhism, adventure 
                             
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                           |   I was born in Birmingham, England.  Educated at Cambridge and studied Microbiology and Clinical Biochemistry.  In 1980 visited India to travel for six months and in 1981 had a private audience with His Holiness Dalai Lama and stayed in Dharamsala to establish a medical laboratory at the Tibetan Delek Hospital.  In 2006 I retired to Dharamsala, India, where I now live permanently.  Spend my time studying Buddhism, writing, travelling and playing music. 
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 |   | Thailand
  
                   I arrived in Thailand two weeks ago, after living in Northern India for the past three years its a nice change to come to somewhere where things, ermmm, shall we say work!
Don't get me wrong here I love India, it's a great place to live a... ( from ...) 
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 |   | The Magic Yak
  
                   The Story of the Magic Yak
In August/September 2007 I undertook a trek starting in Pargham Kashmir and ending in Lama Yuru Zanskar. The trek took about 20 days in all and traversed nine passes all above 16,000ft. Now I’m hardly what o... ( from ...) 
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 |   | Trekking The Path
  
                   This is my first book, I'd appreciate some objective reviews as I'm trying to get published.
TREKKING THE PATH
Michael Smith © 2008
Synopsis
This is the true story of a spiritual journey combined with a very rea... ( from ...) 
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                                              Trekking The Path by 
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                                            True story about a high altitude trek across 9 passes in 21 days through Zanskar and Ladakh. The book decsribes how a reluctant trekker experienced hardship both physical and mental and relates this to 'practical' Buddhist philosophy.  
                                        17 Oct 2008
                                            
                                        
 
                                      
                                       
                      
                      
  
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