Chelsea Hotel Manali

Main Model Town Manali, Himachal Pradesh, 175131, India

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Back in the CH?

A travel blog entry by eladnelvire

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... caravan had similar graffitis).
The mucky black boulders we are (still) digging up from our nostrils and the tarish water that came out of our clothes in yesterday's laundry are testimony to the amount of dust and smoke that was is in the air all along the ride. Fully equipped with inflatable travel pillows, ear plugs and eye covers we managed to get intervalled 10 minute sleep sessions. Needless to ...

Hired a guide this time and he got us lost!

A travel blog entry by matt.s.wise

... my porter as well. As will become evident later on, this was a good idea.

The fact that I did manage to get a guide actually turned out to be a mixed blessing. Here is how the day unfolded.

There was apparently a shortcut to Tosh off the main path along the north side of the Parvati River; this seemed like a sensible route if it meant that we didn't have to go almost all the way to Barsheni before heading north to Tosh, so this was what was ...

My first time paragliding

A travel blog entry by matt.s.wise

... and me. A pick-up truck ride took us all (just!) to the Solang Valley where the paragliding takes place. From the valley floor we needed to get to the launching area some way up the side of the hill. The options are: a 45 minute uphill hike; a cable car up for an extortionate 400 rupees (nearly 6GBP); or a 25 minute horse ride up for 250 rupees (about 3.50GBP). It was already about midday and the best time to catch the thermals is mid-to-late morning, so ...

Jhatingri Barot Kotikohad Luhardi

A travel blog entry by indianature

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... belt. In the harsh winters they are an effective overcoat. Most of the local ladies were wearing these in a drop box houndstooth pattern, some had bright red or Kullu style woven borders. The ladies told us we could see them being woven in nearby Luhardi.

Back at Barot, we took a walk to the small reservoirs of ...

Camp Bollywood

A travel blog entry by marsie80

... day was our last day of clinic. We drove about an hour up into the hills to get to our site, and then sat for a while watching a couple of the boys in our group kick around a soccer ball with a steadily growing group of small boys from the village, while we waited for patients to start trickling in. I was in the peds tent that morning, and our biggest complaint by far was "teeth pain," due to the fact that almost none of the kids even owned a toothbrush. Luckily, our pharmacy ...

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