Holiday Inn Manali
Prini, Manali Naggar Hwy. Manali, Himachal Pradesh, 175131, India
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Above the "Trash Line"
Ahh Manali-gorgeous green mountains, sunshine, cool breezes, river running over rocks in a deep valley...people living off the land and worshiping their local Gods in shamanic ceremonies as they've done for thousands of years. My favorite place in India so far (except for Hampi), looks very much like Oregon. Here there is escape from the chaos, the noise and the air pollution, and even the trash, however, ...
Stoner town of Manali
... and looks for the ultimate truth. It is called Shanti tourism – basically chill out, do nothing, think about life, read a couple of books. In the first few hours I was a witness of a major "hash" deal and learnt a whole deal about various types of halucinogenes and their optimal doses :) Dymitr, a bloke from Moscow, who looks like he's probably escaping a sentence back in Russia told us: "30 mg of DMT inhale, yes. In Moscow I take 100 mg through needle" :) ...
Rama's Head Massage
I awoke to a lovely sunny day and some local masseurs who had come to the garden persuaded me to have a head massage. My masseur, Rama, used jasmine oil with which he gave my head such a good energising workout. I told him to be gentle, no rough stuff for me. He vigourously massaged my head for a long time, which had been agreed at a price of 100 rupees, and then he progressed to my neck and arms, and even though I kept saying enough I just surrendered to ...
Solang Valley and 80's Ski-wear.
Blog writer: Dan
Time: 15:03
We got an early rise today so we could get down to Manali town to meet our driver/guide for our trek to Marhi. Initially I was concerned about whether we would get any breakfast on the way as the people in Manali are super chilled. They don’t seem to open shop until, whenever they like really. We found a place on the way down that was open called ‘The German Bakery’. As you can imagine it was nothing like a ...



