Hotel Angels Inn Manali

La prima impressione non era sbagliata. Manali sembra una localita' di villeggiatura dell'alto adige, naturalmente non tenendo in considerazione la spazzatura. Il centro cittadino e' un'isola pedonale piena di negozi, ristoranti, bar e addirittura una discoteca. E' pieno di turisti indiani, tutti apparentemente benestanti, ingioiellati e firmati dalla testa ai piedi una buona parte. L'atmosfera e' davvero rilassata e tutto e' comodo, ci sono gli internet point ogni 200 m e ancora piu ...

We,ve been pretty busy since last time. We travelled from Shimla to Manali, through the Kullu Valley, the Valley of the Gods. The scenery made the train journeys seem very tame. We were on the coach for 10 hours, but it felt like much less. An hour into the journey we had to make a pit stop in a roadside garage to have a puncture repaired. Just so happened to be a Kwik Fit at hand (see picture).
We arrived in Manali to be greeted by a happy little ...

... selle koha peal teed ei ole, jääb selgusetuks, kustkohast see sinna küll kukkus.
Hakkame vaatama ringi sileda st tasase, soovitavalt rohelise ja jõe lähedal oleva telkimispaiga järgi. Puud kadusid nimelt juba ammu silmapiiri taha, rohtu mõnes kohas veel on. Viimaks jääme pidama kohta, kus jõgi on küll eemal kanjonis, aga kuna meil vett on lademes, siis pole sellest suurt lugu. Kanjonis on loodusjõud tekitanud mingid hiiglaslikke hambaid meenutavad teravikud. Enne visati Martti ...

Don't ask why I haven't written in so long. I really haven't been doing much! Kasol was very laid back and cold. Everything Israeli Israeli Israeli....I did get to practice my Hebrew reading though! I traslated everything for Barbara. I did a couple of 'excursions'. After the hot springs day Babba took us on another adventure to the town of Tosh. I heard so much about it from some of the locals and he offered us a free ride so why not? After 3 days of rain we ...

... a lot of fun. I got a lot of hand made cards and some chocolate, earrings, an anklet, and some Indian sweets. By 10 we were all exhausted and headed back to Will, Eric, and Summer's apartment. We all sat around and talked for a while. Eric had promised me in my birthday card that he would write me a song, so he played his guitar and sung it for me then. It was really cute and I enjoyed it a lot. We then all spent the night at their apartment-it was a great 20th birthday!

... at promoting liberation in Tibet, although their cries fall upon deaf ears. No one hears them, yet they still persist. They have a cause, a purpose, a belief in which they are (peacefully) fighting for. What do I believe in? What do I find is worth fighting for? Mother Theresa once said "What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less ...

... of plastic chairs a coffee table and a single bed/couch made from plywood, the kitchen (very small and very primitive) was at one end and doubled up as the bathroom although there was no running water there (I don't think) just a bucket and a concrete slab that served as the shower tray??....although when we came back later in the day we did notice most people seemed to bathe outside using a ...

... to boast about when I get home is having visited Everest Base Camp. (I'll probably usually fail to draw attention to the fact that it was the one in Tibet - not the one in Nepal; the lower one which it's possible to drive to - not the higher one which involves hard trekking.) Given the similarities - a high road-trip undertaken by a rapidly-assembled collection of strangers in the Himalayan region - the expedition begs comparison with the Lhasa to Nepali border trip. Well, in Tibet we ...

... that statement... In Tibetan culture, women can not be ordained, women wear aprons and different ornaments to show they are married, women can not complete the death ceremonies/rites, etc, etc. He also spoke about the richness of our ancestors knowledge and that authentic Tibetan Buddhism means all beings are treated with respect and love and in this way men and women must be equals. Anyway, it was VERY interesting! I loved today! The ...

We said goodbye to our driver Khan last night at the Dehli railway station after spending 12 days together touring Rajasthan. We travelled almost continuously for the past two days since leaving Jaisalmer in western Rajasthan to arrive now in Shimla in northern India. What a contrast between these two places. Jaisalmer is in a hot, dry, dusty (very, very dusty) desert that is mostly flat with just some small hills and sand dunes. Shimla is a mountain town perched on a ridge with deep ...