Hotel Jessica Manali

... music got annoying. Anku and two others guided me through the bush to a remote waterfall at the top of a steep incline of loose scree. I would say it was a five or six hour trip ending with masala noodles at the top, great fun, but i stupidly forgot to bring my camera.

We then went out to old manali and found it pretty quiet, apart from some street ritual with just old women dancing. nice!

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Vashisht, Himachal Pradesh, India henry.pincott

... our chef, horseman and horses. We had 3 horses, a guide, a chef and a horseman to look after us for the duration.
The trek was mostly uphill for 2.5 days and downhill for the rest. The food was outstanding (3 course breakfasts, packed lunches and huge trekking dinners at the end of the day), the guide took us to his house and we shared chai with his family and the views were also pretty good. We made it to 4500m on the 3rd day after climbing up a ...

... tulemusena lähima künka taha. Mõne aja pärast ilmuvad uuesti, seekordne rünnak saab nimeks "The return of the lambs".
Kui päike on mäe taha kadunud, installeerime ennast telkidesse. Martti võitleb veel mõnda aega lammastega. Kõrgus mõjub inimestele erinevalt, Kaarlel on väga lõbus, Anu üritab Marttit veenda, et lambad on ka inimesed. Minu arust oleme meie võõral territooriumil. Lamame lausa teiste söögilaual.
Terve öö kostab vahelduva eduga vaikne määgimine. Korra tibab ka vihma.

Hey, nach 16 Stunden Fahrt in einem zur abwechslung mal komfortablen Nachtbus haben wir gestern Mittag Manali erreicht. Manali ist zur zeit noch sehr ruhig, da die Saison fuer diese Stadt erst im April beginnt. Viele Laeden sind geschlossen und die Guest houses stehen leer. Von unserem Zimmer, das uns gerade mal 2 euro am Tag kostet und einen Zimmerservice umfasst haben wir einen atemberaubenden Blick auf die ...

... day. The main event of the day was going Zorbing. For those of you who don't know (I'm pretty sure its all of you) Zorbing is getting into a giant inflatable sphere, getting strapped in and rolling down a mountain. I know it sounds very ridiculous, and I assure you, it is. So we took a taxi to a Zorbing place which was very pretty. All six of us zorbed and then we went back. We had another relaxing day of walking around, until we found out that ...

Ask anyone who has ventured to India and they often express an attitude of "you either love it or you hate it...and often it's a mixture of both." Right now I'd say I'm in the loathing phase of my relationship with India. I've been sick with the flu for the last 4 days, suffering from high fevers, bodyaches, cough, congestion, immense headaches, and have generally been miserable. Fortunately, I'm now recovering ...

This has certainly turned into a bike-maintenance mission, that's for sure. But that's no matter for the person who has patience. Not saying I do, but maybe for someone who was it might be no trouble. Seriously though, I don't mind at all, there will be plenty of miles to cover whenever I get out of here. The Box Man hasn't been able to get the proper sheet steel to make the custom boxes for the luggage rack, I've had a decent hemorrhoid trying to get said rack ...

... down, mostly just of general old age. I am grateful that my parents have decided to hold off on the memorial service until Matt and I return from our trip in November. It is very patient that they wait; thank you Mom and Dad! Among other memories, I will think of my Grandmother waiting at the window for our family to arrive for visits. As far back as I can remember I could see her smiling face in the window as we'd pull up. The permanence of that chair ...

... and all of a sudden all of the participants stood up and in walked THE PRIME MINISTER OF TIBET!!! Are you kidding me??? The Prime Minister of Tibet!!! He spoke to us for almost an hour! He is a learned monk and very respected. He surprised me by some of the things he said... He said that Gender was not an issue in the past for Tibetans and is now an issue due to Western influence...YIKES! I wondered if Tibetan women would have agreed ...

... falling away on either side. The hills are covered in lush vegetation and the summer temperature is comfortably cool - probably why the British made this their summer capitol. The trip in between the two cities took two full days and was quite interesting. Jaismailer was so hot and dusty (no rain for two years) that it was impossible not to be covered in dust continually. Since we had opted for the (cheaper) non air conditioned car dust blew into everything continually. Even ...