Hotel Sitara International Manali

... hours moving the pictures from the cameras into iPhoto. Everyone were thrilled with the face detection, etc. &#8232;Then I went to the waterfall, it's not bad and worth the trip, but I came almost with the sunset, and it was kind of dark, at least for picture taking. On the way back home I was really not sure whether to get more stuff from Mango Baba. Eventually decided that this will give me more freedom. <br>I called again ...

The city of Manali, Himachal Pradesh is pretty much a backpacker's place, with two villages (Old Manali and Vashisht) completely catering to the community. In Indian mythology the area is quite important, it is said to be the place where the sage Manu recreated human life after surviving a great flood aboard an Ark. But while many Indian tourists travel here for that reason, most western travelers are interested in something a little different. Manali is home to quite a few ...

The journey from Amritser to McLeod Ganj was one for the record books! We initially got a train to Patankhot which went smoothly. We were sitting beside an aussie for the 3 hours and it trurned out he visited Ireland a few years ago and stayed in Westmeath in a town called Castlepollard in a castle called Tullynally Castle - which is about 1 mile from where I'm from so small world! After we got to Patankhot we had to wait for a few ...

... a few days and relax after a lot of travelling in our buddhist monastry for about 75p each per night! It has such a peaceful atmosphere and felt very welcoming. Watched sunrise over the mountains after our very bumpy 12 hr bus ride up here and have spent much of the day pottering the stalls which we could do endlessy!

... walking &amp; trekking, zorbing, horse riding, helicopter flights...... I liked Minali and after finding a room for 150 rupees, nearly 2pound with hot water, a huge double bed, view of snow capped mountains and huge comfortable bed I decided I was going to give paragliding a go and possibly stay for a while to learn. I waited a couple of days as there was snow and rain, preventing me from flying ...

... appearance and typically overpriced, it lacked the scenery of the Parvati Valley or the feel and opportunities of Rishikesh. If you replace the yoga and fruit shakes with TV bars and chillum, you're about there. The only vaguely interesting thing that happened while I was there was the colourful parade of the local gods up through the main street of town to the hot springs in the temple. After two days, I was more than happy to be moving on.

... mind. Below is a passage on letting go of the fantasy of afterlife in all it's forms, and through the resultant freedom being able to make the most of this life. After all (at least I know this in my heart) it is the very only one we have, so there is no reason to make it unpleasant with bad feeling or deed. (Also when I start to spout philosophical, it usually means I have been in one place long enough to start thinking too much again. . . ) "True freedom is ...

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... them. They gave me a lift to clinic where I had a drip for another 3 hours until my arm swelled and I cried with pain, it was awful. Thankfully, however, I had started to feel better. Now, a few days later, I feel much better. They gave me so much medication, I am now taking about 8 pills after each meal. I still get waves of nausea and my stomach is constantly bloated like a balloon...we think it is the bacteria giardia because a couple of ...

... musicians performed a few feet away (the puppeteer had an entire stage set up with lighting). At one point the puppeteer asked for a female volunteer from the audience. No avoiding that one! At the end of each "performance" the performers stood around until we gave them a tip. We susupect they were all friends or family of the hotel owner. The next day we drove to Delhi. This too was a chalenge due to flooding caused by the monoons. Many roads were closed, so our driver took us ...