Mandav Mandi
Himachal Pradesh Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, N7 0AH, India
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Baijnath
... to buy it on the way back as we would have to pass this road again. Reluctantly I agreed. In the car, he said it would have been insulting to the seller if he had said that it was not good quality, besides he would give me the best of "desi Kangra tea" as he called it, from his father's patch.
On the way we were delighted to discover ...
Shakra Rohanda Mandi Jogindernagar
... for that.
We decided to go towards Mandi and Jogindernagar next. We had to pass Pangana again, being the better of the two roads to Rohanda [Rohangalu]. Somewhere near Jhungi, we spied not one but two of the Pangana style old temples in a small village called Shaakra. As we got out of the car, a very ...
Tashi Delek from Bir!
... to see the Tibetan community work together to help one of their elders. Normally in the Indian and Tibetan culture, children take care of their elders, but this was a special case because she is a nun and never had kids. I gave primary care to babies, kids, monks, and adults. But when tea-time came around twice a day, it was drop everything and drink tea (and the patient would have to wait, but often got a cup of tea also.) One trait ...
Sakya Temple and Paragliders
... who have no chance of an escape.
When we ventured out again, we strolled out of the village, past tea gardens with prayer flags fluttering over them, further out to the terraces of wheat and grazing animals, all so picturesque with the snowy mountains beyond, shepherdesses with their livestock, people picking the wheat, and that landing area for the paragliders, on a grassy verge.
For now, there were no paragliders so ...
Camp Bollywood
... expanse of terraced green fields, and eventually wound our way along a path that descended toward the river where our tents lay waiting. The hike was supposed to take about 5 hours, and drop us out at a point on the road about 12k from our camping site, where we would be met by the cars. Unfortunately, the previous rainfall once again came back to haunt us, and we arrived at the meeting point more or less on time to discover that the cars couldn't make it through because of a ...


