Tourist Hotel Manali

... some minutes to an Austrian guy, he told me about getting frostbite on his foot while climbing some 6k here.. oh-oh... 
Having learned from the last time I taken a front seat, the one by the window - there were two people sitting next to the driver. (The man in the middle had to sit just in the middle - with the gear stick stuck between his legs, not that it bothered him:). And here we go, off to Manali. Now I'm a veteran in mountain passing - got all the ...

... We walked through a quick market, got hassled a bit, past giant rabbits and lambs, which we were meant to find amazing and complete unlike anything we'd ever seen 2 million times in wales. To a hindu shrine with loads of tusks on it. Again, I don't have pictures but Tom does. Afterwards, charlie and michael went on a merry go round. just for giggles. and we walked back to the hotel for lunch times. curry.<br>After lunch, we were ...

... in "Ya, you look very Israeli"...ya thanks I know. I really wanted to walk out and enjoy the view that I could kinda see from the window but it would be rude... After a few hours Babba was ready to go. It had rained on and off while we were in the hut but it stopped. We headed down, thinking we are leaving but no, alas, he had another friend at another place he wanted to visit "one meenute, no problem" o.k we go. This place was a small building with a ...

Do you ever rediscover words that you haven't used for a long time or have never really used in conversation? I do, for instance: enamored. I was not enamored to Mandi, or to Manali for that matter... Ill start with Mandi, I actually left the day after I arrived there, I only wanted to do one thing which was visit Rewalsar lake as a day trip from Mandi, but it seems the further from large cities you get the more erratic and unpredictable the local transport becomes. I wanted to ...

... dexterity in my fingers and the pain relented slightly. The roads was bad but much easier going down hill as the power was there when it was needed, there were also some great stretches off road which really help keep morale up as they were beautiful and so much fun to ride on. I approached a couple more passes which were only about 3000metres but still huge compared with anything I have ever seen before but they didn't even have names. I noticed ...

... my generation we get a small pension." Reminding me of the Vedic logic he seemed resigned to accept the natural order of things, from privatization schemes to climate change. He went on to instruct us in the Vipassana meditation method. Like most meditation instructors I've encountered he spoke as if he was reading from a book. "...Place your awareness on the area above the mouth but below the nose as you breathe naturally with your ...

... the place and its sacred hot springs. Nate and Lloyd managed to get to the hot springs in the morning as I tried to recuperate in the hotel. I did manage to drag myself over in the evening, though while they took a second plunge. It was HOT in the hot tub! I think we were extremely close to being boiled alive. My sperm count probably has yet to recover. It took ...

... morning we walked in warming sunshine along the contours of the hills - not exactly a trek, but it's too cold for us wusses to do anything involving a night outside! Back in Manali, we took a trip up the Rohtang Pass which was spectacular at an altitude of about 4000m. We were fortunate with the weather as it is often closed due to snow at this time of year, and indeed, at the top we ...

... her here, and indeed in india. Last night, after 4 days she waved at me from the bus window, goodbye for now, and beginning her journey back to the tight-***** country of Germany. Perhaps we shall meet again, who knows? The world is both large and small, and life is long. One does tend to miss another a bit after sharing so much time and experience with each other, but when something ends, another thing begins. Farewell Linda, and Godspeed! Spent the evening ...