Mini Swiss Khajjiar

... taxi (Mohan's son) to see places around. We visit at Kiber - the world's highest vialge they say. Then we come to Ki Gompa - a very old one - Dalai Lama visited there some 5 times! On the way back Mohan's son asks me if I know how jet engine work. I answer something unclear. The guy wants to build a bike with a jet engine, so we spend some 20 minutes on the internet trying to figure out how to make a simple jet ...

... happens daily.


It began with a blood curdling scream from the deep fog from my right.



Before I knew what was happening the only other person on the road, a woman who up until that moment had been quietly sweeping her stoop, was shutting and bolting the door of her house behind her.



The next thing I knew a ball of fighting monkeys was rolling down the center of the path directly at me. In a flash ...

... mmend*b enn*st üsn* pe*, koht koosneb pe*miselt kolmest tän*v*st j* isegi lehm v*ntsib p*rem* idee puudumisel ed*si-t*g*si. Võib enn*st muidugi lõbust*d* koh*like f*nt**si*g* om* ärile nime p*nemisel, näiteks Lucky Th*ngk* või Shiv* Chicken Corner... Siin m**ilm*j*os om*nd*b *l*ti p**ri päev*g* koh*like eeskujul mingi erilise loiv*v* kõnn*ku.
T*g*si hotellis, ürit*n lõpuni l*hend*d* s*nskriti keele kodust üles*nnet. Selgub ...

... Among a lot of other instances, seeing these modernized Tibetan Buddhists really shows just how strong and genuine the Tibetan culture is. With all the opportunities provided for refugees in the McLeod Ganj area, an unrestricted Tibetan society has flourished that has maintained both its deep cultural identity and a communication with the globalizing world.

Seeing this kind of Tibetan culture was the main reason we came to McLeod Ganj but we would find that the ...

... him as a child everyt ime he left his palace in Lhasa - the scores of holy men and officials that walked in front of him, the decorated animals and his own yellow-cloaked staff. Things have changed, and now it was only five cars. Four were large army SUVs full of men in lay clothes and a few soldiers. But the second in the procession was a small, four-door sedan with a guard jogging on ...

... nearest peak, sometimes following the paths and other times making our own, trekking through the forest and scrambling over the rocks. It was a great first hike and after reaching a lookout and taking a breather, we headed down following the roads, that as unimaginable as it seems, cars and trucks travel everyday to take goods and people to the houses and homes high on the mountains sides. We've not only had the company of each other, but also the family that lives on the ...

... we're in the wrong place since there should have been a stream of other bicyclists through here recently. Whatever, they're friendly, we pitch the tent, start making dinner, and then decide they can cook much better and faster than we can. It's a wonderful thing about India for us vegetarians that even in the middle of nowhere, we can get a very good, filling, meal of rice, Dal, curried vegetables, and chapati. Just as a bonus, it rarely costs more than $5 for the ...

... which apparently bypasses a lot of the previous problems on the road. I checked out of the innerline at a checkpost, then took an 8 km side trip to see a 1000 year old mummy, found in a farmer's field. It's housed in a small shrine in the middle of a military encampment, which is there to protect the border.If one continued up the valley, you could reach Tibet fairly soon. There is trading back and forth by the locals from both sides of the border. I'm not sure if it's legal or ...

... How could they be charged for a dog? In my opinion, the should have been more worried about the fate of the dog in Kaza. Anyway - the right thing happened. The dog got booted off the bus and probably went back to beeing cooed and coddled by a new batch of guests at the hotel. We were dropped off at the main Spiti Valley Highway, which is more of a gravel 1.5 lane road. Before the next bus to Tabo came, we were able to catch a ride in a Jeep.

... meet the Dalai Lama were squashed since he is sick and not taking visitors. I've elected to stay behind. I just didn't' feel it was wroth my time to take the 10 hour ride up and barely spent a full 24 hours there before I would have to take an even longer bus ride back to Delhi to catch a flight to get back to Mumbai. They guys are staying until the seventeenth so they have the time. It is sad to have to say goodbye, especially since Dave, Jesse and I have ...