Mandi, India

... in time to jump on a moving bus that was leaving early. This was our first opportunity to see the countryside. Journeys in India are slow, Mandi is only 140km away but it takes 6 hours. On average 25km an hour! Saying that, the bus drivers drive like ...

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... - the Raj Mahal palace. A pleasant - if slightly run down place - however it is owned by the Maharajah of Mandi. Dusty guns and swords hang from the walls, the food is lovely the the elderly Maharajah chats with guests over dinner. Cambridge ...

... it, after not long, there was only about 50km left, the way my luck was going this could take a couple of hours and it was now dark and raining so decided to call it a day and stop in Mandi which was used to be a trading stop on the old salt road to Tibet.

... the "deluxe" bus  to Mandi and some psychotic driving from this young arrogant driver, we arrived at Mandi's disorganized bus station. (India is just organized chaos). So we packed myself, Janet and David and all of our stuff including David's guitar ...