Blogs from Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 110

This southern most district of Himachal Pradesh is on the Shivalik Mountain Ranges. This part of the state is most neglected and started coming up in the tourist map very recently. As I am associated to the health profession, I went there to attend some medical camps. I was quite lucky to go thrice and seen a lot of the area and quite remote places.This camps are arranged by a local farmers society - THE HATI KISAN SANGH and the only QUALIFIED SURGEON to come out of that place DR. SUPA RAM CHAUHAN , who is a renowned Surgical Spealist with ESI HOSPITAL ,NEW DELHI. Though the roads are not so good in some places to very bad roads in other areas, but now it is being replaced by good roads. The main tourist places are ... read more

let the pics tell you the story --- trip to Sangla in kinnaur valley in Himalayas and beyond --- ... read more

Alors avant toutes choses : Laissez-moi vous presenter Chandra... C'est une jeune francaise de 23 ans que j'ai rencontree dans l'avion : nous etions cote a cote jusqu'au Kuwait, et allions dans la meme direction : Delhi. Ses parents sont d'anciens Baba Cool qui sont partis en Inde dans les annees 70, se sont convertis a l'hindouisme puis sont revenus en France, ont eu un enfant qu'ils ont naturellement appele : Chandra... Lune, en Hindi. Elle est tres gentille et ce n'est pas pour elle non plus une premiere, l'Inde. Elle reste 3 mois... Elle avait donc le projet apres son arrivee a Delhi de venir a Mc Leod Gang, 9 KM de Daramshala, et je l'ai suivi... car ca faisait un bail que je voulais venir ici, mais que l'occasion s'etait pas presentee. C'est donc ... read more

to kashmir or not to kashmir? that is the question. newspapers and book say it's too dangerous. but no one that we have talked to says that it is. in fact, they all rave about it - locals and foreigners alike. and, we must admit that we're enjoying the weather up here. a lot. cool clear days, no humidity, and nights cool enough for a sheet and blanket (blanket and comforter for allielle). the thought of dying in the heat further south keeps us here and the northernmost state of india, more mountains, snow, and highland deserts lure us. bombings and shootings deter us. part of me says que sera sera. the other part says don't be dumb. the battle continues because, as i said before, i'd rather be taking my chances in india than "safe" ... read more

DOLLY LLAMA LO --- also known as why we love zoe: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Zoe To: mollybaade@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Thank you for entering your contact details and ohmigosh are you guys ok? have you recovered? please say you don't have disentery or anything. I read too many travel novels than aregood for my imagination. lb says that in baton rouge there arehurricanes. good lord, i am going to have to pull together a lot ofmagic to keep y'all in once piece.met the dalai lama yet? hope your stalker training at bryn mawr willhelp you out. tell arielle that I am pushing for your meeting the dear ole dalai. i think that is how it is spelled. I am really tempted just to spell it dolly llama. but he might misenterpret that as disrespect. though i think the ... read more