Blogs from Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 5

All planning done… And we woke up in the morning with the news of our cab tires puncher. Start was not that good but finally we managed somehow to start out journey to Mcleodgunj by 7 am…. On music system had songs from 90’s….. Next stop was to a local dhaba in Himachal for breakfast. Had paratha and tea , clicked few pics and felt that we are going to have a lifetime experience… After all the gupshup and 90’s songs..reached Mcleodganj by 11.30 am. Packed some chocolates, chips, packet of fag and a bottle of wine and here we start our trek to TRIUND. We reached Galu Devi Temple(from here you can see distant hills with waterfalls), our first stop amidst lot of laughter and fun. Resting there for 10 minute, we again started our ... read more

April 5th, 2012 - Easter Weekend - Packed our bags for Parvati Valley n boarded VOLVO for Bhuntar. April 6th, 2012 - Morning - Reached Bhuntar and took another bus to Barshaini. Reached Barshaini around 9 AM. From here started the trek to Kheer Ganga. The terrain & landscape; and also the trek changes every 500 metres. There's a village - Narthan that falls before Rudra Nag. Met Monica (Monica Bellucci of Narthan) who tried to help us get a potter (the bag was too heavy - a good 50 kilos); but couldn't find one. Nevertheless, we were escorted by two dogs from the village to Rudra Nag. At Rudra Nag, met Indra who became our potter and didn't charge much either. The trek from Rudra Nag to Kheer Ganga is awesome. It's taxing on the ... read more

Voltunk a Tibeti Gyermekfalu iskolajaban arra tanitani a gyerekeket, hogyan lehet eldobott tejes vagy uditos dobozbol penztarcat kesziteni. Nagyon spirosportos az eletrendunk, reggelente meditacio a Tushita-ban, aztan Zoli, aki 47 eves de hajlekonysag tekinteteben 40-et letagadhatna, ma jogat tartott az erdoben, lovak es majmok tarsasagaban nyujtogattuk az izuleteinket, es minden napra jut egy kb. 10-15 km seta mely javareszt hegynek fel illetve le tortenik. Annyira belejottem, hogy megmasztam a 3000 m magas Triundot, ahonnan mar csak karnyujtasnyira tunt az 5500 m-es havas csucs, de oda legalabb egy jo bakancs megegy jegcsakany kellett volna. Meg meg vagy 6 ora. Midegy, majd legkozelebb. Az ut a Triund-ra gyonyoru volt, vegig a hegy oldalaban. Fent pedig a felho alja a hajamat borzolta, a sasok hatat felulrol lattam es mellem szegodott egy nagy kutya is utitarsul. Atkoltoztunk Dharamkot... read more

Bucsut vettunk baratainktol, az angol Paul-tol es a brazil Marcella-tol, es a haridwar-i vonatallomas fele indultunk autoriksaval Rishikesh-bol, de Hanuman szuletesnapjat ( Isten eltesse :) valami helyi sajatossagkent, tobbek kozott irdatlan forgalmi dugoval unnepeltek a helybeliek, igy a vonatot mar csak tavoztaban sikerult meg egy bucsupillantasra elkapnunk. Haridwar-ban toltottunk egy ejszakat es mivel vonatjegyet csak jo elore lehet szerezni, egyetlen opciokent bevallaltunk egy 12 oras ejszakai buszutat egy helyi jaraton egy Kangra nevu helyre ahol dekkoltunk hajnalban vagy masfel orat es innen mar csak meg 1.5 ora buszozas volt Dharamsala, ahonnan mar csak ujabb felora Mcleod Ganj ( most itt vertunk tanyat egy nehany napra ). Az utak helyenkent aknarobbantasi ovezetre emlekeztettek, a hegyi szakaszt pedig meg lehet, hogy jobb is , hogy nem lattuk. Mindegy, azt hittem, hogy rosszabb ... read more

KALKA TO SHIMLA ON THE NARROW GUAGE RAILWAY, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA. Friday 6 April, 2012. We were up early and collected by Mr Barun who took us to Delhi railway station. We were travelling light again with only a backpack each. Mr Barun negotiated with a youth to take us to the platform and get us on the train. We could have done this ourselves but the deal had already been struck. We travelled first class to Kalka where there was a guy waiting for us. He showed us to the correct platform where the train was waiting and found our carriage and seats on the narrow guage train (known locally is the 'toy train') to Shimla. We were booked on the Himalayan Queen. Our seats were already occupied by an obese Indian teenager. She moved ... read more