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Hey guys,

After spending some time in Minneapolis after graduating I am off to see India. It has been something I wanted to do for a long time. 2.5 months travelling and maybe even the chance to volunteer will be amazing. From what I have read online and spoke with people about India sounds crazy. My favorite quote so far is this: India is like a Picasso. Everything is there just not in the right place. I will soon see. Feel free to email me at blgerber@gmail.com with questions or suggestions. Also if you would like to be removed from my emails just let me know (no offense will be taken).

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By blgerber
July 9th 2008

One Helluva 20 hour Jeep ride (Manali-Leh) Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir » Leh

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Let me start by saying I thought I had been through it all in India. However, nothing can prepare you for the madness that is the Manali-Leh Highway. I chose to do the drive all in one day, starting at 2 and scheduled to arrive around 7 at night. However, if you have read any of my blogs nothing is on time in India. The route begins innocent enough, climbing through Manali in the pitch black night. However, the madness starts as you ascend over the Rothang pass, which is over 12,000 feet and looms over the resort town of Manali. [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
June 28th 2008

Never fun leaving a group behind Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Manali

Me with the scarf
Me with the scarf the Karmapa lama blessed

After a bone shaking 12 hour bus ride to Manali, I realized that as much as I disliked some of the people on my study abroad, its nice having people around to talk to. Maybe that is why I was bitter at the end of my last trip through India, I spent a lot of the last days walking around by myself. While solitude is nice, so is being around fun and interesting people. I decided instead of hanging around a loud, busy hill town again (i had enough for the last 4 weeks) I booked a seat on a jeep [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
June 23rd 2008

Sleeping at the Snow Line Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Mcleod Ganj

Sunset in Shimla
Acha

It has been a long time since I last wrote. Things are going well. After a long ride to Dharmasala (or Mcleod Ganj as nobody actually stays in Dharmasala) on my birthday, we were able to go out and get pure veg sushi. It was great. Being back in Mcleod Ganj is nothing amazing. It is still the same dirty, busy western flea pit that it was a year ago. There is still cow crap, beggers, fake sadhus, all that good stuff. I am actually staying in the same hotel as last time. It is a 5 minute walk from the [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
June 9th 2008

It's raining Dosa Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Shimla

The forest

I couldn't figure out a creative title for this one. Therefore, for those of you that know me it's no surprise that this is something totally disgusting. The story begins like any other day, classes, a little bit of studying and then lunch with Grady (the other guy not staying in the hotel). So we get done having coffee and some south indian food and as we are walking up the stairs Grady goes oh crap, its raining again. I it has been raining for at least 3 hours every day in shimla (not normal for may/june). I find this wierd [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
June 2nd 2008

Masala Remix (India 2008) Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Shimla

sunset at shimla

So. . . It begins almost where I started last year. I wanted to go on a crazy journy before law school, and now I am back. Stupid? Maybe, but this time its more work than play. So I am on a legal study abroad with 20 students, 5 of them Indian from NJS Kolkotta. That has been the best part of the experience. It is also neat to be with people when they first arrive in India. The first morning we went for Chai at a roadside wallah and one of the girls was mortified that some of us would [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
May 13th 2007

Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi

Hallway in the red fort
Some of the Mughali architecture was brilliant.

Wow....... If I remember it correctly in hindi they say sub kul milcha (anything can happen but i am sure i spelled it wrong) I want to thank all of you for following me on my journey and reading the blog and commenting on the pictures and stories. This adventure has taken me places I never even dreamed about. If you asked me what i expected to feel the day i left delhi after my first day in mumbai I would have told you pure happiness. Now that I am starting to pack my bags and wrapping up some last [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
May 12th 2007

Camping at 3200 Meters in Scwagzni. Pulga and Malana Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Parvati Valley

Up at around 4,000 meters
Phil and i kept on hiking after green gave up. The path got dicey a little higher up from here but the view was great. You could see snowfields (behind me when i took this picture) and some great vall... [more]

camping..... pulga is one of the greatest places I have been in india. pulga reminded me of why i came to this great country and made me love india even more. I am pretty sure that this will be the first of many of my trips back into the himalayas. you cant help feeling the might and power that is unleashed from this place.... I want to explain the characters first: Phil: so phil is a hard working construction guy born in london (he has a very posh sounding british accent) but now lives in the spiritual south of england [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
May 5th 2007

Parbati Valley: valley of Shiva, Ganja, and never ending beauty Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Parvati Valley

Old lady
What a beutiful old lady. She just laughed and smiled a lot and i snapped a few pictures of her. This is in gagri about 1 hour trek from manikaran.

so let me start the story like this. the parbati valley really exists in some alternate reality/universe. I think you have to really come here to understand why but let me explan a little before i go deeper into this 8 day adventure. This is a place where people come to lose there minds but find themselves, everyone is a drug dealer or can get you whatever you need (Even a 5 year old child), old men and fathers take an evening chillum while they play with there children, the average family income can reach almost 80,000 usd becuase of [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
May 3rd 2007

Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Mcleod Ganj

Why does this guy have a steel poll through his face
We passed this hindu festival on the way from amritsar to dharmasala the only good thing about the bus ride. These guys had hooks through there backs and poles through there faces. Damn.....

My last night in Amritsar was really a blast. In the morning a new group of people arrived to accompany Reza (the Iranian who I found out was Kurdish) and I. There was a Swedish guy named Jus a British guy named Jeremy but he preferred to be called Jez. I got lost around town and frustrated with Indians (something I will address later on) but all and all it was a good day. We all decided to meet up at 3 to go to the Wagha border closing ceremony with Pakistan. What a blast that was. You enter the [View Full Entry]

By blgerber
April 28th 2007

Yah... Yah... I saw it The Taj and Golden Temple Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra

taj with the sun setting

So I spent a whole day... about 10 hours hanging out at the taj mahal. I left varanasi for what was supposed to be a 12 hour train ride so I would arrive in Agra in time for the sunrise and leave around midnight for Amritsar. The problem was my train was 3 hours late so I missed the sunrise and arrived at the Taj around 10 am. The crowds had not reached there peak yet but there was a decent amount of people around. Its a pretty impressive building. It does not appear as big as you think (just [View Full Entry]

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