I AM ALIVE! 4 Lane Highway?

I AM ALIVE!

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August 15th 2008
August 10, 2008 I left for Manali at 2:00 am Sunday morn…..and I cannot even begin to describe the ride. There were 11 of us in mini-bus with a Ladakhi driver. I started out excited and optimistic on my new adventure through the Himalayas and through the highest mountain pass in the world. By 6 am I was freezing literally. My toes were so cold I could not feel them anymore. I wore as many lay ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more