Manali

Manali

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June 13th 2006
10 hours from Shimla we reach the hill station of Manali, staying in a small guest house on the edge of the river with snow peak moutains viewable from the back yard. Awesome views, awesome food, yet not so awesome cause I lost my camera and all its photos. Anyway things like that happen and I'll just buy a new one. Off to Leh today at 2am, 18 hours by jeep even further up the himalayan mout ... 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