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Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Keylong July 5th 2008

If you thought that Mersea was a desolate location you should see this place (kidding i live there). We Had a fantastic journey on an air conditioned bus for 10 hours up to our location of Jispa where we set up camp at the school. It is set at 3200 meters so the acclimatisation effects started to kick in. Just walking up a hill leaves you breathless and gasping for air, 10 seconds after you have stopped and you are fine. Weird. The project started the day after we arrived. We are renovating one of the schools buildings by laying plaster, painting the walls and doors and window frames. Its a relatively large school for its nine pupils. Things have not started off well. On day one we had to see how much paint etc we ... read more

Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Keylong August 12th 2006

Next morning…the unthinkable happened…I was robbed in my Hotel room in Manali…the Hotel was bang in the middle of the city, yet my camera, mobile and wallet vanished while I was sleeping at night. (thanks to Mojitos at a quaint lovely restaurant the previous dinner, I was sleeping like a baby) Heaven help….was a camera I purchased with a lot of love. The Manali police were prompt in checking how the theft happened, but well….I haven’t got a call from them as yet. Nevertheless we set out to catch the 11.00 am bus after having half a Dimox…which thankfully our mate Guru…the medicine cum computer lover from Bangalore had remembered to get. We had no idea that a Dimox saved us from altitude sickness as we climbed from 4000 to 18000 ft and stayed over night ... read more
The trekking team

Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Keylong September 6th 2002

We stopped for a night in Kelong which was just a pretty small bus stop with some restaurants and guest rooms. Pretty muddy! We didn't end up stopping a sleeping in a tent though!... read more




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