Hey all... So we spent about a week in Manali, basking in the day light warmth, and shivering in the evening cold of the roof of our guest house staring into the mountains and the starry sky. On the morning of the 21th Brent and I awoke around 7am, and after a short talk about what next, decided that we would take different paths. Brent, enjoying the cold air, was to head to Dharamsala, a strong Tibetan town about 150km from Manali, and I decided to visit Rishikesh, the first city on the plains that the Ganga runs through after it escapes the Himalayan ranges. We spent the better part of that day arranging our departure. In town we booked our tickets. I was to leave the morning of the 22st on bus to Shimla, from
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