from Manali to Leh

in the Kingdom of High Passes ... part II

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June 25th 2007
Day 5, Turquoise Rivers and Switchbacks to Heaven. Stop for a sec and you can hear: birds of the dessert, bees and bumblebees. Noise of a turquise water, pigeons having a sexual intercourse in the middle of the road. Your own heartbeat. Your shallow breath. Gravel and stones. Yellow-black butterflies. Tibetan dhaba: "My Country No Freedom. Here is Good, But this is Not My Home" ;- ... 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