hello!!
we have finally now reached one of the most northern points of our adventure, manali, which is up in the himalayas. not only is it excellently chilly up here, but it also turns out to be white person backpacker central, im not sure ive ever been so excited to see white people. they such an unusual creatures in india, and generally are wearing strange and amusing combinations of western/indian/hippy clothes (we are no exceptions to this sad, embarassing rule).
we've finally got up here after being released into the wild from our lovely, extended network of indian friends, who passed us from uncle to cousin to auntie to grandpa for a good week and a half. Our first super long haul bus ride of 13 hours started with being shoved into a random rickshaw, then crammed into a tiny minibus full assorted people and luggage, then dumped on a mysterious darkened highway road, with a few other bewlidered bus passengers, left to stew for about 45 minutes, before the rest of our bus load eventually joined us and we were on our way.
The bus ride itself was like an extended, low level nightmare. Light relief provided by steaming road-side cafe chai, a sweet gift from Leh we met on the bus who immediately offered her home for us to stay in, and chirping bollywood movies at 3.25 am. otherwise very few comforts accompanied us on that bus. probably character forming though..
more soon!
xoxoxox
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