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When in Rome...

We spent our first day getting acquainted with the city of Leh and figuring out a plan for the next few days. My bike needed a good half day of work done to it before it was roadworthy again and their was a number of things I had to see before I left this place. Problem is that I only have a...

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Greg on July 13, 2007 from Leh, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

The riddle of Champaner

During the train journey to Baroda we were a little bit frightened by our own courage but we cried just a little. Actually we met a very nice man on the train that invited us to be his guests in his home but I couldn't write down his number and he hasn't written an email yet. It is amazing...

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karo on July 13, 2007 from Champaner, India

from the travel blog: India - Mumbai to Delhi with much in between

Leaving Mumbai - Finally

Mumbai got the best of us in just 2 days. We can hardly walk upright, our lungs hurt from the smog our heads from the constant honking and our train leaves at 23:30. That is very tough as we have no hotel anymore so we have to hang out in cafes. At every place in Mumbai it is either extremly...

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karo on July 12, 2007 from Mumbai, India

from the travel blog: India - Mumbai to Delhi with much in between

Landing in Mumbai

The flight was unusually pleasant not at least because we had a spare seat right next to us. Karin had to suffer for the last 30 minutes as the landing was accompanied by some turbulences or as the captain said: We are now over the Indian subcontinent and this usually means that we can have bad...

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karo on July 11, 2007 from Mumbai, India

from the travel blog: India - Mumbai to Delhi with much in between

Dalhi Lama

These deluxe buses are getting old, I thought to myself as a stand shoulder to shoulder on another deluxe bus. I didnt even get a seat this time, and its another 10 hour bus ride from hell over to Dharamsala. Home to the Dalhi Lama and to thousands of Tibetan refugees, Dharamsala has a totally...

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Greg on July 6, 2007 from Dharamgarh, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

learning to ride

Manali is a very cool place that attracts lots of foreign tourists with its endless outdoor activities. Everything from 10 day rafting trips to 15 day treks to heli skiing can all be aranged here no problem. This was our jumping point to go to Leh, over the 2nd highest road in the world We...

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Greg on July 6, 2007 from Manali, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

Bike trip

We Split the ride up into 3 days. The first day was a 6 hour ride up to Keylong, over some of the worst excuses for roads I have ever seen. We went over a pass that was covered in snow where people from all around go to try skiing or sledding or whatever. It makes for a great backdrop with...

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Greg on July 6, 2007 from Leh, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

Oh Leh, oh Leh, oh Leh, oh Leh...

Joolay !! Well we have finally arrived in the desert city of Leh, and what a time we had getting here !! Day 1: the bus had 2 punctures on the way, so we spent 17 hrs on bumpy roads with sore arses and then spent the night in a tent at 4200m - very cold !! The next day wasn't as long...

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jonnik on July 5, 2007 from Leh, India

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

Change of address and phone number

Hello there to you all, Well we hired the tabla, but haven't got round to playing them a great deal. Yes, sorry Kev, we know we're crap. They will go back to the hire shop tomorrow as we are gonna head north to Leh in the next few days. Had a nice day today over the valley in Vashist...

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jonnik on June 27, 2007 from Manali, India

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

Birthday and tabla lessons

Hello ! As you can see, we have at last got round to posting some photos. Things take a while here and it's been a slightly labourious process. Anyway, still in Manali and we've been spending the last few days having tabla lessons. It's been pretty hard but good fun and the guy gave us...

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jonnik on June 23, 2007 from Manali, India

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

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