Nick’s world tour

Going back via Dehra Dun, it’s only a short 2 hour ride to Rishikesh. The heat seems unbearable after so long in the cool mountains…

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Another long journey. It’s a leisurely stroll down to thebus station as the day warms up. A soldier stops me and asks me where I’m going, and where I’ve been. At the bus station the same porter that has seen me for the past two days pounces and I let me take my bag to the bus. You’ve got to give it to him for persistency… The bus journey is uneventful, but for some reason every hour or so of not moving, my knees go into acute agony… I end up chatting to another English guy, and as the bus arrives late into Dehra Dun, we both stay overnight there. The next day I go up to Mussoorie. It’s a little disappointing after Shimla, though pleasant to spend a day there. It’s just another hill station with little to do. It’s very hazy due to the heat on the plains below.

  Well I did finally make it to Shimla. The bus was nicer than the public ones, but after 10 hours nothing is particularly comfortable. Though I felt and ... [Continue reading this entry]

What was I saying about plans? Well I didn't get round to leaving Manali. I was having breakfast last Sunday when an Israeli guy and two Australian girls turned up, and to cut a long story short have just got ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Having done the city of Amritsar in a day, it was time to head back to the Himalayas, this time to the state of Himachal Pradesh. I planned to go to Dalhousie first, but read between the lines of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

So, after leaving Srinigar there was a 10 hour bus ride south to Jammu. I met some people from Malta on the bus and they were heading to Amritsar in the Punjab as well. The drive was beautiful, as soon ... [Continue reading this entry]

So I left you all at the start of my escape from the city to the mountains.. Well Kashmir was wonderful. After two weeks- I suddenly had this funny thought I've been in India for 2 and a half weeks alredy, ... [Continue reading this entry]