Nick’s world tour

The trip down to Delhi was on a nice banger bus again. I even had to reconstuct the seat before I sat down, still it was more pleasant than the mountain buses, but unfortunately much more oven like.

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Well, I did leave Rishikesh eventually. Though it took a few more days to get round to it. Precisely 2 more rafting trips and  a near-death-experience in Rajaji National Park before I bit the bullet and moved south.

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I now have exactly three weeks in India. Today I wanted to book trains, flights etc to get to the last few places. However confounded by the busy trains and randomly successful online booking system, today's achievements have included re-arranging ... [Continue reading this entry]

After an evening in the Oasis restaurant on High Bank, we managed only a few hours sleep before departing on the trek. It was a hard drive on very bumpy roads. Most of the way was incredibly hot, until we ... [Continue reading this entry]

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... Rishikesh is in Uttararnchal state, a holy city on the River Ganges. It's quite a nice ... [Continue reading this entry]

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 ... [Continue reading this entry]

  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]

You could stay in McLeod, especially if you suddenly decided to become a yoga or meditation master, but a week here was long enough, so the morning after the most incredible thunder and rain storm (no electricity so I packed ... [Continue reading this entry]

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]