Mcleod Ganj was such a wonderful place! We were staying in a nice little hotel on the side of a mountain with spectacular mountain views from our balcony! We enjoyed a ton of good food, great company with the Irish couple and a British woman, all of whom we are still traveling with, and we had a great time learning about Tibetan culture--The Dalai Lama has a home in Mcleod Ganj and there is a big Buddhist temple and a ton of Tibetan exiles in town...
Manali has been good as well--again, lots of good food and good company! We tend to focus our days around eating and find things to do in between! Yesterday we took a taxi up to Salong Valley and then hiked the 15km back. We had intended to go Zorbing(again, a google image search may be necessary, but basically you get inside a giant air filled ball and then roll down a hill) but apparently everyone was on strike? We may try to figure something out today but we will see...
The plan is to set off for Leh tomorrow...We are not looking forward to the trip--even though the views are supposed to be spectacular, we have decided that a tourist bus is too expensive so we are taking the overcrowded local bus to save some money...the trip will be at least two days...more if the road is shut due to landslides..so if we don't post for a bit then do not worry! Once we get to Leh we will be there for a full week! We are looking forward to being settled in one place and hopefully we will be able to trek once we acclimatize to the altitude.
Hope everyone is well,
Bye for now
Taylor and Brie
