tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post4106486890769638827..comments2024-02-19T14:46:23.841-06:00Comments on Feringhee: The India Diaries: Open for businessSirensongs: Indologist At Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101429745244414871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-29683127138244819732008-05-13T03:15:00.000-05:002008-05-13T03:15:00.000-05:00I was thinking of ( not that I intended to sound a...I was thinking of ( not that I intended to sound argumentative , sorry if I come out that way ) the "god forbid " comment. <BR/><BR/>The first bus run between Keylong and Manali has been completed , but the road beyond Keylong does not seem to be open just yet : the official road marker (http://leh.nic.in ) still shows "closed" and I got a message yesterday from a guy in Leh waiting for the road to open.vistethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007616242763217600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-69852235562285653052008-05-13T02:54:00.000-05:002008-05-13T02:54:00.000-05:00and my feelings are the opposite : going with the ...and my feelings are the opposite : going with the buses you get to hang out more<BR/>---The opposite of what? <BR/>I don't recall saying that any of the ways was preferable...only that they are different.Sirensongshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822574155670958895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-74491044815179181542008-05-12T11:31:00.000-05:002008-05-12T11:31:00.000-05:00The Nepali connection : one of the last to get in ...The Nepali connection : one of the last to get in to Lahaul on the road from Manali on foot was Vishnu Maya , a Nepali woman , who I imagine was involved in one of the oldest conversations on the planet :<BR/><BR/>"No , not now .. " <BR/>"Now dear , it´s not as if I can make a decision on this .." <BR/><BR/>That´s right , their baby met the light of the world at the top of of the Rothang La ("The Plain of corpses" , in popular travellers lore) at 3978 meters altitude , helped by the others on the trail , and had it´s first sanctuary at the rescue post at Koksar, May 2nd. <BR/><BR/>Yes, you are supposed to get mushy at this point, at least I do.vistethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007616242763217600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-27362159186725032622008-05-12T11:04:00.000-05:002008-05-12T11:04:00.000-05:00I´ve done this road a number of times , and my fee...I´ve done this road a number of times , and my feelings are the opposite : going with the buses you get to hang out more with Ladakhis , which always is a bonus, and you won´t have to deal with the Cannonball Run , the non stop drive to Leh. <BR/><BR/>Taking the local bus you can stop in Keylong .... actually there are a lot of places along the road where you can stop , and see few tourists stop, and adjust to an altitude just below Lhasa´s height , before setting out for the second half (which runs up to the same altitude as Everest Base Camp). <BR/><BR/>The jeeps mostly do the Cannonball Run , or stop in Sarchu , seven hundred meters higher than Lhasa : not a good idea. <BR/><BR/>Last year my plan was to do the slowest ever run to Leh : failed miserably , since I enjoyed Spiti too much. You can learn from my mistakes on vistet.blogspot.com ...vistethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007616242763217600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232195.post-9280807421313692812008-05-12T08:43:00.000-05:002008-05-12T08:43:00.000-05:00So then, would you describe the beauty of the plac...So then, would you describe the beauty of the place as more "stomach-churning" than "heart-stopping"? ;)Lekhnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12898770208146949121noreply@blogger.com