Venkat Ganesh Destinations Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, India, Manikaran, Parvati Valley 0
I am approached by a sun burnt white man, a huge backpack resting on one of his shoulders as I am waiting for a bus to take me to the town of Kullu. “Namaste!!” He greets and whispers questioningly “Charas milega?” (Can I get some charas?) Never before in my life have I been looked […]
Venkat Ganesh Experiences India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Travel, Zanskar 3
I wasted no time in deciding that I was just leaving my bike here and moving back to the tent of the people I had just met. It was not may be just a bit more than couple of kilometers away and I could walk. I took my sleeping bag, water bottle, medicines, rain coat […]
Venkat Ganesh Experiences India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh. Zanskar, Travel 3
Its drizzling very slightly. I look at the sky above and see dark clouds. I pray that this real slight drizzle does not turn into something nasty. My bike had stalled just after I negotiated a steeply upward rising hairpin bend. But just a few meters after my successful turn on a road which was […]