The golden temple
We left early in the morning to cross the border and head to Amritsar. We had slept on our guards all night as one of the men who worked at the PTDC border hotel had walked, ‘by mistake?’ into our…
Sweating
Sweat is running of my face, my arms and when i think of it… everywhere. I didn¡¯t even know i could sweat in certain places…but i do! What is the sequence of setting the valves…. i can¡¯t remember… or is…
King Kong Michael
It¡¯s still early in the morning when we check the car and engine a second time. When we are finished we leave Amritsar and head North. We soon leave the state Punjab and enter Himachal Pradesh, home of a large…
Michel & The palmreader…
India is the land of spiritual people, searching travellers, yoga, alternative medicines and ofcourse palmreading. I¡Çve always enjoyed the mystics but Michel, down to earth as he is, thinks all this in nonsense. But i have to admit he is…
FReak Travellers
India attracts all kinds of travellers. Tourists who come to see the temples and the Taj Mahal, backpackers in search for a great time on the beach in Goa and travellers in search for pieces of history, culture or religion.…
Shitloads of toiletpaper
Everybody who travels India has their own story and it happens to everyone. The hygienic conditions in India are not as we are used to at home. In fact, you have to be really careful by what you eat and…
To the heart of the Himalaya
Leh is basically as far as you can get into the Indian Himalaya. It’s funny enough a dessert surrounded by mountains and camels are not rare. It’s become a settlement for nomads and Tibetans and is supposed to be beautiful.…
Holy cows and crazy horses
The road was reasonable all the way to Manali. But the road was a single lane road, they call this a national highway (???), which was winding through the hills. Even worse was the fact that it was full of…
High Altitude
We didn’t sleep well for two reasons. Elles got a message that her brother had become a father of a healthy son and we were both very much excited. I couldn’t sleep as driving to Leh didn’t feel right and…
Desperate measures
Because it is better not to drive to Leh, we have to find a new destination. We decide to search for the source of the river Ganges. De villages in the surroundings of this point are pilgrimage places and a…