My 4 a.m. silhouette; if you look closely maybe you can see the icicle on my chin
Dawn breaks at 16,000-some-odd feet
Occasionally our driver got tired of all these damn switchbacks and drove straight down from one to another
Pit stop on the moon... no trees, no bushes, and certainly no actual toilets (by "actual" I mean with a hole and behind some kind of screen) ... fortunately some of the rocks were 3 feet tall or so...
Paratha, spicy pickle, and egg, aka best breakfast ever
The road probably continues around the corner
Terraces across a deep valley
Terraces across a deep valley
A glacier pours down in slow motion
Driving to heights that seem like our mini-bus should have a pressurized cabin
Abrupt changes after Rohtang Pass -- mud and traffic -- as we descend thousands of feet to Manali
Certainly a memorable ride. And one that makes tomorrow night's 10-hour bus ride to Dharamsala seem (fingers crossed) like a mere hop.
I admire that driver's sense of destiny.
ReplyDeleteThat egg thing looks yummalicious, and certainly more edible than the CRAP I encountered at coffee shop this morning. They were out of tacos. Why the hell do I live in Texas if I can't get a f'ing taco for breakfast, I ask you?
This has absolutely nothing to do with your post, but this morning, Justin Timberlake tweeted with a little vid of himself, and he is wearing an NPR shirt. You are away from America; I need to keep you posted of important events. <3
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