In the morning Dawa told us he would take us to Naggar – the small town that we’d picked out in the Kullu Valley for our next stop, but he wanted to stop in Jagatsukh on the way which is…
A spoonful of honey a day keeps the guru away – part 2
Dawa, the cook, Fern, and I packed into Dawa’s car for the six hour journey south to Manali. Once we got to Manali we would catch a shorter distance bus to Naggar, about a half hour further from Manali. Dawa…
Winter is coming (A spoonful of honey… part 1)
During our time in Keylong we got comfortable in our mostly vacant hotel. We developed our regular spots in town for eating out but also for getting groceries to prepare food in our room. A couple of weeks earlier in…
The new heavyweight champion of the samosa world!
Ok. So maybe it’s not a fair fight since I haven’t tried all of the samosas on earth but out of the ones I have tried, these are the best. Maybe southern India will have some contenders. We’ll see. A…
Gorgeous Bhaga River Hike
So many possibilities existed for exploration on foot around Keylong that we had to do some scouting missions just to help us decide where to go. On one of these missions we walked down the road to the east which…
Keylong
Monsoon season was drawing to an end so we started to feel comfortable with the idea of heading south through Himachal Pradesh and eventually working our way toward Nepal. No rush. Let’s just take our time and explore the mountains.…
Buggin’ out
A little shriek came from the bathroom. Hmm, should I investigate? No need to. Fern immediately emerged from the bathroom of our new, but filthy, hotel room and informed me that something just peeked its head out of the drain…