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10 do's for McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 1 November 2009
1. Arrive in McLeod Ganj two hours early from Manali at 4 AM when everything is closed. Fight with touts who want to take you to the shabbiest guesthouses down some freaking long steps. Say no to the overpriced lousy rooms and walk the even longer seeming steps back up and camp out on the street with stray dogs. Good fun if you have the right company! Shalom! Something in Danish!
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A cheater's guide to surviving a ten day Vipassana course
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 26 October 2009
If you are seriously thinking of doing a ten day Vipassana meditation course you might not want to read this. In a Vipassana course you commit yourself to not communicating in any way for ten days.
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McLeod Ganj
Blog: Kieron Clark - 16 August 2009
It was getting on for quarter past two, but at the bus stand in McLeod Ganj everything had ground to a halt. A dozen or so local travellers stood around the ticket office, waiting patiently for it to re-open. We joined them, doing our best to find the back of the queue then, realising that [...]
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Monkeys Become an Election Issue
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 10 April 2009
With elections starting soon, a report in the Hindu News states that monkeys are now a major electoral issue in here in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
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A Walk On The Wild-Side (Part Five) – McLeod Ganj to Dharamsala
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 1 March 2009
There are several paths to take you down the hill. Alternatively you can work your way down the Jogiwara Road until you hit your destination, although it is continuously in the process of being repaired. It´s a journey of about 10kms, an altitude change of some 600metres and it contains several steep switchbacks. Heading down you will pass Boom-Boom V on the left hand side – a great place to check out, although it has been closed all winter.
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