ManaliBlogs we like

  1. Back in Ladakh

    Blog: Timothy Allen on BBC Earth - 22 February 2010

    Reminiscing in the Indian Himalayas

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  2. Sunday Postcard: Kullu-Manali, India

    Blog: The Corny Traveler's Chronicles - 10 January 2010

    Confluence of rivers Beas and Parvati, near Bhuntar, Himachal Pradesh

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  3. 13 tips to a perfect day in Manali for 4 euros - all inclusive!

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 24 October 2009

    1. Get up early in your Old Manali guesthouse (Laxmi is nice and cheap). Have breakfast at Shiva Garden cafe. 2. Walk up the hill to the Manu Rishi temple. It's not great but I it liked the little statues there for their text book lack of originality. Krishna playes a flute. Kali is pissed off. Durga sits on a lion. Temple architecture in its bareness and squareness is quite original though.3. Follow the path past the temple until you reached a big rock onto which steps have been carved. Half way up take a right.

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  4. The other unforgettable journey: 21 hours from Leh to Manali

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 30 September 2009

    People taking the bus from Leh to Manali were told to show up on the Main Bazaar of Leh at midnight. The bus was to take off at 1 AM.When I arrived a fight had already errupted.

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  5. 12 additional symptoms that tell it is time to leave India

    Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 24 August 2009

    31. You always refer to Indian cities by their new, post-colonial names. Yes, even Thiruvananthapuram. 32. You spend an evening watching the sun set over Manali with Russian-Free-Jazz-pioneer-turned-full-time-hippie Viktor Lukin who's trying to tell you your future using numerology. Strangely enough, he keeps getting all numbers mixed up or forgetting them completely. Must be something in the water.

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  6. Manali

    Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 4 June 2009

    Claude didn't make it onto the bus for Manali and so far there has been no sign of The Man.

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