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Friday, May 25, 2007

River rafting.......



Saturday ~ 19 May 2007

After taking a chai (Indian Tea), we were on the road and at the beginning we wanted to go to Manikaran - a place which is famous with its hot springs (hot enough to boil rice and apparently curing anything from rheumatism to bronchitis) but we have changed the plan to do a river rafting. Since it was raining the night before, there was a lots of water in the river and we believed that it would be fun. It was short (25 minutes) but FUN!! All the way through the valley, we could see the MAGIC HERBS, but we are really not a fan of it. The drugs are still illegal in this area and the police make regular arrests. Over the last decade over 160 foreigners have been arrested for drug-related offences and drugs are behind some of it the desappearances and murders of foreigners in the Kullu Valley. So, please becareful when you make a visit to Kullu Valley.

Slowly, we made a way back to Delhi and thought the we could find a place to stay on the way. At first, we wanted to stop at Bilaspur but the city doesn't have much to offer, so we continued. By the time we entered Punjab state, the car stopped for it self. It was too hot!! On the watch showed 6.30pm and it would be dark soon. Laurent managed to start again the car, but after 2km, it became hot again. He tried everything that he could but it kept repeating the same problem. We stopped in front of one restaurant by the road side and tried to fix the problem until 11.30pm. About few kilometres away, there was one hotel waiting for us and we made our way until there. We decided to solve the problem the next day. That night, after having a little beer.....we slept like a baby and forgotten the problem for a while.

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