Last updated Apr 25, 2022 | First published on Nov 3, 2012 | India
This is about my adventure of independently hiking from Manali through the Solang Valley in India, but first… An earthquake—the second of the day—rattled the glasses around my rooftop cafe. Exciting stuff, and the first tremor that I’d felt since waiting...
Last updated Feb 12, 2022 | First published on Oct 24, 2012 | India
Part 1: Getting Sick in India I tossed another handful of pills down like jellybeans. Assorted shapes and colors, antibiotics and probiotics, I had no idea what I just swallowed or the dosage. I didn’t care. No, I wasn’t getting ready to walk into a rave....
Last updated Jun 1, 2022 | First published on Oct 14, 2012 | India
I’ll never, for the rest of my life, forget seeing the 14th Dalai Lama at home in McLeod Ganj, India, the Tibetans’ home in exile. And not only did I get to see him, I had an up-close-and-personal encounter on accident. Surreal! (No photography was...
Last updated Aug 16, 2022 | First published on Oct 2, 2012 | India
Whap! The mirror from a speeding motorbike left a red mark on my right arm. I saw the driver nonchalantly bend it back into position to ready for impact with the next pedestrian. I focused my attention back to the Lonely Planet map I had cut out of the monstrous,...
