India - Manali - 1986

Manali is a hill town in India. there are two towns some distance from each other - new and old manali. Old Manali is old and looks very poor. travelled around the area for a week or so.

Interesting place to people watch.

 

 

India - Dharamsala - 1986

Dharasala is a hill town in India. It is the home town for the Dali Lama and many other Tibetian refugees. The town has a Tiben feel with Tibetian restaurants.

It is a great place to relax and meet people from all parts of the world.

India - Gulmarg - 1986

Gulmarg is a mountain town in Kashmir. It has a ski resort.

the place was covered in snow and was very cold. The clouds were so close the electricity could be felt in the air. Some locals were walking around in bare feet on the snow and ice!!!

Very pretty but the close thunder and lightning added a serreal affect to it all.

India - Pahalagam - 1986

Pahalagam is a small town within a beautiful mountain valley in Kashmir. The hills are covered in trees and the road north leads off to more villages and the snow capped mountains.

Wandered around the area for a week. Great place. Loved it!!

India - Srinagar - 1986

A very steep bus ride from New Dehli and into Kashmir. Srinagar is a spread out town aaround the south end of the Dal Lake. Houseboats are moored in the lake with mountain backdrops. Very pretty. Stayed in a houseboat for a few days but the sellers coming to the boat were regular and persistent. Moved into hotel by the lake shores. The lake flooded while there and so needed a boat to get into and out of the hotel.

The food was great and very different to the rest of India. Lots of nuts and dried fruit.

The big attraction was boating on the lake and its tributaries. Cycled around a reasonable section of the lake and visited lots of gardens.

India - Pushkar - 1986

Pushkar is an amazing town in Rajastan, India. the town surrounds one side of a holy lake which is clean and filled with fish. Monkeys jump across the houses. Early mornings and afternoons, the sounds of drums greets or farewells the day. The backdrop is very arid land dotted with separated hills with a temple on top.

A great place to relax.

Nepal - 1986

Flew from Sri Lanka to Nepal. Spend a month enjoying the countryside. Spent a week in Chitwan and rode elephants and by foot into national park. Saw white rhinos and crocs but no tiger. Maybe that was okay seeing we were on foot.

Sri Lanka - 1985/1986

Stayed in Sri lanka for a month. The weather and surf were great. Met lots of people and had a great time.