i realised that i took many many pictures at manali !
so i've decided that i shall blog about it, a few days at a time.

the trip to manali was the best part of my holiday in india.
thats because, it was nothing like india at all.
the weather played the biggest part, it was fabulous !
although it was already mid-summer, the weather was between 20-25degrees.
and even with the sun shining up above, it was still really nice and cooling.

the people there were okay, most tried to cheat us, as usual.
and the food there was yums and cheap.
there was many many many yummy roadside food stalls, as well as many western restaurants that sold cheap yet delicious food !
and of course, the company was great !
we met up with muggy, denise, jianbang, dehan and pamela !


today, i shall blog bout the first day of the trip !

the journey began with a 14hour bus ride up to manali.
manali is located in north india, north to new delhi.
although it was only 550km away from new delhi,
the trip up to manali was really long because of the poor road conditions.
most parts of the road up was single lane,
and often times, we would get stuck in a terrible jam,
just because there were lambs and sheeps crossing the road.
but its was bus ride was made bareable because,
denise, muggy, jiayang and i spent our time singing songs and talking cock !! and it was really heelarious and fun !
hahaaha.

anywae, manali is really BEAUTIFUL !!
i took this shot while on the bus, its a picture of the river beas,
the biggest and most famous river that runs through manali.

when we got to manali town, we had yummy lunch at johnson's cafe,
and trek the entire of manali, old and new town, on foot.
yes indeed, manali is a really small town !
we explored almost the entire town on foot, in just one afternoon.
look at what we found on the way to old manali town. after passing through many noses, we confirmed that, yes indeed, it is weed !!
although smoking weed is prohibited in manali,
it is widely available, because its everywhere !!!
our skii instructor said that many of them would pluck the plants by the road,
and then they'll keep and dry them until its nice and smokable.

we also visited a little camping site beside the river beas, and spent the rest of the afternoon playing the river !! the water was really cold but the crazy boys and girls still jumped in to swim !!
after that we walked up to 2.5km to visit the manu temple,
before spending the evening shopping after dinner.
the view from the temple was fantastic !! yes indeed, manali is a super duper beautiful place :)