Ah well another ten hours on steep mountain passes, another shitty bus and a sleepless night. However all terribly uncomfortable things aside, all of the torturous waiting aside was this bus ride ever worth it. I do suppose that this is one of the spectacular parts about my trip so far, how I repeatedly put myself through these mind-bending journeys on less than comfortable means of transportation, and as soon as I step off that bus and see what surrounds me my breath is taken again. This time we went from Minali to the town of Mcleod Ganj, which is just about a much larger city called Dharmsala. The distance we traveled could have been greatly reduced if it weren't for the giant mountain that stood between the two small hill stations, so instead of a direct line our bus goes back and forth around a mountain! However Mcleod Ganj is a much more interesting town than Minali, and I do believe that all of the trees and greenery everywhere greatly help the aesthetic appeal.
A little history that I have gathered before I came here, I do apologise if there are some great inconsistancies as I am still trying to gather more information about it. This town of Mcleod Ganj is a village that is dominated by the tibetan refugees from China, this is also where the Dalai Lama resides. Its a really beautiful city, the landscape and the buildings are in the best conditions that Ive seen so far in India and the people here have the best disposition on life considering the conditions that have been dealing with. Everyone here is extremely friendly and ready to talk to ya, and the beggars and scammers are pretty few and far between here which is very nice as well. However I am speaking of the locals here, some of the "travelers" are driving me fucking crazy with their completely distorted view on life, at least it gives Saul and I some very easy material for making fun of them! Hahaha.
So we have been hanging out with Ruby for the past couple of days and that is a real refresher. Having someone that knows the town and all of the different things to do is really going to save us some time wandering around aimlessly trying to find the different things that we want to see. Plus its just really great to see Ruby after having it been so long not seeing her! Ok well Saul and I are going to try and make it down to see the Dalai Lama's residency before we are due to meet up with his sister, I hear that his grounds are supposed to be just gorgeous so I'm pretty excited.
Ill prolly finish this post later tonight, I have a couple good stories about these so called "individuals," and an open mic night that we should have stayed clear from. I leave this internet cafe with Lady Gaga blaring in my face.....How freaking odd...
Peace,
J a k e
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