the belgians told me they decided to rent enfields and ride up into the mountains instead of a taxi to manali.i don't feel like a motorcycle adventure right now and i was slipping from my initial interest of the trip back to vashisht.
so darjeeling it is. (leh is too freaking cold. some other time)
i just booked a ticket to bagdogra and back.
...and afterwards proceeded to look online for info on darjeeling and noticed there are strikes happening in darjeeling and sikkim. wheee! so this could be, uh, "fun".
i'm keeping my fingers crossed that my trip goes out with a fun bang and not a soggy fizzle of geeks in the NE mountains prepping for a trek.
but i'll find out soon enough... as soon as i spend another 4 nights here in rishikesh that shouldn't be a problem since i have a nice dutch neighbor who i've been chillin with since i got to rishikesh a week ago. in fact, he encouraged me to choose darjeeling for the mere fact that it's NOT what everyone else is doing...that is, the backpacker autopilot itinerary.
Wouter has traveled from china throught tibet and nepal and then 11 months in india on bicycle. yes, bicycle. how he doesn't get bit by dogs, i do not know. anyway, i am super keen on the fact that he is so adventurous.
he leaves for iran as i leave for darjeeling.
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