so this is officially the end of my "chilling out in the mountains" period. tonight im' going to simla by overnight bus (2x2 'reclining' chairs).. after that to rishikesh for who knows how long. maybe i'll run into this kid rahel was telling me about who's from colorado and likes to think.. i just endured a fiasco trying to open a bunch of pictures to resize them on this computer but it just takes to long so i'm afraid you'll have to wait. i also need to buy rechargable batteries and a charger cuz i've gone through about four batteries per week here and i thought that might last me the whole trip. repacked my backpack for who knows how many times now.. every time slightly different . hopefully this time more organized. once i get to rishikesh i've just got to get rid of stuff from there cuz it will be warm from then on and hopefully it won't be too expensive to ship a bunch of things back. my boots i might just give away but my jackets i'll need for the boston winter when i get home.
we shall see.. anyhow the last day and a half i spent reading - finished (and started) two books. wrote a ton in my journal. mostly boring philosophical meanderings for anyone else to read but for me they were fun to write. at the end of that my conclsion was that i need to be in rishikesh asap so i may not even spend a day in simla. i have to check on the train status now.. so i'm afraid you'll have to excuse me.. i'm getting worse at this i know.. sorry for that. hardest part is remembering what i've already mentioned and what i haven't..
oh.. met some more americans here.. one of them i might meet up with to go to varanasi - i got his email - that way varanasi will be easier.. but again.. we shall see.. this is india. time works differently (not that i was ever any good at planning / following through) okay cheers the power's out so i'm going to send now.l
