The world and beyond - reflections of a dharma nomad

Snow in the mountains: we escaped sweaty Delhi on a 14 hour bus journey which was
hair raising- first eight hours on the plains with blaring Bollywood
on the video and crazy scenes out the window- dogs , cows and more
traffic than I could imagine possible.  Then we reached the foothills
and started up winding broken roads with sheer drops down to distant
rivers and fearsome oncoming traffic. I had to keep my eyes on the
road to avoid travel sickness so I saw every pothole, and also became
entranced by the moonlit landscape, unbelievable ghostly skylines and
rushing rivers. Reached Manali in time to find hotel room with view of
forest, far hills dusted with snow and pale green and white-water
river. Rain started over breakfast and turned to snow mid- morning.
River turned to a brown-black torrent. So we huddled up, rested and
read. I headed out to buy a kettle and phone recharge and got
completely drenched. iT WAS AMAZING TO SEE SUCH LARGE WHITE FLAKES,
AND GREAT CLOUDS OF LARGE CROWS FLYING IN CIRCLES NOT KNOWING WHERE TO
GO!! aargH I HATE THESE KEYBOARDS - enough for now.  I had a  Hot bath
back at room and was sitting happily in
sleeping bag with hot tea sending emails when iphone connection went
dodgy - hence my visit to mosquito infested internet cafe