Yesterday we hired a bike. I wanted to go for the Enfield but after test driving it i realized that not only all the controls of the Enfield are backwards but the road is too. So we got a ringidink Yamaha with 135cc and after buying 2.5 gallons of gas for $10 (we weren't jipped) we set out for Rothang La. At 4000m it is the pass that goes thru this valley to the Lahaul valley. It was the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen or actually been in. While the valley on this side was green the other side was desolate. We did not go into that valley because I was getting tired. Gaining 2000m in 50km on a 135cc bike with two people, no mirrors and no horn let me tell you friends is not as easy as it sounds.
Alp
We kept the motorcycle for another day as well and today we went south into the kullu valley. the roads were extremely pretty, with lord-of-the-rings-esque trees on the side slopes, and we travelled up one of the hills to have tea with a local shopkeeper. the two major crops, of course, up there are charas(marijuana) and apples. we were offered both magnanimously but left with only the latter. then we continued on to naggar (naggar, naggar, wass my name!?) and stopped in on a wonderful museum devoted to the strange russian family of the roerichs, who were in love with india. nikolai and all his sons were magnificent fanatastical landscape painters and the like. seeing some of the scenary around here though makes it clear however that their surrealist colours and scenes are the stuff of reality in these grand valleys. check out the name on the internet if you are interested (we would but this computer connection is too slow). and finally, on one of those beautiful roads, i rode the motorcycle, which is not all that different from riding my beloved iteljet scooter. i cannot wait to become more than just alp's biker bitch. i will be a biker memsahib, thank you, soon enough!
ingrid
Seeing that we aren't getting very many comments from you all (maybe you are not reading) we decided to make this blog interactive. From now on we will ask a ridiculous question that we urge everyone to ponder. Now for the first one, it is:
?If you could have poop be any color what would it be?
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Dudes-
I tried to post a response last week, but it didn't go through. After I submitted it, Blogger told me that it might not be uploaded for a few hours. Were you riding an RZ-7? Has Ben told you that they are the closest thing to a cult bike in Coimbatore? Definitely, after the Rajdoot, of course, the most bad-ass bike out there.
I'm watching NOW. The debate last night was a lot of fun to watch. Bush said something that sounded like "How can we trust someone to be our commander-in-chief who sends text messages?" Either that or "tex-mexicans".
Were there a lot of people about as you rode? How clean was it? What are the people like up there? How are you guys communicating?
In response to your question, I don't care to imagine a better color for MY poop. However, it would be most helpful if Max's poop were a bright orange or perhaps purple, so that I might be able to distinguish it better from the leaves on the ground.
Love you guys!
WNH
Dudes-
I tried to post a response last week, but it didn't go through. After I submitted it, Blogger told me that it might not be uploaded for a few hours. Were you riding an RZ-7? Has Ben told you that they are the closest thing to a cult bike in Coimbatore? Definitely, after the Rajdoot, of course, the most bad-ass bike out there.
I'm watching NOW. The debate last night was a lot of fun to watch. Bush said something that sounded like "How can we trust someone to be our commander-in-chief who sends text messages?" Either that or "tex-mexicans".
Were there a lot of people about as you rode? How clean was it? What are the people like up there? How are you guys communicating?
In response to your question, I don't care to imagine a better color for MY poop. However, it would be most helpful if Max's poop were a bright orange or perhaps purple, so that I might be able to distinguish it better from the leaves on the ground.
Love you guys!
WNH
Yo my peeps-
Two things:
One. For a long time I have expected to recieve e-mails from you, not understanding the way the blog culture works and so finally I am catching on to the program. But I will have to catch up with all the missed blog spots.
Two. Poop color= safron yellow. Easy to see and clean up!
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