Manali
another overloaded or too-fast truck.
picture-posing on the roadside
while looking for the next petrol-station we found this little "reservoir"
Wherever we show up, we are an attraction to all locals, especially at petrol-stations, where not so many foreign people come along.
mountain-posing
vertical kitchen-"elevator" (Do-It-Yourself-Style)
time for a break (in the meanwhile zeljko is talking to the minister for road-development in himachal pradesh)
Monkey (in the right part of the picture)
monkey again (left side of picture)
a small tea-stall in the morning above the "fjord"
the "fjord". In fact its a river held by a dam which we ere not supposed to take pictures of.
Someones' hiding round the corner
yummy !
But i got the food ;)
typical Indian truck. We haven't seen a single ugly un-decorated van in the whole country.
nice idea to open up a riverside cafe for tourists riding to manali. But the guy in the back did his best in getting things wrong ;) Finally he managed to close the umbrella while zeljko's head was still inside (sorry, too funny, so there was no time for pictures)
"at the mechanics" #4
just when arriving in manali (altitude 2004m), zeljko's bike would not start anymore.
fetching-the-mechanic-bringing-the-bike-to-the-workshop
parts of the oil-pump have to be changed, will be ready tomorrow, when the spare parts have been brought from 50km far "Kullu".
just when arriving in manali (altitude 2004m), zeljko's bike would not start anymore.
fetching-the-mechanic-bringing-the-bike-to-the-workshop
parts of the oil-pump have to be changed, will be ready tomorrow, when the spare parts have been brought from 50km far "Kullu".
Without the motorbikes we again rely on rikshaw-transport.
"The last year we had no snow at all" the rikshaw-driver is telling us. (again, manali is on 2400m !!)
just the day after, it started to snow for 2 days. So we were stuck in manali, as our motorbikes are not winter-safe, and all the shops and the machanics took an infrastructure-holiday during the worst snowfall.
"The last year we had no snow at all" the rikshaw-driver is telling us. (again, manali is on 2400m !!)
just the day after, it started to snow for 2 days. So we were stuck in manali, as our motorbikes are not winter-safe, and all the shops and the machanics took an infrastructure-holiday during the worst snowfall.
We had a hard-time finding a room with a heating in manali, as manfred was having a cold these days.
finally we found a charme-less hotel with a proper electrical heater. Probably this was the most heated room in whole manali that day.
finally we found a charme-less hotel with a proper electrical heater. Probably this was the most heated room in whole manali that day.
picking up the motorbikes.
the fix took 3 days in total and costed about 15 EUR.
the guy to the right of zeljko is "kemal", our rikshaw-driver.
the fix took 3 days in total and costed about 15 EUR.
the guy to the right of zeljko is "kemal", our rikshaw-driver.
sadly, another truck-accident.
at a wedding near Kullu.
the bride and groom (they don't look soo happy ?)
after we knew how a marriage is celebrated in india, we notice marriage-ceremonies and -preparations nearly every day on our trip to india.
after we knew how a marriage is celebrated in india, we notice marriage-ceremonies and -preparations nearly every day on our trip to india.
monkey-business
zeljko with a cow, which can tell your future.
also me with thew holy cow
1. Bridge broken
2. drive thru river
breakfast at a "truck-stop"
