Manali - India

Yesterday morning 9 of June I arrived at around 6:30 am in Manali. These night busses are not that great esp not when I arrived that early. No guesthouse is open and most people are still sleaping.

 

What to do, after some thinking I decided to stay  in a nearby village called Vashsisht. This village has some hotsprings and prety small. (Today I saw it was a good decision not to stay in Old Manali).

First I stayed in My house but they had no hot water and then I moved to another place which clean and has some hot water but it had not the charme of My house.

 

When I moved out My house I met Moa better Moa saw me. I met here in Dharamkot she is also a vipassana meditator. Together we went to Manali new city, we strolled around looking to the Indian Tourist had some nice food like Masala Dosa, an ice cream and coffee. Moa had later on butter tea ,at a Tibetan temple, which she didn't like. I remember I had it once in Kathmandu and had to make a great effort to drink this it is disgusting, hey I was invited so what to do.

 

We saw also a disco great for Saturday evenings and they only charge 200 rps per couple.

 

At 5:30 pm we were back in Vashisht she booked here ticket for Leh for the same night and I watched the opening game between Germany and Costa Rica.

 

Dharamkot

After two months of Dharamkot a change of venue. I had a great time in Dharamkot.

Between the 11 of May and the 8 of June I did not only go to Triund. But also meditated every day for two hours one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening at the Vipassana centre. I took lessons flute with Vinod every other day and practised flute for about 2 hours a day. 

 

I met so many nice people. After the morning session of Vipassana we hanged out in Snow Monkey for breakfast with Jonny, Scot, Sabine, Sam, Takesh, Patric, Rebecca and late also Moa. Sometimes I went to Trek and Dine for there nice home made Muesli. The Japanese restaurant was also a nice place for food. In Snow Monkey I played some chess matches and many games of shithead with Sabine, Sam, Scot and Patric. 

 

In the early morning before Vipassana I played a bit flute had tea with Helene, Sarah and Mandi. 

 

My day schedule in Dharamkot was like this:

 

Get up at 6:20  am put the boiler on for a hot shower

6:45 take a shower

7:00 till 7:20 play flute

7:20 till 7:35drink tea with Helene and Sarah

7:35 walk to the Vipassana centre

Till 8 am drink a small tea and talk with other people in the Himalaya tea shop

8 am till 9 am vipassana

after 9 am have breakfast for some time depending on the weather (rain) sometime the rest of the day.

In the afternoon I practised flute for about 2 hours.

At 6pm another hour of mediatation at the centre.

In the evening again to snowmonkey for dinner, shithead etc.

On Monday I went to Karama Nirvana in Mc Leod Ganj for the open Mic night a great opportunity to hear some music, reading poems, etc. Sometimes a movie but most of the time I was in the Snowmonkey.

 

Conclusion Dharamkot was great and I met very nice people.