13/04/2010

Arrived in Manali where it was freezing, I joined a Russian couple who I’d met on the bus to Vashisht, a small town just outside Manali where the backpacking area was where I found a room for rs100 a night, as it turns out this recently opened guesthouse was run by an Indian, Austrian couple who I’d met in Orchha a month ago.

I was pretty nackard from the journey so for most of the afternoon I slept.

I wondered around town hopefully bumping into the guys I met in Rishakesh but had no luck, this place is very small and I should bump into them at some point unless they are staying in Old Manali a good few kilometers away.

I hopped on the internet for a half hour getting some good news, someone on another crew from tree planting dropped out, so I now have his position. Yay! I’m so glad as I wasn’t looking forward to looking for job for a month when I arrived in Canada.

I met a bunch Swedes and Israelis outside the internet café and I sat chatting to them for a while and later joined the Israelis couple to a small outside café that had reasonable prices, the food was excellent although took a very long time to come out.

I went back to the hotel where I sat chatting to the Indians and a German guy who was also staying there. Earlier in the day I looked into snowboarding here, it costs 1300-1800 rupees for a day which is all I need just to say I went boarding in India, Phillip this German guy may join me as well as the Austrian girl who runs the guesthouse.