Spent all yesterday travelling in a "luxury" tourist coach around some of the villages up here in the Lower Himalayas.
The bus rocked and rolled ( defective shocks ?) and juddered and screeched when slowing down slightly ( dodgy brakes ?) at full speed around narrow single track partly tarred roads with U turns every few metres, occasional passing places and a sheer drop on one side all the time - with occasionally a sheer drop on BOTH sides. The road was a combination of the worst of Sani Pass and Prince Alfred Pass with a kami kazi driver at the wheel.
...But the views were awesome. Deep deep valleys, villages and crops perched on steep slopes and China apparently just over the mountains.
In the first village we went round the mini-zoo and saw their Snow Leopard - looking really furry and soft and cuddly - and localbrown and black bears, deer and pheasant.
Black bears
At the next stop we went round an old Maharaja's palace now a tourist hotel. Lovely lawn spread out for afternoon tea, but out of season the monkeys were sitting hopefully there, and got really excited trying to grab our bag - with a couple of bananas in it.
Decided it was more like a fun fair ride than road trip !
Great value - 8 hours travel in coach and stops - all for less than four quid / R45 !
The bus rocked and rolled ( defective shocks ?) and juddered and screeched when slowing down slightly ( dodgy brakes ?) at full speed around narrow single track partly tarred roads with U turns every few metres, occasional passing places and a sheer drop on one side all the time - with occasionally a sheer drop on BOTH sides. The road was a combination of the worst of Sani Pass and Prince Alfred Pass with a kami kazi driver at the wheel.
...But the views were awesome. Deep deep valleys, villages and crops perched on steep slopes and China apparently just over the mountains.
In the first village we went round the mini-zoo and saw their Snow Leopard - looking really furry and soft and cuddly - and localbrown and black bears, deer and pheasant.
Black bearsAt the next stop we went round an old Maharaja's palace now a tourist hotel. Lovely lawn spread out for afternoon tea, but out of season the monkeys were sitting hopefully there, and got really excited trying to grab our bag - with a couple of bananas in it.
Decided it was more like a fun fair ride than road trip !
Great value - 8 hours travel in coach and stops - all for less than four quid / R45 !
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