Last time in India, waiting to get the flight back to Europe
Sunday, 16 September 2007
Indonesia > Sumatra > Mentawai's islands > Pulau Siberut
one morning i went alone to the waterfall, was early in the morning, i just said to the guide that going there, without asking to many people
the day after i got sick, like high fever....
Mr Kookie, said":
' u went alone on the waterfall, yesterday, this is why you are sick today,
a bad spirit is on you, u got hat on the waterfall....'
and after that he made for me a cure from a lot kind of plants, flowers and roots...
i felt better after that.....
and i wanna say thanks to his man, even without knowing his age, usually not really understand each other for a language prob, but in spite of that he never lingered to show is friendly attitude to us......
the day after i got sick, like high fever....
Mr Kookie, said":
' u went alone on the waterfall, yesterday, this is why you are sick today,
a bad spirit is on you, u got hat on the waterfall....'
and after that he made for me a cure from a lot kind of plants, flowers and roots...
i felt better after that.....
and i wanna say thanks to his man, even without knowing his age, usually not really understand each other for a language prob, but in spite of that he never lingered to show is friendly attitude to us......
Indonesia > Sumatra > Mentawai's islands > Pulau Siberut
is a kind of palm tree, they use to feed animals with that and use to produce flavor to eat , is the main part of their diet, every morning they go to collect on the jungle.
they don't farm, no vegetables, they just eat what they can get form the jungle naturally, plus the animals that they have...
they use to poison on the bows, arrows....is made by 4 elements: chilly, ginger, tuba, baglau
Indonesia > Sumatra > Mentawai's islands > Pulau Siberut
During the day trekking in the muddy jungle, the machete is so sharp
almost every day different house, different family, during the evening we share experience
the pigs live under the house, they chicken on the trees around, everybody eating Sago
they have no money, they arrange everything exchanging things
even the marriage is arranged by exchange of things, the man family has to buy the woman from her family.....
could be a big amount of chickens, pigs, machete, goodies...trees...
and if the man family decide to pay in 2 times....and they cannot do that the woman family can take bak the woman...
even after the marriage they cannot sleep together
talk about us, them, make jokes, magicians, try to teach and learn languages,
ask them about the world, about what they think, where they can reach by their knowledge, and receive answers like 'i cannot understand your question'
they also think that the man is coming form the monkey or something like that....the man was completely covered by hair, but he couldn't catch many animals while hunting
' one morning the man took off his skin and left it on the kitchen, after he went hunting. After while the wife woke up and found the skin, thinking was a monkey she cooked the skin...when the man came back from hunting he couldn't find his skin and asked to his wife, the skin was cooked and only the hair on the top were left ...so this is way the man get less hair and became like we are'
sleep in the noisy jungle is so pleasant, really noisy.....be woke up by the unexpected silence and after 1 second a earthquake shakes the ground for few seconds and when is finished slowly all the animals begin again to make their sounds is something unforgettable.....
almost every day different house, different family, during the evening we share experience
the pigs live under the house, they chicken on the trees around, everybody eating Sago
they have no money, they arrange everything exchanging things
even the marriage is arranged by exchange of things, the man family has to buy the woman from her family.....
could be a big amount of chickens, pigs, machete, goodies...trees...
and if the man family decide to pay in 2 times....and they cannot do that the woman family can take bak the woman...
even after the marriage they cannot sleep together
talk about us, them, make jokes, magicians, try to teach and learn languages,
ask them about the world, about what they think, where they can reach by their knowledge, and receive answers like 'i cannot understand your question'
they also think that the man is coming form the monkey or something like that....the man was completely covered by hair, but he couldn't catch many animals while hunting
' one morning the man took off his skin and left it on the kitchen, after he went hunting. After while the wife woke up and found the skin, thinking was a monkey she cooked the skin...when the man came back from hunting he couldn't find his skin and asked to his wife, the skin was cooked and only the hair on the top were left ...so this is way the man get less hair and became like we are'
sleep in the noisy jungle is so pleasant, really noisy.....be woke up by the unexpected silence and after 1 second a earthquake shakes the ground for few seconds and when is finished slowly all the animals begin again to make their sounds is something unforgettable.....
Indonesia > Sumatra > Mentawai's islands > Pulau Siberut
they have a social organization and the Medicine Man is the leader ,
Medicine Man is the man that knows plants to get medicines, is the judge also, or the chairman of the village.
there 2 kind of medicine man junior and senior, and they also have a leader
they have tattoo's all around the body, they like clothes.....
everybody smokes, woman , man..heavily....
Mr Kookie is the Medicine Man, our porter, or reference, our company on this trip.
he saw the first white man on the harbor, dutch people, he was scared, he ran away in the jungle....
the religion is animism...
they speak mentawai language, there is no writing system....
Medicine Man is the man that knows plants to get medicines, is the judge also, or the chairman of the village.
there 2 kind of medicine man junior and senior, and they also have a leader
they have tattoo's all around the body, they like clothes.....
everybody smokes, woman , man..heavily....
Mr Kookie is the Medicine Man, our porter, or reference, our company on this trip.
he saw the first white man on the harbor, dutch people, he was scared, he ran away in the jungle....
the religion is animism...
they speak mentawai language, there is no writing system....
Indonesia > Sumatra > Mentawai's islands > Pulau Siberut
mentawai people are living on Mentawai Islands, on west Sumatra
is possible they got Pulau Siberut passing by Pulau Nias, long time ago.
the islands split form Sumatra like 500000 years ago.
they receive people organized with guides that u can arrange on Bukkintiggi or directly there.
most of the locals are living on the modern way, but in the inner part is still present the mentawai life style.
is possible visit them and share daily life.
is possible they got Pulau Siberut passing by Pulau Nias, long time ago.
the islands split form Sumatra like 500000 years ago.
they receive people organized with guides that u can arrange on Bukkintiggi or directly there.
most of the locals are living on the modern way, but in the inner part is still present the mentawai life style.
is possible visit them and share daily life.
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Indonesia > Bali > people
meet interesting persons.....definitely artists on what they are doing....
admire the simple......the daily life...simpleness...clear....positive.....
humble after a compliment....
patience...professional....perseverance....
nice family always around.....
therefore is not just the content of their professional skills that are broadcasted....but even a way of life.....
till the last moment ...a complete exhibition....how i possible also do....without all complications....without expect to much.....
...100% i admire them.....
here the contacts
I MADE SUMANTRA
healing and spiritual guidance
www.balineseyoga.com
I MADE MARJAYA
master and teacher in batik, wood carving, painting
perhaps is not a case they have the same name.....they live in ubud.
admire the simple......the daily life...simpleness...clear....positive.....
humble after a compliment....
patience...professional....perseverance....
nice family always around.....
therefore is not just the content of their professional skills that are broadcasted....but even a way of life.....
till the last moment ...a complete exhibition....how i possible also do....without all complications....without expect to much.....
...100% i admire them.....
here the contacts
I MADE SUMANTRA
healing and spiritual guidance
www.balineseyoga.com
I MADE MARJAYA
master and teacher in batik, wood carving, painting
perhaps is not a case they have the same name.....they live in ubud.
Indonesia > Bali > around
bali has a certain charm.....
is not just an island on tropics....different among other around due the different religion....
is not just casts....beaches...surf.....spa.....
frangipane.....
is a place where the culture and history have a strong impact on present...
is a meaning for everything....
ceremonies everyday before the sunset....
dress of the people...
offerings with fruits and sweets....on the head of the woman.....always discrete and elegant...
...small one with rice in the morning......incense....the meaning of the hand moving with the wet flower....and the other holding the tray....
flowers among hair on woman...and on the hears on men...
temple inside every house...where all the families live together...
is a nice talking about a relative dead....
acknowledging that there is an end and a meaning...and a continue....
vibe of the music obsessive....
easy smile....be friendly...
due respect for traditions...
breakfast always different...
cooks....in the morning......and before the sunset caressed by the man...
nice panorama on rice fields...
and scents surrounding you....
small basket made by palms or banana leaves...5 different flowers...the incense...the rise...
rice between leaves....
face expression of the statue....
peanuts...eat on the gazebo on the valley...
rush to go home..to have sit on bamboo chair....and watch and listen the garden....
is not just an island on tropics....different among other around due the different religion....
is not just casts....beaches...surf.....spa.....
frangipane.....
is a place where the culture and history have a strong impact on present...
is a meaning for everything....
ceremonies everyday before the sunset....
dress of the people...
offerings with fruits and sweets....on the head of the woman.....always discrete and elegant...
...small one with rice in the morning......incense....the meaning of the hand moving with the wet flower....and the other holding the tray....
flowers among hair on woman...and on the hears on men...
temple inside every house...where all the families live together...
is a nice talking about a relative dead....
acknowledging that there is an end and a meaning...and a continue....
vibe of the music obsessive....
easy smile....be friendly...
due respect for traditions...
breakfast always different...
cooks....in the morning......and before the sunset caressed by the man...
nice panorama on rice fields...
and scents surrounding you....
small basket made by palms or banana leaves...5 different flowers...the incense...the rise...
rice between leaves....
face expression of the statue....
peanuts...eat on the gazebo on the valley...
rush to go home..to have sit on bamboo chair....and watch and listen the garden....
Friday, 20 July 2007
Indonesia > Bali around Ubud
casually i meet these woman....on the street...
the cerimony happens everyday in every single city o village...
u just need to wear the sarong ( the long skirt ) to be present.....
otherwise is not polite....
the videos comment.....just enjoy....
the cerimony happens everyday in every single city o village...
u just need to wear the sarong ( the long skirt ) to be present.....
otherwise is not polite....
the videos comment.....just enjoy....
Indoensia > Bali > Ubud
Bali, the inner part...Ubud and around....
don't be misleaded by Kuta...
get in the real part of balinese life...
where arts meet culture in a big garden....
colors, flowers, architetture....everything mixed up to please you.....
the smells..
the dress of the woman...
the offers...
the flowers in the hair....
the man with his sarong....
the sweet noise of the birds....
don't be misleaded by Kuta...
get in the real part of balinese life...
where arts meet culture in a big garden....
colors, flowers, architetture....everything mixed up to please you.....
the smells..
the dress of the woman...
the offers...
the flowers in the hair....
the man with his sarong....
the sweet noise of the birds....
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Indonesa > java > Yogyakarta
have a seat in a restaurant on th estreet...
be helped as soon has i got a seat from a unknown man close to me about the choice on the menu...
and the man with his family paying his bill payed mine as well....
just like this...
be helped as soon has i got a seat from a unknown man close to me about the choice on the menu...
and the man with his family paying his bill payed mine as well....
just like this...
Monday, 9 July 2007
Indonesia > Java > Bandung
could be really easy have a fun...
just wake up a morning and decide to go to some place and just allow locals to help you....
just anywhere...just start to ask around.....
is fun.....
you will be the special guest......
just wake up a morning and decide to go to some place and just allow locals to help you....
just anywhere...just start to ask around.....
is fun.....
you will be the special guest......
Indonesia > Sumatra > Toba Lake
people are back to be interested by me....is like your not a random guy...
all smiles around.....surrounded by them....
always a a way to do a fest to you...
to talk to you...
waiting any way to start a conversation...
it helps you to feel safe, in some way in a familiar place for you...that is definitely not
again a street of fame....
the big Vulcan that made the lake Toba within his island Samosir in the middle of it...is the land of Batak people...
'Batak woman is a good wife.....they say.....
u can feel the glorious tourist past.....
u can see it.....
before 10 years ago...more o less.....after the first bombing.....
now is supposed to be high season....school holidays and dry season....
not many westerns.....just few dropping by the way perhaps....
people call u around....people are friendly....people want you around...
was their activity....theyr job before,...
they just got the worst from the mess.......
is the main argument around.....
like embedded in a problem without be the cause........
hard workers....strong people....
you are gonna be so busy..hailing to all people calling you...to hailing you....to answering about the questions 'where are you from...'
all smiles around.....surrounded by them....
always a a way to do a fest to you...
to talk to you...
waiting any way to start a conversation...
it helps you to feel safe, in some way in a familiar place for you...that is definitely not
again a street of fame....
the big Vulcan that made the lake Toba within his island Samosir in the middle of it...is the land of Batak people...
'Batak woman is a good wife.....they say.....
u can feel the glorious tourist past.....
u can see it.....
before 10 years ago...more o less.....after the first bombing.....
now is supposed to be high season....school holidays and dry season....
not many westerns.....just few dropping by the way perhaps....
people call u around....people are friendly....people want you around...
was their activity....theyr job before,...
they just got the worst from the mess.......
is the main argument around.....
like embedded in a problem without be the cause........
hard workers....strong people....
you are gonna be so busy..hailing to all people calling you...to hailing you....to answering about the questions 'where are you from...'
Monday, 2 July 2007
Malaysia > Penang > Georgetown
what about the culture difference....the religions.....
Malaysia is the example to follow.....
together.....not event partitioned....when you stay here ...you see that together means really together...in the same district 4 examples of religions.....like this place is not affected by the problems affecting the rest of the world......
and religions means colors...a lot of colors.....you drop on one shop...and you see by yourself the diversity...working together...Asian melting pot...on a Muslim country......
not to mention what about the food....the impact of that rainbow on it......
in the same way......no partitions, a food hall with few stalls can be so multicultural that is hard to imagine.......
...... one of the best example.......to follow.....
Malaysia is the example to follow.....
together.....not event partitioned....when you stay here ...you see that together means really together...in the same district 4 examples of religions.....like this place is not affected by the problems affecting the rest of the world......
and religions means colors...a lot of colors.....you drop on one shop...and you see by yourself the diversity...working together...Asian melting pot...on a Muslim country......
not to mention what about the food....the impact of that rainbow on it......
in the same way......no partitions, a food hall with few stalls can be so multicultural that is hard to imagine.......
...... one of the best example.......to follow.....
Thailand > Koh Phangan
an island that is the hell and paradise in the same time........
from the full moon party to the best place to spend a honey moon.....just in few kilometers,,,
so diversity reality leaving together and not contrasting at all......
just stop to a coconut tree and try to get one....you cannot get it...farang......is too difficult.....but someone drops to you.....
a pure feeling for them....so genuine......in the same island where thousands the night before meet up for a worldwide known party.....
but they are leaving apart from that....is just few kms......but no contamination...
maybe the jungle in the middle....is not only giving the presence but also a filter......
from the full moon party to the best place to spend a honey moon.....just in few kilometers,,,
so diversity reality leaving together and not contrasting at all......
just stop to a coconut tree and try to get one....you cannot get it...farang......is too difficult.....but someone drops to you.....
a pure feeling for them....so genuine......in the same island where thousands the night before meet up for a worldwide known party.....
but they are leaving apart from that....is just few kms......but no contamination...
maybe the jungle in the middle....is not only giving the presence but also a filter......
Thailand > Bangkok
is always a pleasure......
always is not boring.....
Bangkok remains exotic and chaotic....
on a traffic jam get the best chilled fruit......so tasty......
holy and profane.....
but is so beautiful like this......
why youtube is banned?.........
always is not boring.....
Bangkok remains exotic and chaotic....
on a traffic jam get the best chilled fruit......so tasty......
holy and profane.....
but is so beautiful like this......
why youtube is banned?.........
India
hanging around and see how the jobs are direct on the street.....
u can feel all the manual jobs passing by the road......u can smell them...u can hear them......
the practical way the live, they work....
have a seat in a almost primitive dhaba, just an hut with a kind of cook for an almost one kind of dish......rigorously with hands.... obviously on the street and have a teh with an it engineer ready to get his degree and to leave.......do you smoke...?
or be in the middle of nowhere and get fired the entire motorbike wiring....hitchhiking on a tat truck...go to the first mechanic and be sure that for evening the bike is gonna be ready.....or the clutch...or gears.......or what do you need???
or show a camera...just be interested to do some shoots...and get a crowd of people modeling for you...and so curios,,to see how they are in pic......
or ask something that could be weird ....... but if is possible why not???
or be always, always invited to have a seat......wherever, howsoever....just have seat......'you tired.......and where are you from ???'
be waiting to change a wheel and have a breakfast with a sick truck drivers....chai and cookies.....just because you are there...
and ask about a hot shower.......of course......and is not....
they talk to you always...........
and ask an information...get an answer...but you say that could be also like another way ....and they say yes......?
and be invited by babas......
and get an ' i like you..' by a waiter....because he really find you interesting......no tricks.....no other meanings....
and say hello and be sure 100% that you are gonna get back hello+smile......
and leave things or luggage and no one think about that....
and bargain for everything.....
and the salty juice.....
and park the bike in the wrong spot and find it parked well, on the side of the street.....
and be questioned by everybody....be looked ....... getting all the attention....between hundreds people....and just open the mouth to ask,,,,and you get what you need..........
and the way the say yes ...nodding like we say no.........fantastic......
and what about your bike...'is really nice....'
and the way you have to blow horn always...to pass....and the hand always ready from the window saying you.....'go...go..'
and you go!
u can feel all the manual jobs passing by the road......u can smell them...u can hear them......
the practical way the live, they work....
have a seat in a almost primitive dhaba, just an hut with a kind of cook for an almost one kind of dish......rigorously with hands.... obviously on the street and have a teh with an it engineer ready to get his degree and to leave.......do you smoke...?
or be in the middle of nowhere and get fired the entire motorbike wiring....hitchhiking on a tat truck...go to the first mechanic and be sure that for evening the bike is gonna be ready.....or the clutch...or gears.......or what do you need???
or show a camera...just be interested to do some shoots...and get a crowd of people modeling for you...and so curios,,to see how they are in pic......
or ask something that could be weird ....... but if is possible why not???
or be always, always invited to have a seat......wherever, howsoever....just have seat......'you tired.......and where are you from ???'
be waiting to change a wheel and have a breakfast with a sick truck drivers....chai and cookies.....just because you are there...
and ask about a hot shower.......of course......and is not....
they talk to you always...........
and ask an information...get an answer...but you say that could be also like another way ....and they say yes......?
and be invited by babas......
and get an ' i like you..' by a waiter....because he really find you interesting......no tricks.....no other meanings....
and say hello and be sure 100% that you are gonna get back hello+smile......
and leave things or luggage and no one think about that....
and bargain for everything.....
and the salty juice.....
and park the bike in the wrong spot and find it parked well, on the side of the street.....
and be questioned by everybody....be looked ....... getting all the attention....between hundreds people....and just open the mouth to ask,,,,and you get what you need..........
and the way the say yes ...nodding like we say no.........fantastic......
and what about your bike...'is really nice....'
and the way you have to blow horn always...to pass....and the hand always ready from the window saying you.....'go...go..'
and you go!
India > New Delhi
no paper, indian toilet...
no napkins, indian napkins....
coming back in the same city after 1 month trip in the country....
doesn't look like the same
even the chats that were bothering you...are not the same....you know now how to face them....you have a kind of filter now that protects you
and so, new Delhi has another light, an understandable light, that explains ...
always the first impression is not complete, you need more info to get clear what's going on....
now i can even stay longer.......is like a known place...with more o less known people.......
kinky factors remain on the street....you cannot agree...but in same way you can understand....
people always surround you, in all the possible ways....never a feeling of dislike.....never a smile not given.......and even the hot season is more hot......
so could be enough......even if you have to scavenge on the rubbish......but for sure you are gonna find something, always......
after that you are ready for many things.......
no napkins, indian napkins....
coming back in the same city after 1 month trip in the country....
doesn't look like the same
even the chats that were bothering you...are not the same....you know now how to face them....you have a kind of filter now that protects you
and so, new Delhi has another light, an understandable light, that explains ...
always the first impression is not complete, you need more info to get clear what's going on....
now i can even stay longer.......is like a known place...with more o less known people.......
kinky factors remain on the street....you cannot agree...but in same way you can understand....
people always surround you, in all the possible ways....never a feeling of dislike.....never a smile not given.......and even the hot season is more hot......
so could be enough......even if you have to scavenge on the rubbish......but for sure you are gonna find something, always......
after that you are ready for many things.......
India > Himachal Pradesh> Dharamkot
slowly slowly.....easy...
'flowers around
...smells...relax....shanti...'
'casts?...yes middle cast.....lower cast cannot decide what to eat....always the same...home to work and back home...money for food...'
while there is:
http://www.freetibet.org/
......Bejing 2008
'flowers around
...smells...relax....shanti...'
'casts?...yes middle cast.....lower cast cannot decide what to eat....always the same...home to work and back home...money for food...'
while there is:
http://www.freetibet.org/
......Bejing 2008
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
India > Kashmir > Srinagar - Dharmasala
since young already ladies....
and such a ladies!
them ar living close to small villages..nomads..
they love photos...
and such a ladies!
them ar living close to small villages..nomads..
they love photos...
India > Kashmir > Srinagar - someone
stops you for info...or asking about .......business man.....europe...friends everywhere....need a favour....some activities....
like fishing.....let's have a tea....beers..beers....a juice..no sparkling...tired......catch u later...
like fishing.....let's have a tea....beers..beers....a juice..no sparkling...tired......catch u later...
India > Kashmir > Srinagar
back lots of chats....people calling you....
this is the way they wanna show u something...what they have....
the ' house boat '
people asking u what u think about Kashmir?
on my guide is written to avoid...
why ?
military base everywhere...
but everything goes....
them are outstanding always......
this is the way they wanna show u something...what they have....
the ' house boat '
people asking u what u think about Kashmir?
on my guide is written to avoid...
why ?
military base everywhere...
but everything goes....
them are outstanding always......
India > Kashmir > Drass > Middle school Matayen
in the middle of nowhere ...stopping by a small village asking where to go....a friendly face man on the road...
perfect english.....
we begun a to chat...he is so nice....he is a teacher.....where is the school ?
just in front of us...
can i see it ?....of course...we go in...other teachers welcome us...
middle school matayen
Matayen ( drass ) Jammu&Kasmir
kids from 6 to 14, they learn urdu and english...
is just for the village beside
Drass the second place coldest in the world
we had a tea...kashmiri tea...and bread..so good!
they welcomed me like in the same way all people meet on the way....
perfect english.....
we begun a to chat...he is so nice....he is a teacher.....where is the school ?
just in front of us...
can i see it ?....of course...we go in...other teachers welcome us...
middle school matayen
Matayen ( drass ) Jammu&Kasmir
kids from 6 to 14, they learn urdu and english...
is just for the village beside
Drass the second place coldest in the world
we had a tea...kashmiri tea...and bread..so good!
they welcomed me like in the same way all people meet on the way....
Monday, 18 June 2007
India > Kashmir > Leh - Srinagar viaggio
Checking posts, many, passport, where u come from,where do u go...dozens..
kids, when i get the village, when i pass by...they recognize the sounds...they come to you...not even a celebrity...the wanna shake the hand...smiles...get a five while going....
in the villages everybody is curios...
the road could be interrupted...
the bike...
"where are u from...ah italy...."
desert. no vegetations. canyons
dust, wind, again on the pass..
heavy breathe...
tata, trucks, bus...
never felt so sure to go in the middle of no where, like u know the place, the people, like i lived there...
nobody
alone, on the river, the rocks...
cows here ...danger...
military bases...
kids, when i get the village, when i pass by...they recognize the sounds...they come to you...not even a celebrity...the wanna shake the hand...smiles...get a five while going....
in the villages everybody is curios...
the road could be interrupted...
the bike...
"where are u from...ah italy...."
desert. no vegetations. canyons
dust, wind, again on the pass..
heavy breathe...
tata, trucks, bus...
never felt so sure to go in the middle of no where, like u know the place, the people, like i lived there...
nobody
alone, on the river, the rocks...
cows here ...danger...
military bases...
India > Kashmir > Ladakh > Leh
the mountains do like a filter ......
Leh is a small town comped by many Tibetan refugees, that with the particular behaviour and discretion are trying to do a new trend how to manage the environment
Too dry...lack of oxygen...less vegetation....you cannot breathe easily...
wake up in the morning could be so pleasant by a song
less chat in town....
Leh is a small town comped by many Tibetan refugees, that with the particular behaviour and discretion are trying to do a new trend how to manage the environment
Too dry...lack of oxygen...less vegetation....you cannot breathe easily...
wake up in the morning could be so pleasant by a song
less chat in town....
India > Manali-Leh Paesaggi
this is just a video documetary about the trip by bike.....
altitude sickness is not included...
i was really far from th yak...not much confidence...and also there is nothing to be hidden or something...the bike was on....
altitude sickness is not included...
i was really far from th yak...not much confidence...and also there is nothing to be hidden or something...the bike was on....
india > Manali-Leh locals 2
more locals that i think they live by people passing by....the road is open just 3-4 moths per year...
than the cold get over...
the spend the rest of the year living in the villages, without moving...not even working for the weather conditions...but anyway the store stuff in the good season, and they get some incentive from the govern to buy wood....
one night in a dhaba ( a tent restaurant with also accommodations..) i asked to the owner, what about live there. so in difficult conditions...
"you know, here there is peace, people are ok, no problems no fight...i like here.."
than the cold get over...
the spend the rest of the year living in the villages, without moving...not even working for the weather conditions...but anyway the store stuff in the good season, and they get some incentive from the govern to buy wood....
one night in a dhaba ( a tent restaurant with also accommodations..) i asked to the owner, what about live there. so in difficult conditions...
"you know, here there is peace, people are ok, no problems no fight...i like here.."
India > Manali-Legh locals
you never be alone on that road....
nomads really famous for the Pashmina wool ( the goat is called pashmina..seems to be difficolt to raise up...maybe the only one able to...you can see after on the towns....in all shops....
with the other nomads i couldn't get anything, language prob....
just i kow the live there for a while and after they move....
like seasonolly
nomads really famous for the Pashmina wool ( the goat is called pashmina..seems to be difficolt to raise up...maybe the only one able to...you can see after on the towns....in all shops....
with the other nomads i couldn't get anything, language prob....
just i kow the live there for a while and after they move....
like seasonolly
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
india > Manali-Leh Tanglang La pass
485 km on the mountains, max altitude 5328 mt, here the highest pass, unfortunately not saved by devastation...just to don't kick the habit.
india > Manali-Leh highway workers
altitude average between 4000 to 5000, a road open only 3 or 4 months a year...
never heard about them
but they are there, every day, we cannot communicate but they don't hesitate to cheer up, to offer something, to get around you...not a bad sign or unfriendly manner, with a particoular respect
such a lords!
they work at extreme, they seem belong to an extreme world..
cannot understand..
i leave to you a thought...
never heard about them
but they are there, every day, we cannot communicate but they don't hesitate to cheer up, to offer something, to get around you...not a bad sign or unfriendly manner, with a particoular respect
such a lords!
they work at extreme, they seem belong to an extreme world..
cannot understand..
i leave to you a thought...
India > da Manali a Leh ( Kashmir ) - friends
begun a few days trip trough the mountains to get Leh....
again viva people, especially when they become fellows traveller, casually...
from a solo traveller like me, i can say now never appreciated a friendship like this, so the meaning of solo travel is not to be alone...but the hope to meet someone
again viva people, especially when they become fellows traveller, casually...
from a solo traveller like me, i can say now never appreciated a friendship like this, so the meaning of solo travel is not to be alone...but the hope to meet someone
India> Himachal Pradesh> Manali
never seen to many writings about ' we serve italian, israeli...'
for my point of view, nothing more fake...menu wrong, recipes fake...poor Italy...
random people around covered by a shawl...reached the old part of the village, near by the torrent, just up the hill....
old houses...some temple...
could be common, viva the simple daylylife, people, stuff...
the only different thing among same writings...
for my point of view, nothing more fake...menu wrong, recipes fake...poor Italy...
random people around covered by a shawl...reached the old part of the village, near by the torrent, just up the hill....
old houses...some temple...
could be common, viva the simple daylylife, people, stuff...
the only different thing among same writings...
Sunday, 3 June 2007
india > Himachal Pradesh > Manali - smoky restaurant
while dining in smoky restaurant, where everything could be already seen, predictable....
a french lady on mids,
20 years past in Nepal,
some apartments rented in Paris,
a life spent to teach, to give education,
no religions symbols, no europeans standards,
but just a basic educations, in the way locals can get,
living with them on the most remote place...
no names behind it, no symbols, no sponsorships..
just a pure sense of interest, after a casual trip there...
hostility for the concepts, hostility for the provenience...
just a pure interest!
can make the difference?
a french lady on mids,
20 years past in Nepal,
some apartments rented in Paris,
a life spent to teach, to give education,
no religions symbols, no europeans standards,
but just a basic educations, in the way locals can get,
living with them on the most remote place...
no names behind it, no symbols, no sponsorships..
just a pure sense of interest, after a casual trip there...
hostility for the concepts, hostility for the provenience...
just a pure interest!
can make the difference?
India> from Rishikesh to Manali> meeting local people
is too hot even on bike.
due stops are rewarded by nice meetings.
get arts educations and serve te to 'baba' is not really common.
due stops are rewarded by nice meetings.
get arts educations and serve te to 'baba' is not really common.
India> from rishikesh to Manlai> on the road 2
the road seems to be a law of life, doesn't matter who are you and where are going, the matter is arrive as soon as possible. is like an occult strength leads everything.
meanwhile is possible to see something more natural
meanwhile is possible to see something more natural
India> from Rishikesh to Manali > on the road
moving to the north, to the valley, to try to breathe.
a motorbike could be a way
persons so dedicate to work, without asking why..
the education is the future, everywhere outstanding institutes, from the total absence of rights to the top of the education.
a motorbike could be a way
persons so dedicate to work, without asking why..
the education is the future, everywhere outstanding institutes, from the total absence of rights to the top of the education.
India>Uttaranchal>Rishikesh
the holy city on the Gange river.
a lot of Pilgrims.
same standard of noise volume, mixed to the charm about temples on the holy river.
the elegance of the woman.
the yoga birthplace ?
a lot of Pilgrims.
same standard of noise volume, mixed to the charm about temples on the holy river.
the elegance of the woman.
the yoga birthplace ?
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Delhi's impression
i left the city, to much chatting around...
the video is self explanatory!
anyway ' the hand has 5 fingers and all different'
the video is self explanatory!
anyway ' the hand has 5 fingers and all different'
Saturday, 26 May 2007
India>Delhi
"if u wanna stay on Shiva Guest house, u can find it in front of the Sheton Hotel (more common to taxi drivers...not easy to find, especially during the day because is an hidden ramp between two shops...nothing to mention but hanging out by easygoing"
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