by Calvin Sun | Jul 8, 2011 | How Did You Do That?, India, Let me tell you a Story..., Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, The Nightlife
So yesterday worked out better than I thought. Leh and Dharamsala are very very far from each other. It usually should take 1-2 days to get there, even with flight since Dharamsala has no nearby airport. But we managed to reach Dharamsala from Leh in a little over 7...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2011 | Doctor in the House, India, Lessons Learned, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Despite the chill nature of the last entry, that was not to be for the next 4-5 hours. We climbed some rocks, we almost fell over, and we conquered the palace ridge. What made it harder was that the last 2 days we’ve been dealing with a few symptoms of...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2011 | India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
What a chill 48 hours. All we did since arriving was rest, eat, sleep, shop, and yoga. We’ll begin exploring later this afternoon. In the meantime, we’re feeling pretty good doing pretty much…nothing. - At time of posting in Leh, it...
by Stephanie Quan | Jul 5, 2011 | India, Introspection, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Leh is geographically 300 km northeast of Srinagar, but it feels like much farther in terms of its environment. As I sit in this cafe typing, we are behind the mountains. Away from the monsoon, the air has the arid, light, unforgiving smell of the high desert....
