So much about planning...

Where to start?
So we got ourselves back to Manali, this time rather enjoying the long bus journey than having to endure it! The idea was to stay there for another night, max. two, send some stuff back home and then move on to Rajastan. Needless to say that none of this happened so far and we have made it about 3 kilometers further to Vashisht.
After a nights stay in a new guesthouse in Manali we got our old room and balcony back, being welcomed back warmly by the Open Hand and Mountain Dew team. A few slight health issues (Indian stomach) quickly made us realize we were going to stay a couple days longer and we got to know some lovely people to spend our time with. Mandeep, the Indian of our group, was nice enough to teach us a lot about cultural backgrounds as well as how to eat without knife and fork (there is an etiquette to it).

We booked the bus to go to Delhi for yesterday and were quite happy with our decision to get going towards the Taj Mahal in Agra, get out of the mountains and into the rain and heat. I guess we'd be on our way now were it not for running into Yoshi, a friend of mine (Lenni) from Edinburgh, who we ran into in Manali. Although heavily disguised with a hat and sunglasses, his walking stick and Ukulele case clearly gave him away (well after about half an hour of hesitation). Not to mention that we postponed our bus to tomorrow and decided to accompany him and his friend Costas to Vashisht for a couple of days!
A decision not to be regretted it turns out! A quick tuk-tuk ride and checking into our cheapest accommodation yet, right next to the hot springs, we were on our way to see one of the local waterfalls. Beautiful scenery, climbing slippery rocks and wading through cold mountain water marked our activities for the next couple of hours, until settling in a sweet, Nepalese cafe/bar/hang-out/happy place, on our way back. The owners and crowd there were one of the most entertaining bunch so far! Starting off with a few sessions of Carrom (faster than we have ever seen it played) one of them soon started to entertain the onlookers with wondrous skill in fire staff, poi and hoop as well as capoeira. Yoshi took a video we might be able to provide later on.   
We stayed there well past sunset and were luckily guided home in the rain by one of the owners, who had thought to bring a headlamp. One very muddy and wet half an hour later we got ourselves some excellent Japanese dinner, finishing off an excellent day!

Tomorrow the journey continues on however, I mean they are showing the Dark Knight in Delhi o.O.
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