Back from the Wilderness

As you can see we have resolved the photos issue having realised we have a memory card...doh! Don't we look great?! The photos are of a Buddhist shrine on the Kunzum La pass 4550m up, Delhi's mosque and traffic and us! This one was taken when we were walking through the Spiti valley which is 4000m above sea level and meant Sophie went even slower than usual. As you can see it was very beautiful and remote with lots of tiny villages. We realised how remote following our ten hour journey on the 'Bus of Terror' which involved a lot of mountain passes, mostly on narrow rock roads many of them disintegrating and a lot of UNNECESSARY OVERTAKING. Any attempts to reassure ourselves the bus did this every day without any problems were undermined by the roadsigns which included 'Sinking area - caution' (shortly after the left back wheel had come off the road above a 200m drop), 'Alert today - Alive tomorrow', 'If you're married, divorce speed' (what if you're not married?) and, our favourite, 'Life is short, don't make it shorter'. The fear reached comedy levels when we noticed the bus driver had written 'Oh god, save me' followed by his numberplate to ensure god saved the correct bus. Thankfully we have finished all of those journeys and will be avoiding them at all costs in the future. The journey was worth it though - Spiti is a magical place and we stayed in a really nice old Tibetan style house with some very friendly people, ate a lot of momo (which are meat dumplings) and enjoyed some spectacular views on our walks. We are now back in Manali and are off to Daramsala, where the Dalai Lama lives, tomorrow via Mandi which will give Paul a chance to sing his favourite Barry Manilow song a few more times (NOT the Westlife version, obviously).
Also thanks to Latch for his devotion ;-) We have now changed the comments so anyone can post, if anyone is still reading this given our complete lack of effort. Love to all........