tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15816782466514401052024-02-06T20:02:27.012-08:00Rockin' the HimalayasMollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-14369827151220129672011-09-23T22:22:00.000-07:002011-09-23T22:31:14.487-07:00Last Day in India - Coming Home!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/23/2011 Day 18 + traveling day(s)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I find that many of the men in Delhi find it completely ok to blatantly stare at a woman. While in the subway car in Delhi yesterday, there were several times where someone right in front of us, and I mean literally RIGHT in front of us, would just stare and stare and stare in a completely obvious fashion. I kept being tempted to just stare right back until they got weirded out and looked away. I never did test out this tactic, though. Anyways, this happened a lot yesterday in Delhi. It must just be a cultural difference, but it's something I couldn't get used to.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Since my camera is busted, I have no pictures of what I did yesterday on my own camera. I did, however, commandeer Mairi’s camera a few times (with her permission of course), so hopefully I’ll be able to acquire those sometime soon. For now, though, I’ll use some google images.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We spent the whole day in Delhi. In the morning I went to the Red Fort (which had a very similar architectural style to the buildings at the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort) with Ellen and Mairi, and spent the rest of the morning shopping in Old Delhi.<br />
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I found Old Delhi to be a bit too much for me. It wasn’t just the huge amounts of people pushing past you everywhere you go, but also the incessant harassment by street vendors. You couldn’t walk down a block without having to dismiss and get away from 10+ vendors. It was incredibly tiring. I did find some fantastic T-shirts, though. There were these one kinds of T-shirts that were EVERYWHERE. All they said was “Being Human”. I had to get one. I also found a ridiculous one that just said “I’m Cool”. I couldn’t resist silly tees – especially when they came out to cost near the equivalent of three American dollars.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After lunch Maria took us to Ugrasen Ki Baoli – a stepwell (an undergroud structure for the storage of water). It was pretty awesome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--mV0weZsoW8/Tn1oUPOqA9I/AAAAAAAAA-k/NQTR-l9Mymw/s1600/ugrasen_baoli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--mV0weZsoW8/Tn1oUPOqA9I/AAAAAAAAA-k/NQTR-l9Mymw/s320/ugrasen_baoli.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We also went to Jantar Mantar, which is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments built by Maharaja Jai Singh II. The observatory “consists of fourteen major geometric devices for measuring time, predicting eclipses, tracking stars’ location as the earth orbits around the sun, ascertaining the declination of planets, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides". It was SUPER COOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vtbVCkpKSIU/Tn1oSvzVlvI/AAAAAAAAA-c/WfpBdn4EzjI/s1600/JantarMantar1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vtbVCkpKSIU/Tn1oSvzVlvI/AAAAAAAAA-c/WfpBdn4EzjI/s320/JantarMantar1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Later Maria took a few of us girls to Fab India to go shopping. I didn’t originally think I was going to buy myself an outfit (salwar kameez), but I found a super cute one. It's super comfy.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yesterday was our last day in India. We spent the day in Delhi and headed to the airport last night around 8. I (and four others) had a 6 hour flight last night (starting at midnight Delhi time). I forced myself not to sleep during the first flight so that I can hopefully sleep the majority of the way through the long ~12 hour flight. I'm now in Hong Kong, it is ~11 AM Delhi time, and I didn't sleep at all last night. Very soon, though, we’ll board our flight to SFO and it’s GO TIME. I even wore the Aladdin pants I bought in Leh for the flight - as comfy as pajama pants. Even as I type now, I find that I keep nodding off for a split second at a time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve had a really good time in India, but I am also extremely excited to get back in the states to the temperate climate of Palo Alto, Western Style toilets, and my comfortable (comparatively) bed.</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-41293630677935269952011-09-23T22:08:00.000-07:002011-09-23T22:39:44.727-07:00Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra Fort, and Camels!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Day 17 (Guidebook Day 17 – Led by Debra)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Maria had warned the girls of the group that it is not uncommon for men in Agra, Delhi, and other large Indian cities to be very inappropriate towards women and will sometimes grab them inappropriately just because they can. I had an experience like that first thing this morning. We were all heading out to go to the Taj Mahal at 5:30AM. I stopped for a moment to wait for people to catch up when an Indian man walked by and I felt a very obvious and very intentional ass-grab. I replied with a not-all-that-loud “What the f**k!?” directed his way, his only response being that he just stared at me as he kept walking away. I was unsure if a louder and more pissed off reaction would attract the wrong kind of attention, but I was later told that I should feel free to curse them out when they do such things. The whole thing just made me feel gross.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Something interesting that helps to deal with these types of behavior is the “women only” cars in the metro trains. The first car of each train in Delhi is for women only, and any man to step into this car will be met with nasty looks from the women in the car. I’ve seen it. Although I think it’s sad that it needs to come to that, I’ll be honest, I felt much better in the women only cars – especially when the cars were super crowded</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then we went to Fatehpur Sikri, a town built in 1571 by Mughal Emperor, Akbar. He had planned the city as his capital but shortage of water compelled him to the abandon the city. So now, the “city” is a tourist attraction.<br />
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It was an odd place because, although it was an abandoned city, it was filled with people, plenty of them beggars. So many beggars have never approached me in my life. The children will come up to you and ask you for money. If you say no, they just ask again. It sometimes takes minutes for them to leave. Although I feel bad about ignoring the kids (and the adults, too), there’s not much else you can really do. You can’t exactly give money to every beggar, especially at this site. You’d go broke in no time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXEOpBLaPAzHmab3momb0SS0qfH95UduRSerAVddiuVlauCe6A_178ob6YrnL-cNEsQpa4_cPU7f9bcKUh5O70CD15dLx7agJ_4fRemXFVH7jrpoGh8zi_8qz2mlcqi9ktel2ILtmoUjg/s1600/DSC_0764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXEOpBLaPAzHmab3momb0SS0qfH95UduRSerAVddiuVlauCe6A_178ob6YrnL-cNEsQpa4_cPU7f9bcKUh5O70CD15dLx7agJ_4fRemXFVH7jrpoGh8zi_8qz2mlcqi9ktel2ILtmoUjg/s320/DSC_0764.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">While at the fort, groups of Indian men kept coming up to us to take a picture with us. They would just come on up to us and say “group picture”, or “just one picture”, and they would group around us before we could even reply. Since people kept insisting on this, I decided “Fine, but I’m getting one, too!” I mostly just think it’s hilarious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xot7Ua3INEY/Tn1jxfa5RlI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/ElNDHfVSI2E/s1600/DSC_0844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xot7Ua3INEY/Tn1jxfa5RlI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/ElNDHfVSI2E/s320/DSC_0844.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sad note of the day, my camera lens is busted. It has been slowly falling apart for a while now. It started months ago as just being a bit “sticky” at a particular spot when zooming in and out. It turned from sticky to very difficult. Then, a few days ago, it stopped auto-focusing half of the time. When I took the lens off the camera body to inspect it, I noticed a piece of plastic fall to the ground. Since then, the lens was just less well attached to the camera body. Tonight, though, it became obvious that it just did not want to stay attached at all. Time for a new lens!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">9/21/2011 Day 16 (Guidebook Day 16)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This morning we flew to from Leh to Delhi. It was a short flight – just over an hour. Our flight was very early, causing us to have to leave our hotel at 4:15. I’ve also never had so many check points and felt like I went through so much hassle at an airport before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">They pat down each person as they go through security. The females are walked into a booth closed off with curtains for their pat-downs by a female security worker. The males, on the other hand, are asked to stand on platforms out in the open in the room where everyone is waiting for their plane for their pat-down. The woman at the x-ray machine took my rocks out of my bag, looked at them really strangely, and showed them around to the other workers before shrugging and putting them back. Haha.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I rode in one of those bicycle rickshaws for the firs time today. I feel like it should have felt terrifying, but it wasn’t… I mean, at one point our driver (or I suppose our rider) turned right (like our left) at an intersection after the light had already been red for like 5 seconds. It seems to be ok, though, because everyone drives like that. Driving in India just seems to be a kind of organized chaos. As long as you understand how it works, you can get through the madness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBK80sSwCOludCsy5BEH-H3vQXE-bAAgQX9uHSCObrHxfVraiFUweNl49A653YcbIuszKGhAKkaGVOr5PPFiRY11ZDSIokJGcjhD96tpNTq2m5T8yMMaZn6jFcLvG53ARd6XzEBlSoddwJ/s1600/DSC_0547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBK80sSwCOludCsy5BEH-H3vQXE-bAAgQX9uHSCObrHxfVraiFUweNl49A653YcbIuszKGhAKkaGVOr5PPFiRY11ZDSIokJGcjhD96tpNTq2m5T8yMMaZn6jFcLvG53ARd6XzEBlSoddwJ/s320/DSC_0547.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We also went to Humayun’s Tomb. Pretty cool. Not much else to say about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pUbNYhRUUfXZpkxLz_y2MS0JkaxM7xD0AIjznUytx9fFW4ZAdPredtJoVvh01bAjbQh9Eh89fkTjeyLBfsusuJO_5i1-mZYKmD4_7d9rkM5J9JEMSO_gzfss10q8pBxTWGH4KuxTD8ms/s1600/DSC_0585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pUbNYhRUUfXZpkxLz_y2MS0JkaxM7xD0AIjznUytx9fFW4ZAdPredtJoVvh01bAjbQh9Eh89fkTjeyLBfsusuJO_5i1-mZYKmD4_7d9rkM5J9JEMSO_gzfss10q8pBxTWGH4KuxTD8ms/s320/DSC_0585.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we flew from Leh to Delhi, and then took a train to Agra. Taj Mahal tomorrow!</div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MAP</span><!--EndFragment--> </div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-11643853681634990742011-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:002011-09-23T21:53:22.100-07:00Day 15: Last Day of Geology and Hemis Monastery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/20/2011 Day 15 (Guidebook Day ? and ? - led by Marianne, Jess, and Aaditya)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today is our last day of geology before our last few days that will consist mostly of hanging out in Delhi and Agra (for the Taj Mahal!).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We started it off with a couple of outcrops.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pegmatites, yo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMQo7Yal8BE/Tn1dsWSm_2I/AAAAAAAAA8w/Y18bp51F1LQ/s1600/DSC_0428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xMQo7Yal8BE/Tn1dsWSm_2I/AAAAAAAAA8w/Y18bp51F1LQ/s320/DSC_0428.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We stopped by the Chemey Gompa for lunch. We didn’t actually have time to go in, but it makes for a cool picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dt0aYdfm1YE/Tn1d2pabsRI/AAAAAAAAA88/5n1WF0PvFbw/s1600/DSC_0454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dt0aYdfm1YE/Tn1d2pabsRI/AAAAAAAAA88/5n1WF0PvFbw/s320/DSC_0454.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We then went to Hemis Monastery. It was the only monastery or temple we went to wehre they would allow pictures to be taken inside the prayer rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nFq9zTzEiJE/Tn1d3zg3I6I/AAAAAAAAA9A/h13L6auyTS4/s1600/DSC_0477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nFq9zTzEiJE/Tn1d3zg3I6I/AAAAAAAAA9A/h13L6auyTS4/s320/DSC_0477.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we drove from Pangong Tso to Hemis to Leh.</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-15960450425983185402011-09-22T20:33:00.000-07:002011-09-22T20:35:44.691-07:00Day 14: Adorable Monk and Pangong Tso<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/19/2011 Day 14 (Guidebook Day 10 – led by Marianne)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This morning we passed over what also claims to be the second highest pass in India at 17,586 ft. Either way, I’ve definitely passed over the second AND third highest passes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ernB9nfj2y4/Tnv7OBYAkDI/AAAAAAAAA8E/pvAVZ4WbPd8/s1600/DSC_0317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ernB9nfj2y4/Tnv7OBYAkDI/AAAAAAAAA8E/pvAVZ4WbPd8/s320/DSC_0317.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the afternoon we went to the Karakorum shear zone at Tangste</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S__RX9s_18/Tnv7QRfr2yI/AAAAAAAAA8I/HBiguMHOq64/s1600/DSC_0324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8S__RX9s_18/Tnv7QRfr2yI/AAAAAAAAA8I/HBiguMHOq64/s320/DSC_0324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I admittedly didn’t look at the rocks much, and instead went to the monastery (seen perched on the rocks in the picture above) with Debra. Upon reaching the top of the monastery, we were greeted by a sweet old monk. After serving us some orange soda, he gestured for us to follow him. He took us to three rooms in the monastery (unlocking each one as we came to them) that were obviously places for prayer. (I don’t have pictures from within these rooms because photographys is discouraged in these places.) There was an obvious language barrier, but he would still chat with us anyways. He would sometime point out the different gods, giving us their names, which we attempted to pronounce. (Butchered pronunciation on our part was often followed by a warm laugh and a pat on the shoulder.) At the end of the tour, he offered us both chai. Before we left, he probably gave us about five hugs each. He was adorable; he totally made my day. I wonder if he is the only person up there most of the time. I saw no one else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoco87Fb3Zk591tVShQU-6lZxfwzx_j4VGxOABOJeiHY5UQ5D-Qh4Vvt74w5K-HLVLUZUoXWQtpn3CbmEZa4mZ1ET8-uIFG0sSYmQEvjBxB5sGrovQtHEjdAjNBAy94_g8ZIxPhOJN_8kz/s1600/DSC_0326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoco87Fb3Zk591tVShQU-6lZxfwzx_j4VGxOABOJeiHY5UQ5D-Qh4Vvt74w5K-HLVLUZUoXWQtpn3CbmEZa4mZ1ET8-uIFG0sSYmQEvjBxB5sGrovQtHEjdAjNBAy94_g8ZIxPhOJN_8kz/s320/DSC_0326.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then we went to Pangong Tso and hung out for the rest of the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sEF5UAc0vwW32kIIjVyIRLFhTyUZRgL_RaCjZyr_WmWYRxKOsgnqegtxuLaLHGwhGJwRrzOaWvsXgyccMDYiHfL4N49FLWk_njomsY2o_RYN6qsIcHAnrMyz0mhNHElxxmX8a0OO3Dz0/s1600/DSC_0386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sEF5UAc0vwW32kIIjVyIRLFhTyUZRgL_RaCjZyr_WmWYRxKOsgnqegtxuLaLHGwhGJwRrzOaWvsXgyccMDYiHfL4N49FLWk_njomsY2o_RYN6qsIcHAnrMyz0mhNHElxxmX8a0OO3Dz0/s320/DSC_0386.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">There was a guy dressed all in white that kept walking along the beach with his arms held out wide (being filmed the whole time). I’m not sure what it was for, but in my heart I hope it has something to do with a Bollywood movie or a music video. Jacob thinks it's a video about Indian Jesus. All scenarios - awesome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZuO0xELg_w/Tnv7mNs-svI/AAAAAAAAA8o/aauEve1CgSE/s1600/DSC_0388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZuO0xELg_w/Tnv7mNs-svI/AAAAAAAAA8o/aauEve1CgSE/s320/DSC_0388.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we drove from Upshi to Pangong Tso.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-68100450096473745182011-09-22T06:36:00.000-07:002011-09-22T06:38:21.499-07:00Day 13: RFC Nights, Charismatic Megafauna, and Lowered Cleanliness Expectations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/18/2011 Day 13 (Guidebook Day 7 – led by Simone)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Holy crap. It was COLD last night. RFC. There was frost on my bag this morning. Perhaps I’ll sleep in the tent if it’s this cold on some of the nights to come. Brr.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Something I’ve noticed about India – there are dogs everywhere. There seems to be a dog that lives at this campsite, and every town you go through there are strays all around. I tend to steer clear of them. To me, I just see them as potential rabies carriers. Not so cute anymore, eh?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve never been so aware of my water intake than on this trip. Because we are at such high altitude, it is more important that we drink adequate amounts of water. Dehydration only helps along altitude sickness, which in turn makes you dehydrated. Vicious cycle. I often don’t realize I’m dehydrated until I get a massive headache, and then realize I haven’t had anything to drink yet that day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was made aware today of how my definition of clean has been lowered. After checking out a bathroom (and then immediately leaving it), I commented on how, although it only consisted of a confusingly small hole in the very corner of the room (extremely inconvenient), it was fairly clean. (I mean, most of the bathrooms we use now are just holes in the ground, but this one was just confusing.) I think I’ve become extremely grateful of any bathroom that does not have toilet paper everywhere and a pile of feces in the corner. I am also content with a shower consisting of a moist bathing wipe (supplied by REI) while camping if nothing else is convenient. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today was a fairly relaxed day. The group spent the morning doing geology together, but then split in the afternoon with half going to hang out Karzok near the lake there, and the other half doing the planned day of geology. That way the group that just needed a break to recoup was able. (I was definitely included in that group.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here is some “charismatic megafauna”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk6mKq6QFIQUkBavWewdzbjZzxolVXV9wywhO819B6-4TWPKduZNm1_5WmnjyfvO-ryqy1QCwJWLBFQmm4VanUoV6zGsYubwWcSnt_e50aNRUggAptwVZPJ6EKlxGCestYbMaBQukr9Oo/s1600/DSC_0287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk6mKq6QFIQUkBavWewdzbjZzxolVXV9wywhO819B6-4TWPKduZNm1_5WmnjyfvO-ryqy1QCwJWLBFQmm4VanUoV6zGsYubwWcSnt_e50aNRUggAptwVZPJ6EKlxGCestYbMaBQukr9Oo/s320/DSC_0287.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The lake at Karzok</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4kIM5G0IOE0/Tns4jfQ1fMI/AAAAAAAAA7U/Lv8YP_cn154/s1600/DSC_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4kIM5G0IOE0/Tns4jfQ1fMI/AAAAAAAAA7U/Lv8YP_cn154/s320/DSC_0298.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we drove from Sumdo to Karzok to Upshi.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria;"><br />
</span></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-83535652542528838002011-09-22T06:28:00.000-07:002011-09-22T06:30:04.037-07:00Day 12: Starry Nights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/17/2011 Day 12 (Guidebook Day 8 – led by Mairi)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">While we’ve been camping, I’ve mostly been sleeping outside. It’s been amazing. I love my zero degree sleeping bag, though. I don’t know what I’d do without it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Random side note: the lunches that have been packed for us seem to consistently revolve around cucumber and tomato sandwiches. The dinners here are amazing, but I could definitely do without more cucumber and tomato sandwiches. Today they changed it up and we got a cheese sandwich for lunch. It was just one slice of American cheese between bread, but it was a very welcome change.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Hot Springs in Chumathang</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlPHaJyYwdSZvVRtYqBO9xioOci1L02T6NvVqYxi8JSiDqhyphenhyphenjDssqg98nNu4etlqLjey9ocxxIJhxwEvvj12xOmLDi0e1ozlbCjJw4_IAb0jeQZiMkPtiOE6t6Gmh7XQ52se_kvkvBZ6y/s1600/DSC_0194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlPHaJyYwdSZvVRtYqBO9xioOci1L02T6NvVqYxi8JSiDqhyphenhyphenjDssqg98nNu4etlqLjey9ocxxIJhxwEvvj12xOmLDi0e1ozlbCjJw4_IAb0jeQZiMkPtiOE6t6Gmh7XQ52se_kvkvBZ6y/s320/DSC_0194.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Touchin’ the Indus River!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Rl66d4J9jwBeAbD2LuPTQNzd5lq8juSVBzkpcmtIUKYwWNucYj7-riIHfQB-IdJ12rgjWa46sQcevRglFdIVx6XA9pZQN6fkzOH5oBz5vvm_aIN9WfXUEI0SgLX1EDVzqORsYoTL3XM/s1600/DSC_0207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Rl66d4J9jwBeAbD2LuPTQNzd5lq8juSVBzkpcmtIUKYwWNucYj7-riIHfQB-IdJ12rgjWa46sQcevRglFdIVx6XA9pZQN6fkzOH5oBz5vvm_aIN9WfXUEI0SgLX1EDVzqORsYoTL3XM/s320/DSC_0207.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pillow Basalts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHDwQ2GOYuE/Tns2-44VB5I/AAAAAAAAA6w/8HsKrh3M3MI/s1600/DSC_0242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHDwQ2GOYuE/Tns2-44VB5I/AAAAAAAAA6w/8HsKrh3M3MI/s320/DSC_0242.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Gabbro down-section from the pillow basalts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQcmurkkYjUghwJ8Rhixv3Sh1_to0b5vFS-CpDjmll6lthJRHCg8nFhyphenhyphen0sOcqRwHf8NcUw97yS524UC99gyhIDA9PizX1ekLvZ8-y-AqNsx1paai2GZzRDCvC0Caj6OtFAKlH4crUYrD_/s1600/DSC_0252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQcmurkkYjUghwJ8Rhixv3Sh1_to0b5vFS-CpDjmll6lthJRHCg8nFhyphenhyphen0sOcqRwHf8NcUw97yS524UC99gyhIDA9PizX1ekLvZ8-y-AqNsx1paai2GZzRDCvC0Caj6OtFAKlH4crUYrD_/s320/DSC_0252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Chillin’ at a rock stop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGVE9XnJQmU/Tns3H3m0NlI/AAAAAAAAA64/zG0iO2pYvQY/s1600/DSC_0253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGVE9XnJQmU/Tns3H3m0NlI/AAAAAAAAA64/zG0iO2pYvQY/s320/DSC_0253.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">There are two faults visible in this mountain. There is a green section on the left (North), then a dark brown section, then a tan section. The fault between the green and brown section is a thrust fault, and the fault between the brown and tan section is a normal fault.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--i6DVkF4kdg/Tns3JuxgmwI/AAAAAAAAA68/xen4_2e7Cx4/s1600/DSC_0259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--i6DVkF4kdg/Tns3JuxgmwI/AAAAAAAAA68/xen4_2e7Cx4/s320/DSC_0259.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cool folded rock. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNJm13d5usZU-zp4kfUIXUsDV5PxrQBGTLJfSV88Mlt8KxwIXRHilCdeoTCXjRcPFNdKvptJmiVG5x_3ySV7O8-FlROobKqzxcU630Nkbg2w-g1ZEhwd16jh0ahAIqsGMnrYqC3O-42jI/s1600/DSC_0260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNJm13d5usZU-zp4kfUIXUsDV5PxrQBGTLJfSV88Mlt8KxwIXRHilCdeoTCXjRcPFNdKvptJmiVG5x_3ySV7O8-FlROobKqzxcU630Nkbg2w-g1ZEhwd16jh0ahAIqsGMnrYqC3O-42jI/s320/DSC_0260.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tonight we get momos for dinner. “Epic win”. – Jacob</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The sky was so clear. I took these right before going to bed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYmGBbIOpVwtmsPwO_77FCiIzUdsmbiBYYJLli1g8SQ3ETTiO6m5y7cuZaG-eHtC_bWE5PKSm_anxuGfAzVgAxeet_R6LGJQkSoYFJgg0ubpjtKqf1y7duoEA_arYMwPryV6yRhWE4K-G/s1600/DSC_0276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYmGBbIOpVwtmsPwO_77FCiIzUdsmbiBYYJLli1g8SQ3ETTiO6m5y7cuZaG-eHtC_bWE5PKSm_anxuGfAzVgAxeet_R6LGJQkSoYFJgg0ubpjtKqf1y7duoEA_arYMwPryV6yRhWE4K-G/s320/DSC_0276.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we drove from Leh to Sumdo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kz3LGYAAMEA/Tns3131MN1I/AAAAAAAAA7M/dekw4bzbvhE/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+7.02.07+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kz3LGYAAMEA/Tns3131MN1I/AAAAAAAAA7M/dekw4bzbvhE/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+7.02.07+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">9/16/2011 Day 11 (Guidebook Day 14 – led by Ellen)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">First thing this morning we trekked up to the Lamayuru Monestary.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">View from the deck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1azCD2jNFPW5mvoAoFgVLe9AXC34Yj4hlrzl6qMXrgcitzE5t5lsABgTcs-4STrDbPP4shPf6_ISkn4BqVDaMKSvt_OtkVct6qhJzQrVL9V4lkL9zU3A-ihgJ-oX2vTTgqUp7mzMsi-Ie/s1600/DSC_0125_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1azCD2jNFPW5mvoAoFgVLe9AXC34Yj4hlrzl6qMXrgcitzE5t5lsABgTcs-4STrDbPP4shPf6_ISkn4BqVDaMKSvt_OtkVct6qhJzQrVL9V4lkL9zU3A-ihgJ-oX2vTTgqUp7mzMsi-Ie/s320/DSC_0125_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Prayer wheels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hhCJkS8XM1g/Tns1BWRiJ1I/AAAAAAAAA6M/FoMmHYZHVhI/s1600/DSC_0132_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hhCJkS8XM1g/Tns1BWRiJ1I/AAAAAAAAA6M/FoMmHYZHVhI/s320/DSC_0132_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">These rocks have spiritual messages on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5wz7RfG6NRyez-5yxO-eRFsVfSLmvbzLKmjsA5pE__G33SoIFPOzpJ4g57p2B5YmP67mt5-qW4RTSj_nlPVHetCYY2wtpy-yBLFfiqYnPRpZFOoYSlqgAW5sb2XZU3FEQC5NZbU_YLzk/s1600/DSC_0138_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5wz7RfG6NRyez-5yxO-eRFsVfSLmvbzLKmjsA5pE__G33SoIFPOzpJ4g57p2B5YmP67mt5-qW4RTSj_nlPVHetCYY2wtpy-yBLFfiqYnPRpZFOoYSlqgAW5sb2XZU3FEQC5NZbU_YLzk/s320/DSC_0138_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Paleo Lucastrine sediments</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSus0-QI6Z3hg_ITzj1EvmIEvPxT5Z1tLzoVXf5JTzN8hWS399tVNnIGAi_Q6qfd-i5mmP6_1GZGbZrI8S_f114LciEwZB81bYVCBnFbTkD9GPa_cLZVK5ySj6uGW-KXfe70agxXyuZvk/s1600/DSC_0162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSus0-QI6Z3hg_ITzj1EvmIEvPxT5Z1tLzoVXf5JTzN8hWS399tVNnIGAi_Q6qfd-i5mmP6_1GZGbZrI8S_f114LciEwZB81bYVCBnFbTkD9GPa_cLZVK5ySj6uGW-KXfe70agxXyuZvk/s320/DSC_0162.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Failing road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQlomH1j5Gw/Tns1NNdj_ZI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/7K_M5YFfWnA/s1600/DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQlomH1j5Gw/Tns1NNdj_ZI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/7K_M5YFfWnA/s320/DSC_0159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Some nice layering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCTUWIQ1r__xBiigSmEWL8uheGVyWuJJomE0OYC2mic4XKtcaGhpPCzutw_R5kCt5HMq6bIs9svX3B-J_l6HPkwRwCj8Jecb594t7QiTeQ7O2awhWN_HP731tWkGhvOajqxrXjXCYEl0j/s1600/DSC_0168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCTUWIQ1r__xBiigSmEWL8uheGVyWuJJomE0OYC2mic4XKtcaGhpPCzutw_R5kCt5HMq6bIs9svX3B-J_l6HPkwRwCj8Jecb594t7QiTeQ7O2awhWN_HP731tWkGhvOajqxrXjXCYEl0j/s320/DSC_0168.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We’ve only been camping a couple nights now, but I can already see a layer of filth covering the back of my hands. That may have something to do with the fact that we’ve been constantly climbing up hillsides and handling rocks, though… We’ll be in Leh tonight which that means a hot shower is in my near future! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">After tonight, we will be camping again for another 3-4 nights.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we drove from Layamuru to Leh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4bJPb6Aau0/Tns2FiXHJxI/AAAAAAAAA6k/OV4rGcaBOYY/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.50.44+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4bJPb6Aau0/Tns2FiXHJxI/AAAAAAAAA6k/OV4rGcaBOYY/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.50.44+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><!--EndFragment--></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-29438531508369314042011-09-22T06:13:00.000-07:002011-09-22T06:14:48.302-07:00Day 10: Sed Stuff Galore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/15/2011 Day 10 (Guidebook Day 13 – led by Adam)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“You haven’t lived until you’ve tasted a rock.” – Adam</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today was a rock heavy day. This is for you Theresa (and all you other sed folk).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ripples (although they’re hard to capture in photographs)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf39BhXGl4NcpmIc3NNpdr4DuynxWEa5qfwdLwCCT_XqpPbAjWHpEKNX8quVper3vu5wxOY-_CXVG5IklMKP93pVXZjUfemVNWaRjqOe9h6Rix6nC26pr2moyYOtkoekddPuu24QwKPb_2/s1600/DSC_0983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf39BhXGl4NcpmIc3NNpdr4DuynxWEa5qfwdLwCCT_XqpPbAjWHpEKNX8quVper3vu5wxOY-_CXVG5IklMKP93pVXZjUfemVNWaRjqOe9h6Rix6nC26pr2moyYOtkoekddPuu24QwKPb_2/s320/DSC_0983.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This whole surface was covered in them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioqntNgN6XBuWmmMqh4VHdT948gakrx5CT6Wnb4bC2giVTPe9Z2wh9V9JDYiRuQ5M5N43YqwAxxcZXeiDgNIrH-vreHgf16HU4X3OvaWooojRH_EK0j9pJjsxqpdyxECsiony0BFaZWjf/s1600/DSC_0986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioqntNgN6XBuWmmMqh4VHdT948gakrx5CT6Wnb4bC2giVTPe9Z2wh9V9JDYiRuQ5M5N43YqwAxxcZXeiDgNIrH-vreHgf16HU4X3OvaWooojRH_EK0j9pJjsxqpdyxECsiony0BFaZWjf/s320/DSC_0986.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The way this stream has carved into the rock here is neat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8Y8P74oKzmVP_-MdNTK2OsvDcZjcOwkZFQK4CIf0GrHAlFuhtBwg8ijiQFyJu51Zi8aQcVdIJ-ZoonKLhKbH1TH372mOMfVH6D0fgtb_ppUiAG6T6g8YC_t0SU83s2EYwl8gUDskA83y/s1600/DSC_1011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8Y8P74oKzmVP_-MdNTK2OsvDcZjcOwkZFQK4CIf0GrHAlFuhtBwg8ijiQFyJu51Zi8aQcVdIJ-ZoonKLhKbH1TH372mOMfVH6D0fgtb_ppUiAG6T6g8YC_t0SU83s2EYwl8gUDskA83y/s320/DSC_1011.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Check out that mountain. Cooooool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTa65U0D5hjCNxpQfrNIceeyXTagvMJiPw9uJYy6zWK4ubUKvcMe6C6jUtbCuqYf9CLF_qQCVSGuAaTekUI3YLJoFKLZ1T4xBmCZAx03s4T9unatQ_XwP_MY4SSHu9UqmBJurO4nQ0vDWy/s1600/DSC_0008_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTa65U0D5hjCNxpQfrNIceeyXTagvMJiPw9uJYy6zWK4ubUKvcMe6C6jUtbCuqYf9CLF_qQCVSGuAaTekUI3YLJoFKLZ1T4xBmCZAx03s4T9unatQ_XwP_MY4SSHu9UqmBJurO4nQ0vDWy/s320/DSC_0008_2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Nice examples of some rudists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBFhipVh5ArbXPcQI7PbJFFq6MNxCkupCoPDw0oOGxGZWBPY2_oRb00isZ_USEpgDf0RaTOpf1GwcE6YI4R99oyxa1xtV9ewi78O6Ia1CNn31dGpsjIRMlTafqDCAbQ4LtKfvmZT3yh4r/s1600/DSC_0009_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBFhipVh5ArbXPcQI7PbJFFq6MNxCkupCoPDw0oOGxGZWBPY2_oRb00isZ_USEpgDf0RaTOpf1GwcE6YI4R99oyxa1xtV9ewi78O6Ia1CNn31dGpsjIRMlTafqDCAbQ4LtKfvmZT3yh4r/s320/DSC_0009_2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Cobbbbbles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kLWHTgcanc36S3RFDwT2UR7LDtunGnZv_v3btrmi6VxrdOuMoWge6nW38ZCsU2spxdrfDULgiqkk7yHX2xM7ulk32YidORSJEuPOTeYFc5bQgn2dZCs-ht6F5_k6dJoS_6Q0RK6s5MJH/s1600/DSC_0020_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kLWHTgcanc36S3RFDwT2UR7LDtunGnZv_v3btrmi6VxrdOuMoWge6nW38ZCsU2spxdrfDULgiqkk7yHX2xM7ulk32YidORSJEuPOTeYFc5bQgn2dZCs-ht6F5_k6dJoS_6Q0RK6s5MJH/s320/DSC_0020_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Check out that folding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uiQ9Q4Z8xPY/TnsyCwme2KI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/yqg5YQJxIuo/s1600/DSC_0032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uiQ9Q4Z8xPY/TnsyCwme2KI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/yqg5YQJxIuo/s320/DSC_0032.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Nice example of cross-beds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jJIJm4zoWEWctFyCXyDQxaDE4UwxhgOnJaTcIRO0SjxLr8sdBNz1LLsZE4HLld7he81GVXnCnVurfFUTuh4P3TUT29wBDKiSbI-BtwxSDRdioJLEJjUiw-ngm372it0oBhrE4OdSP15Q/s1600/DSC_0044_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jJIJm4zoWEWctFyCXyDQxaDE4UwxhgOnJaTcIRO0SjxLr8sdBNz1LLsZE4HLld7he81GVXnCnVurfFUTuh4P3TUT29wBDKiSbI-BtwxSDRdioJLEJjUiw-ngm372it0oBhrE4OdSP15Q/s320/DSC_0044_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ripples/crossbeds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQO8mfY6Aet9qFsEqa2ZqBwNDHuqjfetxBv73BWpIULc66-E3TJpnvadDuWG2ZBvX6ne0QAuxdJjk0tePxgM9FnvI4esPVfc3jpFN5XYkNyDLKQVlg_Q883zOJNiRTONvfk8ieCVrjTmU/s1600/DSC_0056_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQO8mfY6Aet9qFsEqa2ZqBwNDHuqjfetxBv73BWpIULc66-E3TJpnvadDuWG2ZBvX6ne0QAuxdJjk0tePxgM9FnvI4esPVfc3jpFN5XYkNyDLKQVlg_Q883zOJNiRTONvfk8ieCVrjTmU/s320/DSC_0056_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">mini fault</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9ABTLaTR-78/TnsyUIiFqqI/AAAAAAAAA5o/3fMN1Ul_d-o/s1600/DSC_0060_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9ABTLaTR-78/TnsyUIiFqqI/AAAAAAAAA5o/3fMN1Ul_d-o/s320/DSC_0060_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Favorite one of the day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RmQC_yUH1pw/TnsyW3Wm-sI/AAAAAAAAA5s/L_xviA0sbf8/s1600/DSC_0068_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RmQC_yUH1pw/TnsyW3Wm-sI/AAAAAAAAA5s/L_xviA0sbf8/s320/DSC_0068_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We stopped at the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XbFsqpW1J9Y/TnsyZW156NI/AAAAAAAAA5w/76FhVGK1KYg/s1600/DSC_0081_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XbFsqpW1J9Y/TnsyZW156NI/AAAAAAAAA5w/76FhVGK1KYg/s320/DSC_0081_2.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Also, this has been the most lush camping experience of my life. There is a cooking crew that goes ahead of us and meets us at our camp site with a dining tent already set up. They serve us a three-course dinner every evening with soup, the main meal, and a dessert. Then, in the morning they make us breakfast with chai and pack us boxed lunches. You can’t even really call this camping.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we went from Chilling to Lamayuru.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JF-zgZHZyBY/Tns0SCbzcGI/AAAAAAAAA6A/-KiDaFznE9s/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.46.49+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JF-zgZHZyBY/Tns0SCbzcGI/AAAAAAAAA6A/-KiDaFznE9s/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.46.49+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-23456433234319271632011-09-21T21:27:00.000-07:002011-09-22T06:01:11.442-07:00Day 9: Quartz and a Cool Ladakhi Man<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/14/2011 Day 9 (Guidebook Day 12 – led by Jacob)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today’s highlight was definitely the hike we took at Hemis National Park. Our goal was to hike 2 km up the side of a mountain to a temple. We never did find the temple but instead we stumbled upon a cottage where an older Ladakh man invited us in for chai. They only spoke Ladakhi, so our communication was limited to pointing and gesturing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">First he brought all twelve of us cups of chai and passed around a platter of cookie biscuits and crackers. Later he brought out a handkerchief full of quartz pieces. Some were pure quartz while others had impurities that made them green. At first we were unsure if he was just showing us his collection, or if was selling them. Finally, I just held up a piece I thought was cool and he said “one fifty”. The majority of us bought quartz pieces from him ranging from 70 to 150 rupees. At one point, Marianne showed him how to use a hand lens to look at the minerals.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We decided that we wanted to give this man (and his wife) a gift for his hospitality, so we gave him the hand lens. What else would have a group of geologists give him? Haha.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The whole thing was kind of surreal. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we went from Leh to Chilling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vSIKjDel_lg/TnsxgN73ZGI/AAAAAAAAA5E/xBQkzsEe0ys/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.34.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vSIKjDel_lg/TnsxgN73ZGI/AAAAAAAAA5E/xBQkzsEe0ys/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-22+at+6.34.06+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><br clear="ALL" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /> </span> </div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-31511217511527813482011-09-21T21:17:00.000-07:002011-09-21T21:18:36.442-07:00Day 8: Scarves and a Giant Golden Buddha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/13/2011 Day 8 (Guidebook Day 11 – led by Fraser)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we spent the entire day in Leh. I spent the first part of the day scarf shopping with Maria. Because she knows Hindi, she was able to barter much better than this I-don’t-speak-anything-but-English gal. They also seemed kind of surprised to hear Hindi coming out of Maria. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Most of the scarves have different colors on one side vs the other side. The sellers liked to demonstrate this by showing you one side, saying “Sunday”, showing you the other side, and saying “Monday”. Sunday, Monday, Sunday, Monday…. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Later in the day I made my way to the Shanti Stupa, located at the top of a mountain. While some opted to walk up to the stupa, Kyle and I took a cab up and back. Way more time-efficient and way less tiring. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The rest of the day was filled with wandering about the city and shopping. It was a nice break.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">While walking around we passed by “Paintball Yard: the world’s highest paintball destination”. There were also these great signs that all started with “No Parking on Changspa Road”. And then after that, each one had a public service announcement type message like “Tobacco causes cancer”, “Don’t litter”, “Don’t use polythene”, or “Save water”. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Still unable to connect to the internet with my own computer. Updates to come eventually. </div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-19829607525416383082011-09-16T06:40:00.000-07:002011-09-16T06:40:57.898-07:00Interlude Continued<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">9/16<br />
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We are back in Leh for the night but then go back to camping for the next few nights. I have access to internet very briefly right now, but will not again for a few days.<br />
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I have full posts prepared for each day, but no time for that right now. I will say that we had a lot of fun shopping around in Leh, went on some killer hikes, got invited into a Ladakhi man's hut for chai, and saw lots of cool sed structures and fossils. Full stories and pictures to come.</div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-33740973209908290812011-09-13T07:08:00.000-07:002011-09-13T07:13:17.102-07:00Interlude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">9/13/2011<br />
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Today we spent all day in Leh. I will post my actual Leh post next time we have internet because I am running out of time at the moment. Dinner time approaches!<br />
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FYI - We will be camping for the next few nights and will probably be without internet access that whole time. As you may have noticed, I sometimes post several days at once. I just write them up in Word and post back-logged days when I can.<br />
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Until Next Time! Be well, Friends. :)</div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-76164259831783525312011-09-13T06:13:00.000-07:002011-09-13T06:18:37.847-07:00Day 7: Quickly to Leh! (And Silly Signs Along the Way!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">9/12/2011 (Guidebook Day 6)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today there was a major change of plans. We were originally supposed to spend today going from Sarchu to Karzok, then to Chumathang the next day, on to Tangtse the following day, and then on to Leh on the fourth day. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately one of our own fell terribly ill to altitude sickness, bad enough to need to use our stores of oxygen we brought along just in case. George decided we shouldn’t take any chances and we should go to Leh first thing in order to get him down to a lower elevation. So, we came to Leh tonight. As we started to ascend and started getting closer to Leh, our fallen friend seemed to be doing much better. Hurray!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We will have tomorrow to exlore Leh as we wish and will do as much as we can of the original stuff the next few following days. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m personally looking forward to this rest day to explore around Leh without a specific set schedule. Many people are going to go off on little day adventures. I on the other hand am excited to just spend time in the city, do some shopping, stop in an internet café, and just chill all day. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Side note: We’ve been seeing all these ridiculous road signs the whole time we’ve been traveling through India. I’ve been trying to get pictures of most of them as I’m going. I’m not going to post any of them now, but once I get back to the states I might post a post specifically for these road signs. They’re amazing. They consist of sayings like “Be Gentle on My Curves”, “Don’t Gossip, Let Him Drive”, and “Peep Peep, Don’t Sleep”. Below is one I really liked. It says "We Cut Mountains, But Connect Hearts". Love it!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can see the road we just traveled in this one.</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">A lot of the “villages” we’ve been passing through are very similar to this. I especially like the hotel sign in this one, though. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m at the second Highest Pass! Wuhoo!! 17,582 ft. I'll probably never be higher in my life.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPzjq2OJ_FyPNGpROzZCRHkUqdlUOJRG6cY0dW9j4Pr_s_giZuWYe3zYxnxOdNeMoKBPGdEp-IomvhPX5KIVK9nW4XGEDPz3dHx-_NlvJ2AxrijWo1Ox8tIaY6LCWZ6evd69mRMqA2hMt/s1600/DSC_0603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPzjq2OJ_FyPNGpROzZCRHkUqdlUOJRG6cY0dW9j4Pr_s_giZuWYe3zYxnxOdNeMoKBPGdEp-IomvhPX5KIVK9nW4XGEDPz3dHx-_NlvJ2AxrijWo1Ox8tIaY6LCWZ6evd69mRMqA2hMt/s320/DSC_0603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So, today we went from Sarchu to Leh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3lccavUtwunxQ-UCrMJc6l9DTvE9bzJd6HZbzYgYjbS_SADzgMxFY4UxJg_ST4Oiv_FfzP3EC4SbmmpgM60PwEo3SHXYhjpaQCr46_4l4RV5_VdTzI74UDUDZ4yD1eTcWUjl86LMtanw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-13+at+6.15.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3lccavUtwunxQ-UCrMJc6l9DTvE9bzJd6HZbzYgYjbS_SADzgMxFY4UxJg_ST4Oiv_FfzP3EC4SbmmpgM60PwEo3SHXYhjpaQCr46_4l4RV5_VdTzI74UDUDZ4yD1eTcWUjl86LMtanw/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-13+at+6.15.38+AM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">9/11/2011 (Guidebook Day 5B)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">First of all, no altitude sickness for me today! It seems that just one person got it today as well, and he seems to be exhibiting the same lethargic type symptoms that I did. Luckily this is the highest altitude at which we’ll be spending the night. It’s all downhill from here (but in a good way)!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Something that amuses me - In India they have “Magic Masala” flavored Lays chips. Oh, and Sour Cream and Onion chips are called “American Style Cream and Onion”. Then there’s also “Spanish Tomato Tango”.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today our stops included the Darchu Landslide, Baralacha La Basaltic Dikes, the Suraj Tal Rock Glacier, and the Tsarap Chu gorge. I only included pictures of the last stop because, frankly, the others didn’t make as awesome pictures and uploading pictures here takes a loooong time. In other words, I'm being picky. I will try to post more when I'm back in the States, though. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Good morning Keylong.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">PICTURES!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f0gWBoTxT9w/Tm9Sdnttg7I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/Ll0KDT5F-Cc/s1600/DSC_0480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f0gWBoTxT9w/Tm9Sdnttg7I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/Ll0KDT5F-Cc/s320/DSC_0480.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">At one of our stops, a bunch of us stocked up on warm clothes. Check it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We made it to Sarchu. Here’s our camp! The tents are actually pretty swank. I figured we’d be have cots with a communal hole in the ground for bathrooms, but each tent actually has a king size bed with a separate room with a western style bathroom. Very plush.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Last stop of the day. Check out them yardangs!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we traveled from Keylong (~10,000 ft), over a pass (with maximum height of ~16,600 ft), to Sarchu (~15,000 ft).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today was mostly a driving day. Our main goal was to pass over the Rohtang La pass, which is the only way to get from Manali to Keylong. It involves going from ~6,000 ft in Manali to ~12,000 ft at the top of the pass and back down to ~10,000 ft in Keylong. Although the pass is only 70 km long, it took about 7 hours from when we started going up to when we got to the bottom.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I suffered a pretty solid case of altitude sickness today. Although I didn’t actually physically get ill, I was completely apathetic to everything. I didn’t want to get out of the car when we stopped for pictures, and keeping my eyes open at all was a real feat. Even when we were going along the horribly bumpy and muddy roads of the pass (which bounced us around like a rag doll making sleep impossible), and even when I really wanted to do was stay in the conversation my car was having, all I could bring myself to do was curl up, close my eyes, and disassociate. I didn’t want to move if at all possible. Even getting out for lunch was difficult (even though it’d been about 7 hours since breakfast).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Having said that, once we traveled back down a reasonable amount and were almost down to Keylong, I all of a sudden felt spectacular again! I got out to take pictures and I danced along to the Indian music the drivers were playing. I seem to be the only one that was affected much by the altitude today, which is good odds. I am realllly hoping I will not turn into such a motionless lump tomorrow. We are scheduled to climb from ~10,000 ft to ~16,600 ft, and then back down to ~15,000 for the night. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Side note: the Indian music some of the drivers have been listening to has been super awesome. Some of it kind of even reminded me of what they would play at a Rudy's if it existed in India. (For those of you non-Stanford people, Rudy's is just a dance place in Palo Alto.) I requested that two of the drivers let me put their music (which they had on thumb drives) onto my computer. They handed their thumb drives over willingly and asked for English speaking music in exchange. They seemed to really like dance-y music, so that’s what I gave them. One of them even requested Lady Gaga by name. Love it! Now Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, and some Bootie SF mash-ups, among others, will be played in cars around the streets of India.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m totally going to be putting my new Indian dance music in rotation in my car when I get home.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is what the roads looked like going up the pass. Actually, they got much worse than this. It was ridiculous.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Double glacier!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWvtQTcT-PT4tJiq2TMbO9cXB5mawzq34lSV1_jMh6wZyE2ZLOgvZGJYienCCIiOnYgbXcWcawhJDUDH7RF0IngSqUG8YmiE-alErmF0ve0sbEuGq1AbrSrrmM-ioDWVWSY9iurxTelbt/s1600/DSC_0430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWvtQTcT-PT4tJiq2TMbO9cXB5mawzq34lSV1_jMh6wZyE2ZLOgvZGJYienCCIiOnYgbXcWcawhJDUDH7RF0IngSqUG8YmiE-alErmF0ve0sbEuGq1AbrSrrmM-ioDWVWSY9iurxTelbt/s320/DSC_0430.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we traveled from Manali to Keylong.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today was the day I planned! It went really well. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">First Stop: Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurudwara Temple. This is the locations of some hot springs that are so hot you can just put bags of rice in the water and boil it. They add cold water to the hot spring water in order to bath in it..</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The fed us lunch here.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">These guys worked at the temple serving food. They kept wanting to take pictures with us. In fact they took turns taking pictures with groups of us. It was only fair we got their picture in return.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then we went to the bazaar in the back streets of Manikaran.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We met back up at the temple then all of a sudden all of these India people wanted to take pictures with us. Here’s the first of it:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then, a bunch of Indian girls would first group around one of us, and then move on to another one of us in order to get pictures with us. This went on for at least 10 minutes or so. I mean, I suppose it worked out because we were both equally curious and wanting to take pictures. Either way, it was hilarious. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We went to another temple, the name of which I’m trying to figure out. It was very cool. At one point you basically had to crawl into a cave. In the cave we were all given bracelets made out of “holy thread”. I’ve got mine on now! No pictures allowed there unfortunately.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Luggar Bhatti landslide shown below (seen behind the group to the left). The landslide was triggered in 1995 as a result of the steepness of the slope, high pore-water pressures due to continual seepage of rainwater, the road-cut under the base of the alluvial fan, and toe erosion from the Beas River during overflow conditions. </span></div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We saw this on the way to dinner. Hilarious.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today we went from Bhunter to Manikaran to Manali</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-90311815479454883392011-09-09T09:51:00.000-07:002011-09-09T09:51:24.288-07:00Day Three: Temples and Schist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>3</o:Words> <o:Characters>19</o:Characters> <o:Company>West Virginia University</o:Company> <o:Lines>1</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>23</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Warning: This blog may contain nerdy geological content. Content in this color can be skipped if you like to avoid the geology talk.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Good Morning Balispur!</div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">More teaching moments!</div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">We stopped at a Sikh Temple (called a Guruduara).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Check out this cool mural that was on the wall of the temple.</div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Here we have some garnet muscovite schist. Upon seeing this Ellen said, “Niiiice!. Oh, and by nice I don’t mean gneiss.” (For you non-geologists, nice and gneiss are pronounced the same.) Hilariouuss.</span></div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">Along side the granite, there was some pieces of granite that were red and crumbly. George enlightened us with the reasoning. Apparently water can get into the granite through fractures or cracks, which oxidizes the iron and biotite and causes the biotite to expand and “blow the rock apart from the inside out”. This makes this normally extremely cohesive rock (granite) non-cohesive. Pretty cool, eh?</span></div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hiVIWXBhqPs/TmpDZVS8wWI/AAAAAAAAA0s/BJk2226KnDI/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-08+at+12.08.31+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hiVIWXBhqPs/TmpDZVS8wWI/AAAAAAAAA0s/BJk2226KnDI/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-08+at+12.08.31+AM.png" width="276" /></a></div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-41737192357079864012011-09-08T00:27:00.000-07:002011-09-09T09:22:05.235-07:00Day Two: The Edge of the Himalaya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We got in to Delhi last night without any problems. Our 6 hour flight went smoothly, and besides the taxi getting lost a bit, we made it to the hostel ok.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As soon as we got to the train station this morning, we were surrounded like vultures by porters that insisted they take all of our baggage (for a charge of course). Because many of us had ridden in cars separate from our baggage, it was hard to get a hold of our own baggage, and it all got easily scooped up by these red-jacketed men who then hauled ass with it, with all of us trying our best to catch up to our luggage while still keeping track of 13 other people. It was a funny sight.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div> Wuhoo! Train to Chandigarh.<br />
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</div> Stop 2.1 Rupnagar Archaeological Museum<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our first stop after arrival was the Archaeological Survey of India. We couldn’t take pictures there, but they had a cool gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> The driving was pretty ridiculous all day. I’ve noticed that the drivers tend to feel that they can drive in any part of the road that they want, only needing to get over when there is another car coming. It is almost like continual games of chicken to see who will move over first. Our drivers seem to know what they’re doing, though, and we’ve made it without any scratches so far! Honestly, despite the crazy driving, they all seem to be used to it because that's just the way it is. I've been far more terrified in New York City taxis.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Speaking of driving, all of the buses and trucks on the road here are super colorful.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">First geological stop! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Stop 2.2: The Janauri Anticline: Leading Edge of the Himalaya</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">And now for a cool bug…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tonight we found out that apparently there was a bomb that went off in Delhi and killed 10+ people. To those of you who listen to the news, we weren’t in Delhi anymore when this happened and we weren’t affected by the bomb.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is now 11:30 pm and I am extremely exhausted! Staying the night tonight in Bilaspur. Until tomorrow…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">PS. Food here is AWESOME!</div><br />
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</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581678246651440105.post-40077124161476312242011-09-06T02:31:00.000-07:002011-09-09T10:19:28.623-07:00A Day in Hong Kong<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">After a 13+ hour flight, the six of us on this flight (Adam, Mairi, Ellen, Aaditya, Jacob, and I) had a 12 hour layover in Hong Kong. We decided we couldn't possibly spend those twelve hours in the airport.<br />
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Here's our Hong Kong Adventure:<br />
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First we stopped for breakfast at a place that considered breakfast to entail things such as macaroni soup with ham and abalone, beef ramen noodle, and some sort of spaghetti soup thing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our next stop was the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Although I failed to capture pictures of them, we saw some cool monkeys 'n' stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We got lost a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But we were eventually able to make it to the Peak Tram, which took us to Sky Terrace, where we saw this killer view of Hong Kong.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a fish made out of lanterns that was all set up for the Hong Kong Autumn Festival. Unfortunately we couldn't see it all lit up at night. See us trying to act like we're holding it up for scale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also saw lots of funny signs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we're about to board our plane for Delhi! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over and out.</div></div>Mollie Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641610042149455254noreply@blogger.com0