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Monsoon traveling and a whole lot of pics

There are many things i love about  India  and then of course there are the many that drive me insanely mad  (these are for another blog).   The various shades of green in the  Himalayas  i had only seen in pictures, and  wow  what a difference in person!  The many nuance  of yellow mangos together with ripe bananas, and tiny juicy red apples from Himachal Pradesh neatly arranged on the make-shift carts, covered by a beach umbrella , because the heat and rain. The lotions and potions of the improvised barber at the side of dusty alleys. The colorful silky  sarees  gently undulating, barely covering the adorned feet of Indian women. The many shades of bangles making their unique  "bangling"  sound, like tiny pieces of glass dancing together. I left Rishikesh at the beginning of monsoon season for a road trip_ on a Vespa _ to Nepal (400+km) and Himachal Pradesh (1200+km).  Of course there is no direct way to go from Nepal to HP because the