Home of the 14th Dalai Lama, it's full of tibetans, buddhists, nepalies, indians and tourist from around the world. A drawn Shiva in a lesbian encounter on a wall of a bar with Nepali guys playing Radiohead gives a vague idea of where you are, as it doesn't seem to correlate correctly with buddhist lifestyle.
Got at Dharamsala, town south of Mc Leod Ganj, at 5:30 am, amazingly, 2 hours ahead of the supposed schedule. That was really annoying as there was no transport to Mc Leod until 7:30 am. While at the canteen we met a french woman who told us about a jeep, that would cost the same as the bus and would take us to Mc Leod, departing at 6:30 am. Anyway, I'm seriously thinking on not travelling on a night bus again. With such bad roads, it's just impossible to sleep. However, Indians seem to make it.
After some sleeping in the Mount View Hotel, we headed towards Bhagsu, a small place full of guest houses and places to drink and eat. Nearby though, there's a waterfall, were people go to do some washing, read, and rest. There we met Hugh and Jammie, two irish guys who turned out to be very fun, though sometimes you just can't understand what the fuck they're saying as they speak so fast!
A Buddhist temple, the Dal lake or going to Triump are other possible choices to entertain yourself in the city, as as in Rishikesh, there isn't much to do, other than doing yoga, or a very wide choice of courses, from learning Hindi to breakdancing. Otherwise, you can go on a trek, but I've had enough of that for the moment being.
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