Once we got to the Kulu airport is when I actually learned how small of an airport this was. They said they only have one flight coming in and out of there each day. We were greeting by the workers at the airport and served tea. We waited over an hour for our cabs. We drove up the mountain to Manali, the road and driving are unlike anything I have ever seen. First of all people drive on the opposite side of the road than we do in the United States. People constantly change lanes, speed past each other and run into each other as well. I was scared to death, I was afraid we were going to be hit of drive off the mountain. Also we had to watch out for cow, chicken, dogs and people. I have never seen so many cows and stray dogs in my life. The way people drive is INSANE!!! We arrived in Manali and found our hotel. Honestly I was up for an adventure but I’m surprised after the first day no one wanted to go home including myself. The floor of the hotel was concert, the electricity was out, it was raning and my bed is a wooden slate on a frame. The hotel did have western style toilets which is very uncommon here but no shower. My shower is a bucket of water. After getting to the hotel we decided to go into town to get SIM cards for our phones. That was an experience…. I had to get a copy of my passport, visa and then register myself with the company and like everything else here it took forever!!! It seemed like a lot of trouble to get a phone card…. I learned later it was to protect the public from car bombing! THIS IS TOO REAL!!! By the end of my first day I was so tired because of the time change, hungry, and freaked out because I felt I had been dropped in the middle of nowhere! I was very hesitant on this whole trip!
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