the himalayas
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well we got back safe and sound although there were a few near misses. i can't really describe how it was in words without sounding clichéd so thought i'd leave it till the photos were up.
without wanting to sound too dramatic we really did get a little too close to landslides for my liking. When we arrived at Joshimath 2 roadworkers had been killed the day before trying to clear one when it fell again, and as we were leaving that village in torrential rain it was only due to our amazing driver's calm demeanor and 26 trips' experience that we got out - the traffic was at a standstill in the rain and mud because the coach driver opposite us was panicking and refusing to move because he could see rocks starting to fall (right above us) and our driver managed to coax him into moving, thank god, cos there was a landslide soon after. the next day on the same stretch a coach and truck collided and the coach went off the edge with 4 people being killed. It's weird in India, you feel closer to both life and death all the time.
At the end of the the trip my eyes were aching from trying to burn every image into my brain.
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