A few days back Will and I hired a driver to drive the Leh-Srinagar route. It's 450km and 11-13 hours of driving. Yep. The road is that slow and dangerous. It was an experience I will never forget. Some sections of the road were wide enough for us to pass a truck on the right (right side driving here) whilst a second truck goes past on our right in the opposite direction. Other sections were very narrow, barely enough for two small cars, let alone a jeep and sometimes an oil truck to pass each other. I was a bit scared and nervous at times, but for me that turns into joy and grins very quickly. If it's not at least a little dangerous, how much fun could it be, right? The worst part wasn't the 12k mountain pass that was largely single-track, it was the town roads when it got dark. Horns and signals and brights are a constant. Turns out, turn signals are actually used to tell people to pass you, not to indicate a turn. It's an experience much different from the USA, my horn doesn't even work and it's seldom an issue.
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I'm actually wiring this on the plane from SXR-CXR-BOM. A long day today, ending in Tapei after 5 or 6 airports and about 11 hours in the air. The security was a hassle again in Srinagar but didn't take as longn as I thought it would. Budget airline, no leg room! Bummer, but short flights.
More later probably as I'll get bored on the many plane rides to TPE. Reminds me, I haven't recorded audio in a while, I need to find a place in the airport where I can record.
Last thought, any of my Valpo friends can see that this-a school in Leh has a very similar logo!
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