Awaaaay for 5 weeks

Kingreno · 20-08-2004, 20:11

Erikk: Only 6! Well, that says it all. I got ill again in the last days and after some tests a doctor in Manali diagnosed a Parasite!

I got pretty heavy medication, and worse, I could not eat Meat/Fish/eggs/Dairyproducts or drink alcohol. That makes it very hard to keep up weight! I had to adjust my trousers with safetypins to prevent them from going down!

We had some pretty heavy experiences in the mountains though. 40 Miles from Manali a bus had crashed into a valley killing 50. We passed it the next day and it was chaotic. The bodies were gone but bloodstained chairs were all over the place.
On the same day we were 300 meters behind a truck also taking a 40 meter-dive. The driver was catapulted out of the cabin and lay dead in plain view. The other passengers were alive but won't walk ever again (at least that is what it looked like...). Pretty heavy. The roads in the area were very bad due to monsoonrains. Our 4-wheel-drive made me feel a little safer...

It is good to be back in Holland!

20-08-2004, 20:11	#18
Kingreno Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,270	Erikk: Only 6! Well, that says it all. I got ill again in the last days and after some tests a doctor in Manali diagnosed a Parasite! I got pretty heavy medication, and worse, I could not eat Meat/Fish/eggs/Dairyproducts or drink alcohol. That makes it very hard to keep up weight! I had to adjust my trousers with safetypins to prevent them from going down! We had some pretty heavy experiences in the mountains though. 40 Miles from Manali a bus had crashed into a valley killing 50. We passed it the next day and it was chaotic. The bodies were gone but bloodstained chairs were all over the place. On the same day we were 300 meters behind a truck also taking a 40 meter-dive. The driver was catapulted out of the cabin and lay dead in plain view. The other passengers were alive but won't walk ever again (at least that is what it looked like...). Pretty heavy. The roads in the area were very bad due to monsoonrains. Our 4-wheel-drive made me feel a little safer... It is good to be back in Holland! __________________ Go ahead punk. Make my day.