way to valley of flowers may contain an ascent

well, i took that bus, then started the walk to the valley. the lonely plant mentioned a pleasent 13 km walk to the base camp. it did not mention it all being a steep ascent. but it wasnt so bad, i was the only non indian around, and the path was swarming with sik's. it appears it was their holliday when they all pilgram to a tempel near the valley. they were wearing turbans, some of them swards, and singing all the way up. later i became a little sick myself because of an evel tali- but that passed quickly. i spent a night in the "base villge" (i dont remmeber the room i just got there and blissfully collapsed), and come morning got inside the national nature reservation of the valley of flowers. after a little more climbing i actually entered the valley, which didnt have all of its flowers (i came late in the season) but also didnt have anyone else - i had the whole national park pour moi. imagine walking through a "Tao Tao" valley with flowers blooming and butterflys humming and streams gushing and..well you get the picture. its the kind of scenary that would go well with Murcof's music. when i got to the end of the valley, i turned around and began my journey to tel aviv. (around about that time the clouds began to cry). this will include going all the way down again (i rented a pony. i hate going downhill and besides ponies are cool), going tomarrow to rishikish, finding oren again, spending two funny days in chandigar (the european-indian city), a night at the golden temple at amritzar and then flying home, to tashkent, uzbekistan. i will land in tel aviv on the 29th. will soon be coming home, where the yak never roam.