Manali to Mandi

had my last brekky in manali, and bumped into toronto Nick again - i think his life much have changed 20 years ago cos everything was '20 years ago' - eg, been skiing for 20 years, climbed snowdon 20 years ago, aint been to shimla for about 20 years, etc, etc - and there was loads more - im guessing his wife kicked him out or something, or maybe thats when arrived back on planet earth after some dodgy 70's years

anyways, the journey was fabulous, very scenic all the way - although in th paper today it says a bus fell down a gorge not far from where i was - the roads here are dangerous, apprently 230 people die a day in roa accidents - over 80,000 a year!