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old manali’s blankets

Posted on February 2, 2008 @ 6:02 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world, india, travel, wordpress

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Manali, at the northern end of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, is a hill station situated at a height of 2050 m in the Himalayas. It is a very popular and crowded tourist spot for Indians and foreigners in summer and in winter: actually too crowded according to my standards.
That’s why, a few days after I got there I moved further north to Old Manali, famous for its orchards and old guesthouses. This impressive array of wonderful, old wooden houses was perfectly deserted by tourists in early January for the very reason that no sort of heating system was provided at night when temperature dropped dramatically…Nothing better for me that lie on the bed under heaps of heavy (so heavy!) woollen blankets and wait for the next sunny morning…
PS
My friend Silvia is travelling Sikkim these days…She dropped me a line a few days ago, complaining for the intense and cold mist surrounding the snow capped peaks around Mirik…I guess she too is dealing with heaps of blankets!

Illustration Friday’s topic is: blankets

 

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7 people have left comments

Oh! Fa molto freddo li!Molto suggestivo il colore della tua blanket.

Nicole wrote on February 3, 2008 - 9:36 pm CET

that must be really heavy, I think you were smiling when you were doing your illustration because the guy under the blanket looks like he’s not really enjoying it….

isay wrote on February 3, 2008 - 11:18 pm CET

Very fun work! Thanks for your comments too.

Digital Scott wrote on February 4, 2008 - 7:01 am CET

Buffissimo soffocato dalle coperte!
…perchè non metti anche la versione italina dei tuoi racconti?
ciao

Faruffa wrote on February 4, 2008 - 8:12 pm CET

This is perfect for the blankets theme! Another cool locale and it sounds amazing and mystical too. Love the heaps of blankets, they do look heavy!

valgalart wrote on February 7, 2008 - 5:42 am CET

those must be heavy indeed.. well, what a way to keep oneself warm huh.. im always thrilled to read new stories of places you’ve been esp of those that i havent heard of before.. thanks for sharing!

velvet wrote on February 8, 2008 - 4:11 am CET

Cool, Massimo! I loooove the patterns :D

pati @-;– wrote on February 10, 2008 - 3:24 pm CET

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