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...jeep costs $200 for two days. Go with a Srinagar-based tour company, like SITA World Travels, tel: (91-194) 247 7777, or Travel Connection, tel: (91-194) 245 5407. If you have more time, make your return journey via the Leh-Manali road?another two-day trip across stunning mountainsides. You won't even be under enemy observation...
Meanwhile, Coca-Cola and Pepsi officials are scrambling to undo P.R. and ecological damage caused by the painting of soft drink logos on rocks along a 50-km stretch of the beautiful Manali-Rohtang Pass in the Indian Himalayas. India's Supreme Court demanded to know why someone thought it was clever to use scenic boulders as billboards. Company representatives said they knew nothing of the graffiti, blaming local franchisees instead. Now the companies are trying to decide how to remove the paint without doing further harm to the delicate mosses that cling to the rocks. We hear colas will...
...keep Vajpayee healthy, his family--longtime companion Rajkumari Kaul and her daughter Namita--ensures he is served only boiled vegetables and rice. But Vajpayee still insists on an evening libation. And in the family cottage at Manali in the Himalayan foothills, his diet retreats when he does--nothing can keep him away from deep fried trout. Says an aide: "He promises to stick to his diet with doubled rigidity once he leaves, but the trout he must have." --By Alex Perry, with reporting by Sankarshan Thakur/New Delhi
...easy. Trekking facilities are rare to nonexistent. And the Himalayas are so vast you need a platoon of porters, a cook and a couple of guides to see you through. (Two reputable firms are Himalayan River Runners in New Delhi, tel: (91-11) 685-2602, and Zingaro Travels in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, tel: (91-1902) 52-736. Our 10-day hike cost $950 per person, including transport, accommodation at the end and a sleeping bag.) Try to do it on your own, as you can in Nepal, and you'll most likely disappear...
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