Hot sulphur springs in Manali on my
birthday. Actually a Hindu temple that
requires a hot bath before worshipping.
Or in my case, a hot bath that requires
worshipping when you're finished.

Damn right there was tea at this frozen
lake in Sikkhim. About 2km left of this sign
was the "shoot on sight" portion of the Indian-Chinese
border. On the long drive up we mostly saw army
trucks and soldiers in ski masks with AK-47s.

Note the sign in English on the left. Sikkhim
takes care of its foreign tourists, which takes away
some of the fun of figuring out a foreign country.
Jammu Kashmir doesn't play so soft.

The backyard of the Taj Mahal, right
below where I took my nap. Taj Mahal was
cool, but not as cool as the Golden Temple
in Amritsar, which is still a functioning part of
India. The Taj Mahal exisits purely for tourists.