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India is a great place so it sounds.I was once told you can live out there for 6 mths on a £1000 Cheap as chips.Maybe one day i`ll get to travel out their.
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Anyone Been to India?
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BEst hash you'll find in Kashmir, no wonder about that. Even the driest twisted garda will blast Malana Cream.
Parvati/Kullu area has ugly to good charas. Really good charas is harder to find (loads are exported by Israeli and European gangs).
Don't be fooled by the "cream" appelation. This is nothing else than marketing. between a regular malana and a malana cream, I'll take the regular, no wonder about that (and the cream is a real rip off at 1000Rs per tola minimum - 500Rs in proper Malana).
Best charas is usually that rubbed in the wild by elders . They have long experience and know which plant to choose and best time for rubbing. Best Kullu charas I had were made by elders. One by an old lady from Rumsu, absolutely devastating, me and my buddy spent several days totally paralized eheh. Other one from an old man, with an amazing apple perfume. very psychedelic and really excellent even though freshly rubbed (too fresh is usualy not that good).
Parvati is usually good. Haven't seen bad one overthere. that one from Tosh is very good.
After a dry year home, will be good to "drink" some good parvati jungli charas !soon soon !
Irie !
Parvati/Kullu area has ugly to good charas. Really good charas is harder to find (loads are exported by Israeli and European gangs).
Don't be fooled by the "cream" appelation. This is nothing else than marketing. between a regular malana and a malana cream, I'll take the regular, no wonder about that (and the cream is a real rip off at 1000Rs per tola minimum - 500Rs in proper Malana).
Best charas is usually that rubbed in the wild by elders . They have long experience and know which plant to choose and best time for rubbing. Best Kullu charas I had were made by elders. One by an old lady from Rumsu, absolutely devastating, me and my buddy spent several days totally paralized eheh. Other one from an old man, with an amazing apple perfume. very psychedelic and really excellent even though freshly rubbed (too fresh is usualy not that good).
Parvati is usually good. Haven't seen bad one overthere. that one from Tosh is very good.
After a dry year home, will be good to "drink" some good parvati jungli charas !soon soon !
Irie !
sadhu recites names of Shiva as a blessing for pilgrims, Himalaya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5gBCr_xRMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5gBCr_xRMU
hey all, have been in india 3 times , and I really love it.
It is now almost 5 year´s ago since i was there, and i really miss it.
I have mostly been in the mountains-looking at geologi-natur and then smoking the hashish that was around.
I have found it very nice to plan ones trip so one can go to a indian festival or celebration, they party indian style and it is very interserting to be part off.
The first time i went to india i was very young 18tenn and already a heavy smoker
I only went there fore smoking hashish, but the trip learned me alot and it realy changed me, the pepol of india is really sweet and I have so many nice stories abouth freindly pepol helping me out. I rember landing in dehli and I was terrified, but my freinds back home had made a start up plan, take the bus to kulu (himachal pradesh) and then another bus to manikaram, then walk to pulga and chill there before moving on looking at india. I rember when i came to manikaram and got off the bus, there where no turist in site and I was thinking that my freinds at home had sent me to a dirty littel town some where in the himalayas. I rember at that moment think what in the hell am I doing here. But then I Crossed the brigde and walked throug the town and meet a very sweet woman from spity and stayed at her house, she have become my second mother in india and all the times I have been back I have been to there house to say hallo.
I will agree with ngakpa, that soft tekstur is not a very good indicator of quality.
I rember that I was told on many occations, that specialy charas from fields where more soft compared to jungel male, charas made from wild plants.
Also go fore the old pepol and walk around and talk to pepol - the best hashish compared with price was a man i meet on a hill side he had a bag with ca 1 kilo and i that bag there where some very nice jungel male, at 200 rupess pr 11gram.
But if one wants lower price look up saint vally, they dont live off turist and to a more degree of charas production and other things, there I found sift hashish, unpressed and very high quality- looked like export stuff.
I have also been in kashmir, all the way from kargil til jammu in a truck, but I must say I ditten find much good hashish alot was off that kind where they have wraped cornleaf around the hashish and then twisted with there hands in opposit directions.
But what i liked in kashmir was the hooka and some off the old pepol (again) had nice quality also you can clearly see that the differnt cultures in himashal and jammu/kashmir also refleks in the type of hashish.
It is now almost 5 year´s ago since i was there, and i really miss it.
I have mostly been in the mountains-looking at geologi-natur and then smoking the hashish that was around.
I have found it very nice to plan ones trip so one can go to a indian festival or celebration, they party indian style and it is very interserting to be part off.
The first time i went to india i was very young 18tenn and already a heavy smoker
I only went there fore smoking hashish, but the trip learned me alot and it realy changed me, the pepol of india is really sweet and I have so many nice stories abouth freindly pepol helping me out. I rember landing in dehli and I was terrified, but my freinds back home had made a start up plan, take the bus to kulu (himachal pradesh) and then another bus to manikaram, then walk to pulga and chill there before moving on looking at india. I rember when i came to manikaram and got off the bus, there where no turist in site and I was thinking that my freinds at home had sent me to a dirty littel town some where in the himalayas. I rember at that moment think what in the hell am I doing here. But then I Crossed the brigde and walked throug the town and meet a very sweet woman from spity and stayed at her house, she have become my second mother in india and all the times I have been back I have been to there house to say hallo.
I will agree with ngakpa, that soft tekstur is not a very good indicator of quality.
I rember that I was told on many occations, that specialy charas from fields where more soft compared to jungel male, charas made from wild plants.
Also go fore the old pepol and walk around and talk to pepol - the best hashish compared with price was a man i meet on a hill side he had a bag with ca 1 kilo and i that bag there where some very nice jungel male, at 200 rupess pr 11gram.
But if one wants lower price look up saint vally, they dont live off turist and to a more degree of charas production and other things, there I found sift hashish, unpressed and very high quality- looked like export stuff.
I have also been in kashmir, all the way from kargil til jammu in a truck, but I must say I ditten find much good hashish alot was off that kind where they have wraped cornleaf around the hashish and then twisted with there hands in opposit directions.
But what i liked in kashmir was the hooka and some off the old pepol (again) had nice quality also you can clearly see that the differnt cultures in himashal and jammu/kashmir also refleks in the type of hashish.
classical Indian roots music
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (father of Nusrat)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOlJhWbxP4
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hobK_8bIDvk
Ustad Allah Rakha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joyk_EMtzn0
Ravi Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctKjVHmo2g
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (father of Nusrat)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufOlJhWbxP4
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hobK_8bIDvk
Ustad Allah Rakha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joyk_EMtzn0
Ravi Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctKjVHmo2g
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Hey all,
i'm writing this right from Tamil Nadu, South India, i've been here since mid february and well what is there to say except that India is really an amazing part of our little planet, if the Amazon is the Earth's lungs, then India is its heart.
Intensity, emotions, beauty, horror, richness, poorness, materialism, spiritualism, love, hate, cleverness, stupidness, hell all of humanity is condensed here more than in any other place i have been to.
I would like to say that Naga Sadu has been a great adviser (even though i know he doesnt like that much being complimented
) concerning the scoring of weed here.
Since i'm in the South there's not much charras though we did get one tola in the beggining of march from a guy coming back from the North, the common stuff is weed and quality varies quite importantly from seller to seller...Seedless or not, dank or not, really psychedelic or just head numbing etc etc etc One advice i got when i asked around is that if you have to go to rickshaw drivers (bad idea) try to talk with those wo bear three horizontal white lines on their front head, it means they're shivaites and therefore should be at worst neutral about you asking them for weed. The best way to score in cities is to meet expat foreigners or barmen in the cities young-oriented bar...
The street can be a bitch if anything goes wrong, and as a foreigner if anything happens it'll be your fault, wether it be a traffic accident or a drug-related thing.
I now completely understand Naga's aversion for cities having been to Chennai, Pondi and Madras ; Pondi is the least disturbing one but frankly except for taking pictures of temples, people, streets or any other touristic subject there's no real place for travellers in cities...there's so much more life, humanity and communication (even if really basic) to be experienced outside of those inhuman places...
Indian cities can really drive you mad, especially when you're driving a motorbike...It is unlike anything you can imagine, you may have seen it on TV but it is nothing until you live it yourself...crazy moments guys....effin' scary moments! DO NOT drink and drive in India unless you wanna die or end up in jail!!! So many people i know had accidents in 2 months its crazy...
Anyway now that the scorching heat is settling in (40+ degrees centigrade from 10am to 6 pm +/- ) i think i'm going to leave the coast and head for the Ghats, Thekkady would be nice but the problem is that accomodations have gotten very expensive since its the high season here...I'd love to trek a bit without risking my life at every step and take a month to move around Ooty, Thekkady, Munnar, and i cant remember the name of another place that looks really nice....I just need to find a way to pay 150-175 rps max per day for lodging but it looks like its gonna be tight at this time of year...
Anyway if anyone's been to these places i'd love to hear your tips & experiences, meanwhile i'm going to carry on looking for cheap accomodations, give astronomy workshops to the local schools for 10 more days and then take a decision...
Travel & Love
AYA
i'm writing this right from Tamil Nadu, South India, i've been here since mid february and well what is there to say except that India is really an amazing part of our little planet, if the Amazon is the Earth's lungs, then India is its heart.
Intensity, emotions, beauty, horror, richness, poorness, materialism, spiritualism, love, hate, cleverness, stupidness, hell all of humanity is condensed here more than in any other place i have been to.
I would like to say that Naga Sadu has been a great adviser (even though i know he doesnt like that much being complimented
) concerning the scoring of weed here.Since i'm in the South there's not much charras though we did get one tola in the beggining of march from a guy coming back from the North, the common stuff is weed and quality varies quite importantly from seller to seller...Seedless or not, dank or not, really psychedelic or just head numbing etc etc etc One advice i got when i asked around is that if you have to go to rickshaw drivers (bad idea) try to talk with those wo bear three horizontal white lines on their front head, it means they're shivaites and therefore should be at worst neutral about you asking them for weed. The best way to score in cities is to meet expat foreigners or barmen in the cities young-oriented bar...
The street can be a bitch if anything goes wrong, and as a foreigner if anything happens it'll be your fault, wether it be a traffic accident or a drug-related thing.
I now completely understand Naga's aversion for cities having been to Chennai, Pondi and Madras ; Pondi is the least disturbing one but frankly except for taking pictures of temples, people, streets or any other touristic subject there's no real place for travellers in cities...there's so much more life, humanity and communication (even if really basic) to be experienced outside of those inhuman places...
Indian cities can really drive you mad, especially when you're driving a motorbike...It is unlike anything you can imagine, you may have seen it on TV but it is nothing until you live it yourself...crazy moments guys....effin' scary moments! DO NOT drink and drive in India unless you wanna die or end up in jail!!!
So many people i know had accidents in 2 months its crazy...Anyway now that the scorching heat is settling in (40+ degrees centigrade from 10am to 6 pm +/- ) i think i'm going to leave the coast and head for the Ghats, Thekkady would be nice but the problem is that accomodations have gotten very expensive since its the high season here...I'd love to trek a bit without risking my life at every step and take a month to move around Ooty, Thekkady, Munnar, and i cant remember the name of another place that looks really nice....I just need to find a way to pay 150-175 rps max per day for lodging but it looks like its gonna be tight at this time of year...
Anyway if anyone's been to these places i'd love to hear your tips & experiences, meanwhile i'm going to carry on looking for cheap accomodations, give astronomy workshops to the local schools for 10 more days and then take a decision...
Travel & Love
AYA
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Greetings from Kerala!
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Like in delhi I'm always on it.
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I used to go visit an elderly local lady every week, she had no living family left and she was a remarkable old dear who used to be a dinner lady at my junior school, and when I ran a painting night class she used to come. She had been born in what is no Pakistan on the Northwest Frontier just after the first world war and lived in India until 1948 so she grew up during the days of the British Raj. One time I went to visit her I'd been smoking hash and she immediately noticed a subtle scent on my clothes and she knew right away what the smell was. She told me a lot about her life in India, her father was a civil servant and they lived half the year in a hill station to escape the heat of the city. She told me all about the sadhus and how the British always frowned on hashish and gunjah smoking, seeing it as a nasty habit of the least respectable parts of indian society, the Brits preferred their pink gin with angostura bitters (often laced with quinine against tropical diseases) and hahsish and gunjah smoking was a native thing. She said there were very few Brits who would have smoked hashish of gunjah as it wasnt socially acceptable and in the days of the raj, social climbing was everything. However, she did tell me that there were places wehre, as well as having the ubiquitous 'char wallahs' (indian servants who served the tea) there were also discreet 'gunjah wallahs' who would supply hash and grass. But mostly, it was a case of the Brits seeing cannabis as a 'Hindoo' vice and something very socially unnacceptable for an Englishman. Of course, she lived in upper middle class circles and I would love to know what the common British soldier on the NWF back then thought of smoking cannabis, I stll tend to think it would have been seen as an Indian thing and not socially acceptable.
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About 50Rs. worth. From a friend down in tamil nadu from bangalore. Bit of a head kicker that made everything seem to be fast moving but also made you dumb for the first 20mins. Nice and heady after that.
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Damn I could use some chaat now 
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The first sample I got in Kerala. Was told this is called OG. Went through alot more after this first 
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Lucky spot to farm
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Go Glock, and take naga's advice and see the Ghats.
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