Northern India, anyone?

[spacejes]

Im going to go to India pretty soon, wonderful country..............
and as you might guess I like to smoke.
I´ve heard that Manali is the place for people like me, I like to see some fields and some hashish makin maybe.
Is there anyone who have explored the Indian north and can give me some hints of what villages to look up?
The police thing is interesting too, is it common that cops have dealers working for them in the north to?

 

[titoon29]

Go to Nepal if you have some times, free visa this year, lot of good smoke, friendly people, and police who doesn't care about the herb. Check my thread if you wish.

Otherwise Manali is nice for the ganja, Parvati as well, Cashemere too. I haven't been there but I know it is all over the place, growing wild as well. Some corrupts cops there, it is not dangerous to smoke and score but just got to be a little careful, and ask the travelers around, or the locals.

Get ready to see a lot of shitty/laced charras, you got to dig a bit before finding the real goods. Price is around 15 us$ for 10g for tourists. the more you buy, the cheapest it gets, the further in the countryside you go, the cheapest it gets as well.

 

[mriko]

Manali is interesting to visit for the day, but not the best place for charas, very easy to score laced stuff overthere. It will look soft, shiny & sticky with nice smell, but crap. Better go to small side valleys, or nearby Parvati valley, or Malana. In Kullu valley, south of Manali is naggar, a small and laid back village where it's nice to spend some time.

Prices are quite variable, roughly from 50ct to 2euros per gram, retail for tourist, depending on season. In Manali I scored laced stuff at 400Rs a tola, in Naggar I scored top notch apple jungli at 250Rs a tola (harvest season), or regular Malana (top, better than cream) at 1000Rs for almost 5 tolas. In Parvati prices were between 400Rs & 600Rs per tola (that was before harvest time). In Malana, cream is at 500Rs per tola (1000Rs in Kullu valley), but it's not always good. Only good cream I have sampled was from Kuthla in Parvati valley, all Malana cream i have sampled were of medium to low quality.
Rumsu, on the way to Malana, not far from Naggar (starting point for the trek to Malana, tough version, easy one is from Parvati side), has some nice local charas. Scored some, rubbed by an old local grandma with strong, devastating indica stone; Found myself falling asleep on the bumpy naggar-manali bus ride eheh...

Irie !

 

[spacejes]

Ahh, thank you verry much
I´ll go to Kullu district then... Will defenetly travel on to Nepal afterwards, cool with free visas!
I found some extreme information on wikipedia:

People in Malana consider all non-Malani to be inferior and consequently untouchable. Visitors to Malana town must pay particular attention to stick to the prescribed paths and not to touch any of the walls, houses or people there. If this does occur, visitors are expected to pay a forfeit sum, that will cover the sacrificial slaughter of a lamb in order purify the object that has been made impure. Malani people may touch impure people or houses as long as they follow the prescribed purification ritual before they enter their house or before they eat. Malanis may never accept food cooked by a non-Malani person, unless they are out of the valley (in which case their Devt can't see them). Malanis may offer visitors food but all utensils will have to undergo a strict purification ritual before they can be used again.

Is it really like that? Don`t sound like India style.

 

[mriko]

Malana is indeed a particular society, although I think that the term "inferior" used in your quote does really fit. We outsiders are rather "unpure" for Malana people. Make sure to stick to local rules if you go there.

Lots and lots of different societies & cultures in India, Malana is one of these, a unique tribal society, said to be the oldest democracy in the world. Like for Pakistan's Kalash tribes, the story goes about Malana people that they are the descendant of some Alexander's soldiers.

Irie !