Happy as Guests at an Indian Wedding Some tips on what to do if you ever want to attend an Indian wedding: set off to do a day in the hills; see that your hair needs washing but decide you're too tired to bother; wear your shabbiest bush walking gear; make sure you're totally makeup and glamour free ... and then say ok to a random invitation from a handsome young boy who's walking down the street dressed in wedding finery. That should do it. At least it did for us today. It t

We took a long time arriving in The Valley of the Gods . The drive from Palampur to Mandi was stunning ... steep valleys plunging to glacier colored rivers, strewn with huge boulders; terraced emerald hillsides dotted with painted mud-brick houses resembling daubings from a Roy de Maistre palette; winding ribbons of road which offered unending surprises around each bend. The rambunctious township of Mandi was the halfway point and from there the road became almost impassable