Comments on: Hitchhiking to Cheli La, a summit filled with prayer flags http://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/ Priyank's notes from the road.. Sun, 13 May 2012 00:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Photo Friday 01.18: Prayer Flags : Travel Bloghttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-59244 Photo Friday 01.18: Prayer Flags : Travel Blog Sat, 11 Dec 2010 02:38:20 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-59244 [...] La is the highest motorable road in Bhutan, at an elevation of about 4,000m. I hitchhiked to this point in an army truck, a pickup and a car. [...] [...] La is the highest motorable road in Bhutan, at an elevation of about 4,000m. I hitchhiked to this point in an army truck, a pickup and a car. [...]

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-32481 Priyank Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:49:09 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-32481 Thanks Katariina, I'm glad the posts convinced you to go there! :) Thanks Katariina, I’m glad the posts convinced you to go there! :)

]]> By: Katariina Jarvinenhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-26635 Katariina Jarvinen Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:15:07 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-26635 Hi there Priyank,Thanks for this post! I'm about to go to Bhutan in a month's time and I almost agreed to taking Chelela off my itinerary... thanks to you (and me finding your blog) I didn't! So I'm going to see this beautiful place, too.You take very good photos, BTW. :)Katariina Hi there Priyank,

Thanks for this post! I’m about to go to Bhutan in a month’s time and I almost agreed to taking Chelela off my itinerary… thanks to you (and me finding your blog) I didn’t! So I’m going to see this beautiful place, too.

You take very good photos, BTW. :)

Katariina

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-6437 Priyank Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:35:01 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-6437 :) I wish you came! :) I wish you came!

]]> By: Gaurihttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5748 Gauri Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:59:06 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5748 Ahh, I regret for the nth time not coming with you :( Very interesting post and the line - there is nothing to worry about :) Ahh, I regret for the nth time not coming with you :( Very interesting post and the line – there is nothing to worry about :)

]]> By: Paro Valley » Final Transit : Travel Bloghttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5714 Paro Valley » Final Transit : Travel Blog Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:14:05 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5714 [...] Paro Valley This post is part of Mystic Druk Yul, a series of travelogues narrating my trip to Bhutan. Here are the other posts! « Previous post: Hitchhiking to Cheli La [...] [...] Paro Valley This post is part of Mystic Druk Yul, a series of travelogues narrating my trip to Bhutan. Here are the other posts! « Previous post: Hitchhiking to Cheli La [...]

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5619 Priyank Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:21:32 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5619 Ah, Vamsee, that's a nice ad..! hehehe Thanks for the link! :) Ah, Vamsee, that’s a nice ad..! hehehe Thanks for the link! :)

]]> By: Vamseehttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5605 Vamsee Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:28:01 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5605 Priyank, Given all your hitchhiking adventures, I somehow imagine you to be the guy asking for a ride in this Maruti Suzuki commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbX8e4seGoYHang in there till the end when a young guys asks for a ride home! Priyank,
Given all your hitchhiking adventures, I somehow imagine you to be the guy asking for a ride in this Maruti Suzuki commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbX8e4seGoY

Hang in there till the end when a young guys asks for a ride home!

]]> By: Priyankhttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5489 Priyank Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5489 Thanks London Caller! It was a beautiful day indeed. :)It's likely that they used prayer flags to protest the occupation - most of the times we cling to things that are dearest to us during time of crisis, isn't it? :) Thanks London Caller! It was a beautiful day indeed. :)

It’s likely that they used prayer flags to protest the occupation – most of the times we cling to things that are dearest to us during time of crisis, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Linguist-in-Waitinghttp://finaltransit.com/blog/2009/06/07/hitchhiking-to-cheli-la/#comment-5486 Linguist-in-Waiting Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:07:28 +0000 http://finaltransit.com/blog/?p=1158#comment-5486 So this is a long post, and I have a couple of questions.* Why do you need a special permit pass to visit that certain place in Bhutan? I find these places interesting and intriguing, similar to China's Tibet (for which I have an inkling about the reason) and India's eastern parts (for which I don't know why a permit is needed).* That picture of you standing behind the yellow route marker is funny. It looked like those were your hands continuing into the route marker.* So the water-operated prayer mill was basically water praying for him? Automated? Since he didn't have to spin it himself? Very interesting concept of prayer.* Your logic about the necessity of walking above the roofs are a little blurry. Is this a personal fetish of yours? :-P* Finally, those prayer flags look creepy. I would not want to sky-dive and land on those. So this is a long post, and I have a couple of questions.

* Why do you need a special permit pass to visit that certain place in Bhutan? I find these places interesting and intriguing, similar to China’s Tibet (for which I have an inkling about the reason) and India’s eastern parts (for which I don’t know why a permit is needed).

* That picture of you standing behind the yellow route marker is funny. It looked like those were your hands continuing into the route marker.

* So the water-operated prayer mill was basically water praying for him? Automated? Since he didn’t have to spin it himself? Very interesting concept of prayer.

* Your logic about the necessity of walking above the roofs are a little blurry. Is this a personal fetish of yours? :-P

* Finally, those prayer flags look creepy. I would not want to sky-dive and land on those.

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