Mussoorie: Hillstation Hangin'

We left Himachal Pradesh crossing into the state of Uttarakhand where we made way to the the hillstation of Mussoorie.

Main Street

Step on the chalk dots for good luck.

Stacked veggie stands like this are numerous. 

A spread of Indian sweets--my picture taking prompted the shopkeeper to shoo flies. 

Check out this sweet bowl pressed out of leaves--it's paper disposables with the middleman cut out.  

Adam crunching down a paper dosa, a south Indian breakfast favorite. 

Masala Dosa 

Special dosa: a combination of the dosas above super-sized to a two-platter!  

Making a proper India lassi--step 1: put curd (yogurt) and milk in pot.

Step 2: add sugar.

Step 3: cap and froth. 

Step 4: drank! 

Yes!

This porter earns his living carrying heavy objects up steep hills--reflect on you life and be thankful. 

Nico passing out candy on Diwali, the festival of lights. 

These two rascals went hog-wild on our candy offering.  

Diwali is a bit like a combination of our 4th of July and Christmas--fireworks are central to the celebrations. 

Adam and Nico in front of our hotel, standing on the firework launch pad--since the landscape gets burned so often you can shoot fireworks nearly anywhere without concern of fire. 

An evening's worth of bombs and rockets, all for about 10 bucks--they've got the good stuff in India!