I remember it was the rainbow day at Triund. We were chatting with a young local lad who was studying in Germany and had a tourism business based out of Germany too.
We were discussing random things, like the trek, the snow at the Indrahar Pass, the changing weather patterns, the shopkeeper at the Snowline and the tourists visiting India. Both of us expressed a deep desire that one day we want to exchange rupees for a lot of foreign currencies so that we could back pack around the world.
Souvenirs for Sale at McLedo Ganj on the Roadside, Himachal Pradesh
A little while back there was one young girl who gave a piece of her mind to the shopkeeper at our camp because she thought she was asked to pay more for a room. The local lad from Germany told me, “Ma’am yahan haans kar aap dhul bhi bech sakte ho” (Ma’am, in these regions if you know how to talk nicely you should even be able to sell the dust). He was not being derogatory, he said it as a matter of fact, no boasting nothing.
I was at McLedo Ganj few weeks back. Great to watch the rainbow.A good traveller never knows where he/she is going and where he/she is coming from.
Well, the German has a point. A good salesperson can sell anything. They are masters at manipulating your emotions — even if you end out buying out of guilt!
Hobo, so how did you find McLeod Ganj, did you go to Triund too?Kelly that young lad was an Indian, local too living in Germany. And this is more true when we are traveling 😀
One free advice: Never take a compliment from a salesman.