My Discovery Channel Submission

OK, here goes the submission to the Discovery Channel. It's such a joke, but I had fun doing it.

Blog Submission

India, Kashmir, the Highest Hiway in the World. Our 4W driver tackles most turns with one hand. Only when it’s a 180-degree turn, he applies both. With my travel instinct, I somehow feel good in his hands. I’ve learned to spot danger when it’s real. We pass a dead cow on the road, 5 vultures on it, cleaning up the road. The road is well marked for passenger and driver's entertainment; "Use the horse power, not the rum power ", "Darling, I like you, but not so fast”. The Manali-Leh road is a Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Jurassic Park drive-through. I feel like Alice in the Wonderland - every 30 min we enter a different room. Every hour, we are in a different world. It's the mini-Grand Canyon one moment, Gobi Dessert another, then we enter the Mongolian plains. The road ascends quickly, at 4000m I start feeling the effects; a numb headache, then I float in space. A simple arithmetic calculation becomes a major mental burden. "Eat the garlic, Magda" a girl feeds me with 3 cloves of raw garlic. She’s got 1kg of this remedy. The garlic partly relieves my headache. I feel very compromised and vulnerable in this paradise. More on India travel on http://molonese.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_molonese_archive.html.

Vlog Submission

Thanks to my sweetheart TK!