If there is one thing that we as a group of friends do not lack, it is ambition. What else can explain the decision of seven ‘not very fit’ people undertaking a 4-5 hour trek at an altitude of 4,500 m? Foolhardiness perhaps, but I like ambition better. On our final day in Kaza, we had planned a trek from Langza village (4,400 m) to … Continue reading Kaza: An Unfinished Trek
After five days of hectic travelling and sightseeing, we decided to go slightly easy on the sixth day of our journey. The two major sightseeing destinations that we had earmarked for the day were Kye monastery and Kibber village. We woke up late and had a slow and leisurely morning with a nice breakfast. Finally, by 1 pm, we all got ready and left for … Continue reading Kaza: Kye and Kibber
The fifth day was probably the most eventful day of our trip. We had to travel just about 50 km from Tabo to Kaza on this day, hence, we ended up seeing and doing a lot of stuff starting with exploring the village of Tabo itself. Tabo is mainly famous for two things – a 1,000 year old monastery and a few old caves carved … Continue reading Tabo and Dhankar: Two enchanting villages
The fourth day of our trip was the day when we left the Kinnaur valley behind and finally entered the Spiti Valley. We started the day in Kalpa and ended it in Tabo with a brief halt at Nako. This was the day when we got to witness the landscape for which we had undertaken this trip – stark, rugged, desolate mountains without a shred … Continue reading Entering the Spiti Valley
The last village before the Indo-China border. This is how I got introduced to Chitkul. Now I don’t know why but since the moment we were introduced, Chitkul had got a hold on me. Maybe it was because of the sense of foreboding of going almost till the end of your country or because of the romanticism of a small far flung village by a … Continue reading Chitkul: The Last Village
More than a century ago a Scottish-American naturalist John Muir observed, “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” In this time and day this statement rings even truer and if one is fortunate enough to be living in India then it becomes extremely hard to resist the allure of … Continue reading A road trip to Kinnaur and Spiti
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