Early Spring Visit to Spectacular Spiti Valley Part One:- Getting There We began our journey from Shimla, summer seat of the British during the Raj days. It was a journey that would take us to the far reaches of the Indian Himalayas bordering on Tibet, to a little known valley called Spiti. I became obsessed with Spiti after seeing pictures and hearing stories from my mountain friends: They would talk of a place which was so isolated it took 2 days to reach and was impassable during much of the long winter which would last up to 8 months of the year. They spoke of a high altitude desert, with extreme weather conditions where the sun is so close it burns you in minutes what would take hours of sunlight at sea level. They told of
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