Sun setting from our balcony at Orchard Hut

To Chamba

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April 4th 2007
Ok, desperately trying to catch up before we go to the border ceremony (in Amritsar now). So on the 4th we commenced our second day's trek (with Canadian Boy, Dog and now Dog 2) to Chamba, which is, surprisingly, in the Chamba valley. We were all pleased to leave the hostility of Khadjir (besides Horseboy, the general atmosphere was quite unpleasant). An easy walk, pretty much downhill (Chamba ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more