Traffic jam on Rhotang Pass

July 16th 2009
5.30am saw us up after a uncomfortable cold night in the tiny guest house at Losar, the last village in the Spiti Valley and at 4079 meters altitude the highest we had slept. No water, cold or hot, but thankfully a cup of lemon tea before we loaded the jeep for our long day of driving to Manali. The first hour saw us heading up to the Kunzum Pass (4551 m) twisting round and round U bends on what ... 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

8th November 2010

Rose
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Thanks for all athe beautiful pictures you and the other brave people took of the Rohtang Pass. I really enjoy watching Ice Road Truckers in Alaska. Their journey one of the worlds deadliest highway is unbelievable. Lisa Kelly succeded in being the first American and woman to drive this road. Through watchilng IRT. I've learned alot and have traveled to places I would never seen otherwise. Thanks to the computer I've written down names of towns and roads and passes that were shown on IRT, looked them up and enjoyed new adventures. It's hard to believe that people actually live up there. Thanks Again. Rose

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