Blogs from Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 2

Dnes to bol nas posledny den v Kaze. Nakoniec sme sa rano rozhodli, ze este vyjdeme k ruinam old monastery a do Ki pojdeme az zajtra. Oproti vcerajsku to bol celkom v pohode vylet aj ked prevysenie bolo asi rovnake. Len ta vzdialenost bola o kus mensia. Cesta bola na jednom mieste zasypana a akurat sa ju snazili trosku dobrodruznym sposobom zase sprejazdnit buldozerom. Nejak sme to ale preliezli a konecne sa nam naskytol pohlad aj do udolia za skalnou hradbou nad mestom. Napodiv bolo krasne zelene s malou dedinkou uprostred. Za nim sa uz ale tycila dalsia skalna hradba a za nou nenapadne vykukalo nieco, co urcite nemalo pod 7000 metrov. :-) Ruiny klastora boli sice male ale bol odtial pekny vyhlad a cele to posobilo malebne, tak sme tam zostali hodinku oddychovat a obratili ... read more

Zazraky sa deju, sme v Kaze a maju tu internet! Je to mensi zazrak, lebo tu momentalne nejde ani len elektrika a v celom meste je tma. Este ze tu maju generator. :-) Ale tak ideme od zaciatku. Rano o siedmej sme stepovali pred hotelom a cakali nas shared taxi. Trvalo to polhodku ale nakoniec prisla nejaka podozriva dodavka bez poznavacich znaciek neurciteho typu. Nase prve pochybnosti boli ale rychlo zahnane, lebo to co to auto dokazalo cestou je neuveritelne. Cesta bola este o dost horsia ako sme cakali. Casti boli zavalene, od Manali kopa blata, na druhej strane zase ziaden asfalt, len kamene a prach. Vacsinu cesty na jednej strane hlboky zraz a na druhej skalna stena. Za vsetko hovori ze cela cesta trvala desat hodin a bolo to len 200km. Sme ale celkom radi ... read more

Hi All, Param is posting this entry. This is a trekking trip to Chandra Tal Lake in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India. A historic place, where it is believed that Vyas had performed his daily bath, Beas Kund is regarded as a sacred place by the Hindus. The originating point of the Majestic river Bias, Beas Kund is found sheltered by an igloo like stone formation. A typical rocky terrain, this place is devoid of vegetation. The crystal clear and chilly arctic waters resemble that of a spring, which would freeze the fingers. In this trip I, Rohish Ikhe, Anoop Mathew and Chetan Pachpande traveled to this beautiful place. Our Itinerary was: Day0: Delhi - Manali Day1: Manali - Rohtang Pass - Chatru. Day2: Chatru - Bhatal - "Chandra Tal Lake" - Bhatal. Day3: Bhatal - Manali ... read more

The road up the Pin Valley was very dusty as it was only a dirt track and rough in places as the region had only recently opened to tourism. We were traveling through an animal reserve and Jerry was hoping to see an ibex - he didn't! The countryside was very similar, at least initially, to the Spiti Valley (we had just left it I guess) but as we went further in it started to change - there was more colour in the mountains and wild flowers - purple, yellow and white - started to be seen. We stopped for lunch in the first tiny village we came to - all of about 5 houses - where a lady cooked us some food in her kitchen and we ate it next to her stove. The rest ... read more

After our happy day walking around Kalpa we were up early and in the jeep enroute for Nako. The scenery got more spectacular and almost surreal as the day progressed. We were held up just outside Kalpa whilst they cleared a landslide from the road - there had been rain on and off all night and it had made the roads even more unstable. We stopped for coffee in a small dhaba at Jangi where we met a group of three Canadian cyclists who were on their second day of cycling through Spiti and ounward over the high mountain passes to Leh. Though we had seen many motorcyclists doing the same trip these were the first group of cyclists we had met. One of the group was an inexperienced rider and she was already ill and ... read more