After Nepal I really got hooked on riding in the mountains with my Enfield. Rishikesh was ok as a temporary break, and Shimla was funny for a day, but soon I would be higher up again. From Shimla I rode down Highway 22, the one that brings you to Rampur and from there on the Hindusthani - Tibetan Highway. That's a road built on the old trade route between India and Tibet. Tibet is off limits, but I wanted to see how near I could get. I slept the first day in Sarahan, a quite Himalayan village known for it's temple. The original temple was built in the 4th century, to honour Kali. Kali is a ferocious looking multi power godess that craves for fresh meat. Until the beginning of the 19th century, human sacrifice was
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