Almost to Goecha La

The Road to Goecha La--Part 2

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December 6th 2005
As I mentioned in the previous entry, the first day of hiking was some 10 miles from Yuksom to Tsoka (10,000 ft.). We walked straight out of town from the guest house we had stayed at the night before and were soon into dense forest. There was a well worn, rocky trail leading to Tsoka (one substantial enough to herd yaks through). On all sides of us were ferns, bamboo, moss covered trees, hangi ... 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