pretty blue house, chitkul

Down from the mountains

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August 25th 2008
Coming down from the highest mountains in the world is an occupation that takes some time. Buses often can't travel more than 100km in a day, and even catching the bus can be a challenge, the schedule being very flexible, or maybe just some kind of joke. Upon leaving Ladakh we passed through the Spiti and Kinnaur valleys on our way to Shimla. We got marooned in Kaza for three days waiting for t ... 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