sunset from our room

I'm sure it's not legal what he's doing with that donkey!?

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June 22nd 2006
Leaving Recong with old Poulet laden down and our fingers tightly crossed we headed off to Nako. A small village nestled in amongst the mountains on the Spiti trail. The next feasible stop for us. Poulet, performed admirably at first. The temperature was exceedingly hot that day but initially the road was following the river and thus quite level. A few patches washed out by glacier thaw but all ... 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