60 Days of Summer
The long Himalayan summer begins.
Kasauli was easily accessible and good of a couple days of relaxation but do not expect a Kasol.
Visiting the Nako Lake and Village in the border of Kinnaur and Spiti.
[googlemaps width=600 height=400] I barely had an evening at Kalpa and wasn’t hoping to accomplish much. In general the trip was half baked and as it turned out, I was going to come back from Nako after a couple of days, just touching the border of Spiti, due to unavoidable circumstances. Nevertheless, I finally broke …
Exploring the Tibetan Buddhist symbols such as prayer flags, mani stones and prayer wheels at Nako Village, Kinnaur.
All the food for pilgrims here are cooked using the geothermal energy of the hot spring without the use of any polluting fuel. Manikaran can surely be proud of their carbon footprint or the lack of it.
With blooming rhododendrons and apricots, Rashol trek offered good spectacles although it was steeper than what we imagined.
Chalal is a small village near Kasol. A walk to it offer great views along the Parvati Valley and in the spring apricot blossoms wash it with surreal pink hues.
Scenes from Chitkul, one of the last inhabited settlements in the Indo Tibetan border in Kinnaur.
Trekking from Sangla to Rakcham instead of taking the bus, capturing the colours of the apple laden Baspa Valley in the post monsoon season.
Travelogue and guide to Kamru Nag temple and lake trek Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.