After breakfast we packed our stuff and left Komic towards Demul. The walk is not really difficult since there is not a lot of up and down. We did not meet people on the way expect for a road crew. They where working on the street and happy that something happened other than working that…
Time to hit the mountains! Lothy of Spiti Holiday Adventures did write us the list of guest houses and the next morning we started the trek. Four years ago I went up the mountain behind the temple to get to the first village. This time he told us to take the road round the mountain….
This is where i want to go – back to the Indian mountains How to spend Summer? Since i had to cut my winter trip 5 weeks short i got here to early. Than i did my eBay thing and sold comics. A week at Majorca and 10 days in Switzerland. And now another week…
Every family – if they have cattle or not – of a village has to take care of all the animals for one day. So one or more members of that family bring them to the feeding grounds in the morning. Watch over them for the day and return home with them in the evening….
The other bridge was gone, so we had to detour and took the only one for miles over the river. Lalung – our stop for this night. The family where we stayed had 8 fields before. The river took 6 and a half the other night so now they are in a bit of trouble….
Finally trekking in Spiti Valley! Went with Eric – Iveta please not the cup!! This is what the Dutch do when they are high up. Guess it is the thin air at 5000 m???? Big Buddha is watching over our village. The 1st house is ours – for this night. Grandma – there is some…
Everybody that drive over the Kunzum Pass will stop here. The locals to pray and we to take some pictures and a piss. This is where you get the 1st taste of thin mountain air above 4500m. From here on it goes into the Spit Valley. The valley is surrounded by huge peaks and whit…
Leaving Manali with the 2nd bus at 6 am we must go over the Rothang Pass. Few places on earth present you with such a dramatic change of landscape. On one side the lush green of the Kullu Valley and on the other the awesome vista of the Himalayas. This is the backbone of the…
Been trekking the last few days. It does rain every night and the mud houses of the locals start to dissolve. Now back in Kaza – a fun trip at there are landslides all over the place. Most of the bridges are destroyed. Roads blocked and things look not to good. Yesterday big rocks came…
FRA – DEL at the 24th of July – DEL – FRA at the 30th of August. The plan is to visit Spiti valley! Looking 4ward to this one :-) Anybody in the region?? Anyone up for a hike???