31 July 2018 It feels as if you are in a different time period when you see the most jaw-dropping marvel The Phugthal monastery is like a honeycomb-shaped Buddhist monastery. One can also reach this place by climbing the Shingo La pass from Darcha (Manali-Leh Highway) side and come from Purne side. We ran from […]
31 July 2018 Before the Phugthal gompa, we had some noodles and tea for lunch. That place has a beautiful stay with a bed and toilet overlooking the Phugthal valley. for tourists to stay with a price of 750rs. I heard from the monk that the place is 2500yrs old. Went towards the gompa, was […]
31 July 2018 We woke up the next day and had a talk with the French couple. They explained their whole route and gave some crackers for munching. They were from Toulouse randonee club. Immediately after, we headed towards phuktal gompa. The trail was sandy, the shoes had nice grip along the trail. There was […]
30th July 2018 I ran back from Karsha to meet Peter and met him around 10 am as he got a hitchhike from Zangla to catch up with me. Its been two years since I met him after the Himalayan cycling in 2016. It took a while to get money from the atm to be […]
The next day morning I had time to explore Padum and run up to Karsha Gompa which was like 8kms from Padum. I was supposed to meet Peter the next day, so I thought its an ideal day for having acclimatizing runs around the region, which is already at 3000m altitude. I walked around Padum […]
On 27th July, I had landed in Delhi flying from Milan to start off my journey towards the Himalayas. From Delhi, I took a flight to Srinagar and got a taxi for 100 Rs to the TRC. A lot of taxi drivers take you for a ride instead of showing you the bus stand which […]
Traversing through the picturesque valleys of Suru, Pangi, Saichu, Sural, Miyar, Hudan, Chandra, Tsarap, Zanskar, Lingthi, Lugnak, Chenab, Chamba and Spiti, I encountered extremely hospitable people from the remote places, lovely local cuisine and stunning landscapes.
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