SPITI -: Trekking, Home Stays and Facts

mridula · Jul 7th, 2007, 12:31

Andreas, it were your pictures on this forum that settled the decision in favor of doing this home stay trek. We enjoyed it a lot though it took us some time to acclimatize at Langza.

Yes, there is a road from Lhalung to Dhankar now and we walked on it partially to reach Dhankar. Also saw a group of motorcyclists going to Lhalung and a few jeeps with tourists on the same road. Each of the motorcyclists waved to us!

I am finding it difficult to settle back to my work routine

AndreasW · Jul 7th, 2007, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by mridula

I am finding it difficult to settle back to my work routine

That's understandable... It needs time!!!
I'll miss Himachal this year...

So long
AndreasW

dhananjay · Jul 11th, 2007, 12:02

Hi,

Those were great pics mridula ... hmmm looks like you had an awesome time ... spiti is always like that ... Im getting itchy feet now ... havent really ben till thre this year .... maybe another few days ...

Andreas

thank you for your suggestions, but sadly it all fizzled out ... but we did the srikhand trail on the border with bhabha valley ... started from Kullu Sarahan (a road all the way up now) to "jaoon" and then bhim dwar and then the sacred massif. Interesting walk all of 4 days ... lots of meadows ... the we hiked in GHNP from Gushaini to Neuli ... fantastic walk ... the authorities dont allow shepherds inside anymore so the meadows have lost their sheen and lots of wild grass and wheat spoils the natural habitat. but a nice walk .. I dont know if you have walked this way and we ended by walking the bridle path from Khanag village to Tarala to malgi and kullu srahan ... super walk ... came to know a new thing and a new idea ... all forest rest houses in Himacahal Pradesh are at an equidistant 12kms ... and its gonna be an interesting walk ... Im planning something similar .. wanting to chart out a great rest house to rest house walk ... would keep the forum posted ....

Cheers,
Dhananjay

mridula · Jul 16th, 2007, 22:41

I have uploaded a video of how a typical homestay at Spiti looks like but apologies in advance as the video quality is quite poor and my hand movement very jerky.

rishabh6296 · Jul 29th, 2007, 01:27

gud pics mridula,,even i came back from spiti a few days back.

mridula · Jul 29th, 2007, 12:21

Rishabh, so how was your trip? Have you uploaded the pictures yet? I think you also wanted to go Chandra Tal? So, how was it?

rishabh6296 · Aug 13th, 2007, 05:10

HiMridula,
my trip was really gud,managed to cover a lot of Lahaul-spiti including Chandratal.

mridula · Sep 27th, 2007, 11:28

Finally my Spiti travelogue is up. Thought I would share it here too.

capt_mahajan · Sep 27th, 2007, 11:52

Mridula, nice writeup

What am I doing here?

Wandering Spirit · Sep 29th, 2007, 20:14

I finally got to uploading the pictures from my spiti trip (August) on to the internet... click on the picture below to get to my webshots gallery...

Mridula... a small world... i was with Amar Singh too... was travelling with Ecosphere... great bunch of people they are.

Infact, we even stayed at Asha's place at Dhankhar, that picture you have from the porch, i have the same one too... :-)

Keep on rolling...

mridula · Sep 29th, 2007, 20:36

It is indeed a small world! Lovely set of pictures. How was the Dalai Lama event at Nako? It must have got very crowded? Where do people stay?

Mushroomz · Nov 21st, 2007, 08:23

@mridula .. nice blog ...
Hopefully I would be heading this April for Leh ..
If the road via manali is open then I can make this otherwise I think I would settle in for Parvati valley for now ..

Lovely thread ..

Cheers ..

mridula · Nov 21st, 2007, 09:26

Mushroomz, thanks a lot for the kind words about my blog. Wish you a wonderful trip.

Mushroomz · Nov 22nd, 2007, 03:53

Hey .. had a question .. Will the road from Manali to Leh would be open in April ??

Cheers ...

shahronakm · Nov 22nd, 2007, 11:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mushroomz

Hey .. had a question .. Will the road from Manali to Leh would be open in April ??

Cheers ...

No, Generally it opens in Late May.

Ronak.

Jul 7th, 2007, 12:31	#76
mridula Sair Kar Duniya Ki Galib , Jindagani Fir Kahan ... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 1,282	Andreas, it were your pictures on this forum that settled the decision in favor of doing this home stay trek. We enjoyed it a lot though it took us some time to acclimatize at Langza. Yes, there is a road from Lhalung to Dhankar now and we walked on it partially to reach Dhankar. Also saw a group of motorcyclists going to Lhalung and a few jeeps with tourists on the same road. Each of the motorcyclists waved to us! I am finding it difficult to settle back to my work routine __________________ mridula http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/

Jul 11th, 2007, 12:02	#78
dhananjay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Park Cafe, Shimla Posts: 305	Hi Hi, Those were great pics mridula ... hmmm looks like you had an awesome time ... spiti is always like that ... Im getting itchy feet now ... havent really ben till thre this year .... maybe another few days ... Andreas thank you for your suggestions, but sadly it all fizzled out ... but we did the srikhand trail on the border with bhabha valley ... started from Kullu Sarahan (a road all the way up now) to "jaoon" and then bhim dwar and then the sacred massif. Interesting walk all of 4 days ... lots of meadows ... the we hiked in GHNP from Gushaini to Neuli ... fantastic walk ... the authorities dont allow shepherds inside anymore so the meadows have lost their sheen and lots of wild grass and wheat spoils the natural habitat. but a nice walk .. I dont know if you have walked this way and we ended by walking the bridle path from Khanag village to Tarala to malgi and kullu srahan ... super walk ... came to know a new thing and a new idea ... all forest rest houses in Himacahal Pradesh are at an equidistant 12kms ... and its gonna be an interesting walk ... Im planning something similar .. wanting to chart out a great rest house to rest house walk ... would keep the forum posted .... Cheers, Dhananjay

Jul 16th, 2007, 22:41	#79
mridula Sair Kar Duniya Ki Galib , Jindagani Fir Kahan ... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 1,282	I have uploaded a video of how a typical homestay at Spiti looks like but apologies in advance as the video quality is quite poor and my hand movement very jerky. Last edited by mridula : Jul 16th, 2007 at 22:41. Reason: typos are the bane of the life

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