For me it was a bit surreal. You're walking in "the middle of nowhere"and you bump into people along the trail. Part of our trek took us to the foot of Kaphni glacier. It was a 12 km (7 mile) walk. We saw absolutely no signs of human life on this walk, but as we were coming back a man appeared on the trail. He was dressed a bit odd. His short trousers were made out of something like a burlap sack. Our guide, Tara, immediately recognised him and they began chatting. After a minute Tara asked us if we wanted to have chai (tea). Mahima and I looked at each other with raised eyebrows and glanced around again to see if we had missed something. Nope, there was nothing but green jungle, a river, lot's of rocks, some lovely wildflowers, and maybe some goats. We gave Tara a confused look and he smiled and waived for us to follow him up the hill. We walked towards some large boulders. As we got close we saw steps were made leading up to one of the rocks, and beneath the rock was a small opening.
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1 comment:
hey sis,
glad you were able to get into the mountains during the intense baranas heat. jolep chopel, my friend who is studying at sanskrit university, just came and spent a few days with me. thanks for the pics, looks like it was a great trip.
live it up, russ
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