To
travel to Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh holds its place on the top of
my to-do list.he Spiti Valley is a desert mountain valley located high
in the Himalaya mountains in the north-eastern part of the Indian state
of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The Middle Land", i.e. the
land between Tibet and India.
I
planned to escape to Spiti in the month of August and planed my
itinerary accordingly.First day of my ride started from Delhi via
Chandigarh to Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh. At a distance of 5kms from
Narkanda at an altitude of 12000ft and is a highest peak in Shimla
region, Hatu Peak. At the top of the peak a wooden temple is dedicated
to "Mandodari" wife of "Ravana". Government tourist guest house for
night stay is available at Hatu Peak. I planned to
camp on the lawn of rest house from where the view was serene. It was a
scary night for me as locals warned me about the movement of wild
animals, which made me sleepless whole night. After a long tiring night view of
sunrise from my camp was refreshing and energized all of my senses.
On
Day 2 my destination was Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh, at a distance of
180kms from Narkanda. I took a breakfast hault at Narkanda town and
left to Chitkul with lots of good memories from Narkanda.
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| Misty view of mountains after rain. |
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| Break somewhere near to Kalka, Himachal Pradesh. |
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| View of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
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| Towards Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh. |
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| Yak rides can be enjoyed on the way to Narkanda, Himachal Pradesh. |
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| Apple orchards at Theog, Himachal Pradesh. |
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| Narkanda is not far now after a day long ride. |
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| Lawn of tourist guest house where I pitched my camp. |
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| Morning view from my camp. |
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| Sunrise from Hatu Peak. |
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| Hatu Mata temple. |
To be continued.........
