Reckong Peo

Well, not exactly. Reckong Peo is just a place with i-net, I'm staying in Kalpa village, above it. I made my way from Shimla, which was a nice place to stay. It didn't look like an Indian city at all, more like a European mountain resort (I guess, since I've never been in one). It has a nostalgic atmosphere of British times. Many buildings remind of this era - concrete and wooden, set among sea of green on the hills.














The town was once British summer capital, and these guys sure knew how to have a good vacation. There aren't many sights in the town, people spend time just wandering in the Mall. After two days there I took off east, to Kinnaur Valley. The main idea was to follow the rivers until the last village. Stopped for 3 days in Sarahan, nice village with beatiful temple.





















The traditional architecture is really amazing - concrete building with wood decorations and stone tiles on the roof. People of this area are more quiet than in plain side, and somewhat sullen. They have this traditional hat, that really amazes me with its lack of functionality. But it's nice, and they wear it proudly - men and women - maybe like a sign for adulthood, since I didn't see any kids wearing it. I made some walking around Sarahan, nice views to the peaks from the hills. Afterwards, more east - to Chhitkul, a remote village in the end of Sangla valley.




















It's really isolated and quiet. Great walking, inside the village and around. The valley is really classic one - the river goes from east to west, snowpeaks above, the slopes covered with lines of vegetation - one side grass, the other trees. Great sunrises and sunsets... The river is crossed in a basket, which is pulled with a rope. Funny experience.















Kinnaur valley is supposed to be the quiet part of Himachal, but the Israeli invasion is here too. I have nothing against my country's people, but sometimes they're extremely noisy. Now I'm making my way along the Indo-Tibetan road, heading for Spiti Valley. Not much trekking, but it's good to rest sometimes.