Chatru – Koksar

Thursday 24th July, 2014

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The goats are only here in Spiti for two months in the summer. Then the shepherds walk them back to Kashmir, a few hundred difficult kilometres to the west.

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We discussed but didn’t seriously consider spending the night at this little place. It’s a wonderful location, alone in the mountains, across the road from a Buddhist chorten. But we’d only covered a handful of kilometres and felt we should press on.

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I’d thought most of the water was behind us but I was mistaken. The water crossings were deeper today.

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The climb up to Gramphu:

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Mist rolling in over the Rohtang La, the pass to Manali (I’m glad we’re not having to go in that direction – to much uphill for my tired legs today).

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From Gramphu (where there didn’t appear to be anywhere to stay), it was downhill on tarmac (of sorts) to Koksar.

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Summer roadworkers accommodations, I think.

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There is definitely a different feel to Koksar; we’re not in Spiti any longer.

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2 Comments

    • I was using Panasonic Micro 4/3 G3 bodies (two of them) with a 12 mm – 42 mm (24-84 35mm film equivalent) zoom and a 45-174 (90-350) zoom.
      They are not top quality lenses but light, great for travelling.

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