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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Day 5 - Kalpa - Kinnaur Valley - Spiti Valley Trip 2010

Day 5 - We drove from Sangla to Kalpa in the morning. Reached Kalpa in 3 hours. We had booked in Kinner Kailash Hotel and we found it easily.

Must do - Walk to Roghi

Our room had a view of the Kinner Kailash range although the mist was playing hide and seek with the mountains so we were able to catch glimpses of the peaks and then it would disappear behind the mists again !

After lunch - we took a walk to the village of Roghi. This is a easy walk on a tar road that juts out of the rocky mountain side. Around 4 kms. We can view far away the river Sutlej and enjoy the steep sides of the mountain. There are many apricot trees and apple trees along the way too.

We were strolling near a small stream when we came across this plant that stung badly. The leaves , the leaf stalk, the underside of the leaf everything has thorns !!! So keep away from this plant !! :)

It drizzled very lightly as we walked and we were rewarded by a beautiful rainbow that spanned the entire valley. What a serendipity ! :) Lucky us !!!

One can either walk back from Roghi to Kalpa or take the HRTC ( comes at 5 pm in the evening not sure of the other timings ) or use your private vehicle.

The stinging plant !!!
Kinner Kailash Views

Kinner Kailash Views
View of the Valley on the walk to Roghi - far away is the Sutlej river
Road cut into the rocky face of the mountain - Roghi
Rainbow that spanned the valley - look closely you can see both ends - even though left side is faint

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