Rampur, Narkanda and Shimla - India
The Kinnear Valley was completely green and a shock after Spiti's desert. But once we admired the valleys, mountains and waterfalls, and watched the goats...View image...it grew a little stale. We were on our way to the Hotel Bushahr Regency in Rampur. Rampur is just a big truck stop for almost all the goods passing through the Kinnear Valley. Because of our change in plans, there were a few days to fill up before flying back to the States and Rampur was just a fill-in place. All I cared about (after last night's miserable stay ) was a clean room, good lunch and less road to drive on.
The Kinnear people wore green banded hats, distinct from the Spiti and Kullu Valleys. Beside the difference in Kinnear clothing, the scenery was different. There was an amazing trail zig-zagging up the mountain on the other side of the river to an isolated village. I couldn't imagine walking up and down on this trail, every single day to get to the road or river on this perfect zig-zag. (No wonder these people are so thin.)
in look and feel with everyone busy, bringing in the crops and going about their daily, hard tasks. A friendly village.
