9:38 AM Location : Somewhere beyond Lower Keylong Lahul and Spiti Himalayas. Altitude: 3120 m
Starting the day out, Driving the Lands beyond Keylong.
Julley Everyone,
Started the day out somewhere in the outskirts of Lahul and Spiti Valley. Here we were just riding around wandering around like a Freebird and seeing and exploring the world, the hidden content and the true beauty of it. And for today we decided to just go and explore the places around the main town of Lahul and Spiti Valley, the Man district, which was Keylong and I'm going to share my whole experience with my journey with you guys through this post.
At the moment, we were at an altitude of more than 3000 m above the sealevel. It was kind of high my friends as we started our journey as early as 7 AM from Mall Road Manali today and ended up all the way driving more than hundred kilometre is almost continuously from the past three hours, and finally we reached at the spot.
Now talking about the roads, they were quite well built, even though it was a two-lane highway that just went all the way to leh and Ladakh region and there were very few houses all the way that I have noticed about my journey. We were somewhere in the middle of a mountain as I was getting kind of feeling as I could see the mountain peaks right in front of me. It was the peak summer season out here my friends and somewhere I would say in between the monsoon too and it was the only time when this place is as dry as hot as it is due to the sunny weather, but in winter season, the place is just covered with a thick blanket of snow that last for more than months and months.
The Camps and Houses around the Village
Just along the roadside, I saw a few houses blue colour somewhere in between the mountain and I could see the whole mountain but there were these very few trees all around. Due to the high altitude and harsh climatic conditions. We were at an area beyond the tree line where only very few sort of vegetation of trees and trees that I found out here were Juniper trees all the way here in this amount as you guys can also see the mountain itself. It was just a huge rock all together in itself and then followed by these beautiful views all around.
My friends as you guys can also see there was this Mona Street built right in between the mountain as you guys can see in the centre just above the blue camps, I was so amazed to see that how people found such corners the cave like corners where they build ministry, it was really a whole lot of a peaceful place. My friends I was getting really beautiful vibe over here. The weather was all got the views and places. There was just really whole lot of different thing.
We were getting closer to the lower Keylong somewhere around 15 to 20 km before we were at the moment I was not sure that what this place was called as they were very few houses all around. Truly we have to drive all the way by the side of the market. In order to reach. It was literally driving just right by the side of the valley by the side of the river, which was just flowing by maybe in the ancient times, the people, those who have explore these places would have explored using taking the all the way through the valley, from where the river was just originating from the glacier.
The Road formed by the side of the Rocky Wall.
Somewhere around 15 to 20 km before we were at the moment I was not sure that what this place was called as they were very few houses all around. Truly we have to drive all the way by the side of the market. In order to reach. It was literally driving just right by the side of the valley by the side of the river, which was just flowing by maybe in the ancient times, the people, those who have explore these places would have explored using taking the all the way through the valley, from where the river was just originating from the glacier.
Another thing that struck my mind, it was that how these roads would have been built my friends. It was really a whole lot of a different thing just cutting these mountains that too in a proper shape and then forming up the road and how the rocks they were still here in this mountain that even they do not fall from years and years that's how the nature is yes I just saw I just took a short look just by the side of the market and it felt like that all of the rocks nearby they were so loose, but they were not as usually the mystery with this place is that it only snows on the other side of the mountain and all the other side of the mountain is all dry even in the winter season maybe because of the geographical position that this mountain Sir, it is somewhat that the mountain is on the lee ward and the Wind ward side and the other Side Stays all dry even in the winter season.
The Lower Keylong Village.
To be very honest, my friends I literally had no idea about this. I will try was just an unknown traveller. I would say visiting this place. I have visited the place in the past crossed as I was on my expectation beyond this place but this was the time when I was just going in depth about the places about the geographical locations and about how the ancient explorers would have found such a beautiful corners and made the villages outside yours. In years ago. My friends it was really harsh climatic place. The window is being super cold and dry or something that the place has. But in the summer season, it is a paradise. I will check when the whole region India India is facing high temperatures this place still feels like a fridge.
Slowly and slowly that we were getting closer to the village to the main point or the main town of the place it took us near about an hour or so. Since I started my journey where I started taking photographs...
In just no time I found this big shop. I think it is the main wholesale shop of the place. As there were these trucks the mini jeeps loading on and still all the groceries. All the snacks they were available at the place even at such a high altitude place.
It was really a whole lot of different experience that I had on even at such a high altitude place in the Himalayas. In the outskirts where I found another world hidden deep inside. It was really a whole world. I would say my friends the villages nearby the feeling of a town. They were these hotels in Keylong, the restaurants in every thing all together in its self it was a beautiful corner in the Himalayas.
Here is a quick glimpse of the screenshot that I took when I was at the place. I usually takes a screenshot in order to just figure out that what is the location as at certain points in the Himalayas the location it is not such as GPS signal is really very less at certain points in my mobile phone, the high and GPS trackers I think would really work but this is the app the compass app in iPhone that I usually use for just checking the altitude of the place and even the directions and then when I'm done with my adventure, and when I go home and I put the location put the attitude and longitude latitude in order to figure out that where I was.
I once saw that there was this narrow roads or trails I would say that we going to lose it nearby the nearby villages or so but I was not sure about whether to take such trains are not so I decided to just wondered around the main highway all the way and enjoy the moment it had been more than five hours it was really a beautiful experience that I had on when I was at the place the place was kind of close it to the cold in mall in desert and I was getting kind of a flight of the dryness that I could feel that the place the sun was just right overhead the sunlight it was Subhash as the place had very few trees all around.
From here we could spot the high himalayan mountain ranges. I could see the high mountains. The mountain ranges that were more than 6000 m above the sea level. I don't think usually the Climber's would have visited such places because it was really a whole lot of a mountain chain and covering all the distance up in such an isolated place is really a whole lot of different tasks. Firstly, the lack of proper information about the place as this place and certain corners around this place really untouched till now and that was the main adventure that I thought about. If someone would just do a proper research about the track also in order to discover a beautiful location, it is a good point to go.
The Lake
My friends, when I checked that where we were at the location, I saw that the mountain that we could see right in front of me that I shared in the previous photo. There was a beautiful lake. There was very less information about the lake and now it is so fascinating that I really want to explore the place and in future I would surely do just ask my local friends from Lahul and Spiti and would try to submit these mountain peaks and discover the beautiful lakes.
And the journey beyond kind of look something just like this at every single turn, there was a whole lot of different thing to see and at this point, I saw there were these sticks which were used as for the construction of houses in order to form of the roof that acted as the pillars which were kept at the place. Now it had been more than six hours of beyond my friends that we were just exploring, the place is really a whole lot of different experience as previously mentioned in the journey beyond what is really a mystery, a discovery and beyond I'm going to share about my adventures beyond the spot in my upcoming blog post. Stay tuned for more adventures. Show my journey kind of looked something. Just like this. It was really a beautiful experience that I'm gonna remember for the rest of my life that how I started on from the few isolated places, then ended up all the way to this beautiful world..
So that's all for today guys I hope you liked it. Thanks for your precious time. 🙏 Love from the Himalayas.❤️