We swept through small settlements, small road side stalls and stopped for a break in a small town half way from Lohaghat, we had been on the road for three hours uphill all the way, a bumpy, pot-holed, precipitous road most of the way. Delicious chai and a plate of aloo, a bean curry and a yellow dahl for lunch. I tried to get some sabji, Susie had told me it was delicious – but the guy was resistant, it was in short supply.
We saw some Macaque monkeys steel away a string of crisp packets, reaching round with a long arm over
the edge of a tin roof and screeching off up the hill to his mates on the top
of the hill above the busy street, possibly to share but who knows! AND the views of the Himalayas was spectacular - Clare was thrilled it was her first view of these snow covered peaks. They are awesome and evocative - we are so lucky to be here to be on this journey into the cool fresh and clear mountain air.
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| First view of the snow covered Himalaya en route to Lohaghat |
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| At the lunch stop - half way to Lohaghat. |
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