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Reflections from the Top

My daily notes about life in a remote Himalayan Village close to the Tibet border and far away from civilization and all the noise. Thee lines are about the hardships of the poor villages who brave severe winter and a harsh terrain to sustain a minimum li

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  • Owner: debashisd
  • Category: Blogs
  • URL: http://himalayandiary.com/
  • Member Since: 2011-07-22
  • Google PageRank: 3
  • Country: India
  • Average Rating: 3
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Moving base
Maybe all of you know that i have been writing a story for quite some time. Murmur of The Lonely Brook is set in this amazing place. Now, its difficult to maintain two blogs. So http://debashisdey.com will be the new destination for my updates. Also you can find all the previous posts there. Please subscribe to the rss or the newsletter to receive updates. All the best!...
Posted on 18-08-2012
Winter and Chikoo
DId I tell you earlier that Chinese Goats, locally known as Chikoo is not only soft and delicious but also leaves such small trace of fat in our hands that you can simply wash it with water sans soap!. So, this winter I decided to procure one from near Chitkul where farmers from Tibet often cross over and sell their lot. I drove my new Red Mahindra Thar bouncing the 16 inch tyros across tough terrain deploying the 4×4 at steep turn s and finally got one. The goat – one of the first traveler in my jeep rode back with me to Sangla – not before it covered most of the back with droppings maybe out of the bouncy ride so unlike him. We kept it at the hotel next to my house and it bleated most of the chilly night probably in antic...
Posted on 19-01-2012
Living in the hills
As you all know my net connectivity is poor and I operate on a limited bandwidth of 8 kbps, so it takes a while for me to upload content. My most important work here is to soak up the sun while trying to decipher the age old wisdom of the mountains. After years of corporate life I decided to live in this remote Himalayan village so that I can enjoy a natural state of living. I left everything behind except for my camera and laptop and came here to live among poor villagers far away from civilization. These people are simple, nomadic and follow a primitive 5000 year old lifestyle with rituals and ceremonies while braving a difficult terrain and a harsh winter with 6 ft of snow. I live with them, celebrate with them, dance with them while dra...
Posted on 13-01-2012
Pin Valley
First, my apologies for not updating this blog for quite some time. The Internet connection at Sangla is painful and I am yet to get a Broadband connection. However, I must tell you about Pin Valley – a spectacular valley hidden in Spiti. We went there about a month back but the landscape still haunts me. Pin Valley in Spiti was declared a National park in 1987. While going to Kaza we crossed a bridge across the Spiti river approx 10km before Sichling took a narrow winding road towards this valley. It was evening as we crossed barren meadows and reached a cluster of white-washed houses at Gulling. The next village we came across was Sagnam. Unfortunately the housekeeper who earlier agreed for our stay expressed his inability as there ...
Posted on 03-12-2011
Bird Corner
First, I am sorry for not putting in enough time for this blog. What kept me busy was the changing season – the greens spreading from across the valley to the meadows filling up the ravines, the nooks and corners and the banks of the rivers. the peeping out of small red, yellow, violet flowers the chirping of the finch, wagtails and the bulbuls. In our resort we all engaged in making flower beds, small patches of vegetables and a bird corner. The bird corner has been the master project with a bird bathing pool, a bird house and lots of bushes and tree trunks to help them build nests. Every morning we watched the birds. While some devoured the dead butterflies and insects others looked for seeds in the nearby buckwheat fileds.  The ...
Posted on 02-09-2011
 
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