Snow Leopard, Chicham, Spiti Valley, May/Jun 2022

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Day 3 - 22 May 2022
Gurgaon to Shimla.

Nothing much to post.
Route has become boring over the years.
made a halt at Jirhill hotel a few km short of Shimla.
started to rain at night.

 

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Day 4 - 23 May 2022

Shimla to Sarahan.

woke up to rain than eventually dies down and then the cloud play started.

 

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By the time we had breakfast and got onto the road
Traffic jam had started
We moved with jerks a few feet at a time till we were the other side of Shimla.

 

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Finally we got moving.
Approaching Narkanda
A new fuel pump has come up.

 

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Lunchtime at Narkanda.

 

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Reached Sarahan.
But no luck to capture Timelapse of Galaxy.
the sunset was not what I wanted as almost all clouds has vanished.

 

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Day 5 - 24 May 2022

time to head to Chitkul.

woke up to rain and spells of being ingulfed in clouds.
When rain stopped it was tome

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Some amazing cloud movement.
did 2 Timelapse in diff directions.

 

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What better way to have breakfast.

aloo paratha, pickle, dahi.

 

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Finally we were in clouds

 

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Before heading to Chitkul
A visit to the Monastery

the clouds kept playing games but I was not gonna leave till I got the shot I wanted.