My Travel Diaries

29th September 2022 Started in the same direction as yesterday, at almost the same time. Then turned North West, instead of North East. Went past the turn that I am to take tomorrow. Headed on to the Kibber monastery. The roads here are for the most single lane with a decent top. The curves and the gradient is what makes these roads interesting, not to take anything away from the terrain. The monastery is perched high above the road. The second picture is that of the Kibber village, which also has many places to stay. Could be an option for people who are more interested in putting their feet up and just looking at the terrain. The road to the monastery is a sharp right. Drove past that, on to some great scenery. The road stayed good. Had tourist vehicles overtaking me at speed. I was crawling. Took 2 and a half hours to do a one hour run.  That is a picture from road which meanders thru the Kibber village. The sharp right to go to the Kibber Monastery. I went past it without mu...

  28th September 2022 Had a late easy start to the day. The total distance I drove was not more than 70 kilometers both ways. Started at 0800, heading north. The road was a beautiful metal top. And then, the turn of to my destination came on the right as a sharp turn. The metal top disappeared, for the next 19 kilometers. But, the scenery became more and more interesting with every minute. As you will be noting, the climb was continuous. There was absolutely no part of the drive which was not a gradient. Passed an ancient broken down monastery, which sat like a sentinel for the mountains. The village I had reached is called Hikkim. It sits at 4440 meters. Kaza sits at 3800 meters. The climb had only 4 hairpin bends. The rest was just one long positive gradient in 19 kilometers, which took me over an hour and a half. Stopped at the Post Office to write Postcards to the kids. Believe it has mutiple stops before it will reach. Nevertheless, the more important would be the postal depar...