Trekking Darcha Padum

Darcha to Padum Trek : Diary Entry of Day 1 & Day 2

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There are some incidents that are life changing, and the extent of their magnitude may not be known at the moment when you are actually in the midst of it. But the memories keep surfacing long after the deed is done. And the Darcha to Padum trek (Lahaul to Zanskar) has been a monumental journey […]

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Doing the unthinkable – Solo Trekking to Zanskar

63 Comments / Himachal Pradesh, JOMO, Lahaul, Monsoon, Photo Story, Solo, Summer, Timeless Villages, Treks & Hikes, Zanskar /

My Lahauli friends chide me for being too upbeat about trekking to Zanskar, all by myself. ‘Even we locals don’t go alone’, they say. The trek path begins from Darcha on the Manali-Leh route, just an hour’s drive away from the district headquarters of Keylong. Cloudy weather has caused the atm machine to not work for

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