Next day we woke up around 9:00 A.M and had our breakfast at the Thakur Guest House/Dhaba. Aloo parantha was good. Then we had the option of waiting till 01:00 P.M for the bus to Sangla. After some discussion, we decided that we will start trekking with our bags and go as much as possible and then when we are down, get into a jeep or the bus that comes by. This decision proved to be very good as we had amazing views of Baspa valley while trekking down from Chitkul to Rakcham. By the way dont confuse Karcham and Rakcham. Karcham is a place where JP is building dam that comes between Jeori-Sangla. Rakcham is a place midway between Sangla and Chitkul. Some people stay at Rakcham also instead of staying in Sangla or Chitkul.
We walked around 7-8 kms and were tried. Then we got into the back of a jeep and for the next 20-30 minutes we were standing on the back of a jeep which was travelling at a height of 3400 metres. Its an amazing ride almost equivalent to getting a helicopter view of the Baspa valley. We got down at Sangla and i was suprised by the driver who refused to take any money from us. I wondered to myself thinking - Who Say's You Need Money To Travel? All You Need Is A Desire, Some Guts & The Humanity Still Left In The World :).
We had momo's as our lunch in Sangla and then we found out that there is a bus to Chandigarh at evening 5:30. I cancelled my Shimla-Delhi volvo bus ticket online. There is only one net-cafe in Sangla that charges Rs.40/- per hour :). We got into the bus and were lucky to get seats. Travelling night in a bus in hills has its advantage - since you cant see much outside you will not get frightened by the dangerous roads you are going through :). We reached Chandigarh at 7:00 A.M next day and then caught another bus and i reached Gurgaon by 2:00 P.M. Thus my first trip to Kinnaur was completed on a high.
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