Sangla-Chitkul

After getting down at Sangla, we found that the last bus to Chitkul left. So we tried to check with the jeep guys and they were quoting Rs.250/ and also it started to rain. Since we were damn hungry, we thought we will have lunch first and then decide if we should go to Chitkul or stay in Sangla itself for that day.We were having lunch at a small restaurant in Sangla and then again i was lucky to hear someone telling our restaurant hostess that 'he is going to chitkul'. I ran to him and asked if he could take us also. Bingo, he agreed and he also waited till we finished our lunch.

The jeep ride to Chitkul was amazing with some beautiful views. From his conversation, we kind of guessed that the guy is some government engineer responsible for that area. Our guess was confirmed when he took us to Chitkul PWD Guest house and arranged our accomodation in Chitkul.
The PWD Guest house is just at the entrance of Chitkul village only. Its a nice place to stay. Also there are few other stay options in Chitkul like Thakur Guest house etc. Since it was off-season, i think we were the only travellers who stayed in Chitkul that night. The PWD Guest house has 2 normal rooms and 1 VIP room. For non-himachalis, the normal room rent is Rs.200/- + Geyser - Rs.10/- + Blankets - Rs.10/- and electricity charges - Rs.2/- :)
Though it was getting late (around 5:30 P.M), we thought of doing the walk to the last check-post. This is not a trek and is just a plain walk. It took around one and half hour to and fro as i was taking my time clicking pics. While returning i chatted with village women who were in groups. They told that they were returning from some temple/place where they offered prayers as its a 'Janmashtami'. After coming back, our care-taker told that he cannot arrange dinner in PWD house and advised us to try a new restaurant in Chitkul. I think its name is some 'seeshmahal'. We got wet while coming back in the rain and also i dared to put my bare feet in the small stream that's coming from the melting snow. The feet were numb in just 3-4 seconds. We returned back to the room and slept after shivering for some time.