Hi,
Well as the title suggests, its another sunny day! All of a sudden its really hot and more like how it should be in this neck of the woods. And so I've been off for a trek to Bhagsu (the nearest town/village to Dharamshala). Diane's not so good at the physical stuff so i trekked alone out of the valley and over the hills following the winding road past the slate quarry and uphill to Bhagsu falls. On the way i had a repeat of the 'Amritsar experience' when a couple of groups of Sikh men came up to me wanting their photos taken with me! (I guess i must just look all exotic and western looking to them haha!) Anyhow, i passed quickly through Bhagsu 'town', its mostly Indian run guesthouses aimed at the more affluent backpacker and Hindu travellers heading to the nearby temple complex (with outdoor swimming pool!).
Just before you get to the falls you have to clamber over a rockface, its not too bad but you have to watch your step, particularly as the rocks get sprayed by the falls. Two Indians (about 20yrs old) came up to me asking how to get over...i pointed at the rockface and offered for them to go first. They politely declined adding that: "You go first, you probably have insurance".... er thank you.
So i did. Anyhow, it was pretty good as falls go, not a patch on a certain one in Canada but worth the trek.
So just recovering now before tea....that's my exercise for the day!
(ps: will get some more pics on here once the 3 day new year celebrations are over. At present only the Indian shops are open as all the Tibetans have popped off for a chang or two and so the only place i can upload pics is shut...and the pcs here are a little er...dusty lol.)
Well as the title suggests, its another sunny day! All of a sudden its really hot and more like how it should be in this neck of the woods. And so I've been off for a trek to Bhagsu (the nearest town/village to Dharamshala). Diane's not so good at the physical stuff so i trekked alone out of the valley and over the hills following the winding road past the slate quarry and uphill to Bhagsu falls. On the way i had a repeat of the 'Amritsar experience' when a couple of groups of Sikh men came up to me wanting their photos taken with me! (I guess i must just look all exotic and western looking to them haha!) Anyhow, i passed quickly through Bhagsu 'town', its mostly Indian run guesthouses aimed at the more affluent backpacker and Hindu travellers heading to the nearby temple complex (with outdoor swimming pool!).
Just before you get to the falls you have to clamber over a rockface, its not too bad but you have to watch your step, particularly as the rocks get sprayed by the falls. Two Indians (about 20yrs old) came up to me asking how to get over...i pointed at the rockface and offered for them to go first. They politely declined adding that: "You go first, you probably have insurance".... er thank you.
So i did. Anyhow, it was pretty good as falls go, not a patch on a certain one in Canada but worth the trek.
So just recovering now before tea....that's my exercise for the day!
(ps: will get some more pics on here once the 3 day new year celebrations are over. At present only the Indian shops are open as all the Tibetans have popped off for a chang or two and so the only place i can upload pics is shut...and the pcs here are a little er...dusty lol.)
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