quarter break.

it was quarter break time here again... classes ended early on thursday and we were set free for a few days. we decided it was time for a motorcycle adventure, so we packed up all of our gear and headed north. i'd heard rumors of a "short-cut" across a certain pass that used to only be hikeable and would save us hours.... well, i should've known that nothing here is that simple. it was definitely the roughest road we'd ever been on, and it was pretty obvious that we weren't going to take it on the return trip. but we made it...

this is just across the pass... and it is one of the smoother sections

we got into uttarkashi (a bigger town) at around 9pm, spent the night and headed another hour north in the morning. we stashed our bike and started climbing hoping to get up to an aread called kush kalyan which is known for it's rolling green pastures.... we camped the first night near some shepherd huts where a few curious cows, mules and shepherds stopped by to examine us.

our campsite on the second night, just below chuli peak (around 13,000ft)... can you spot the tent?

some easter reminders for us along the trail.

this is a view from the village of silla looking up. that's chuli peak, where we camped on the 2nd night... a long way up

a lot of the wheat had already been harvested here and the fields were being plowed for the 2nd crop... maybe just a little ahead of the fields back home? but it was amazing seeing all of the harvesting being done by hand, the people would give us a quick look, maybe ask a question or two and then get back to work as we passed.