hey guys!
im writin bout my trek in the himalayas during the summer holidays...so im also givin a few tips tht u must always remember ..here are da details of da trek..
Bandhar poonch trail
im writin bout my trek in the himalayas during the summer holidays...so im also givin a few tips tht u must always remember ..here are da details of da trek..
Bandhar poonch trail
Date - 18th May to 27th may 2009
15 trekkers - 7 kids and 8 adults
Porters - 20cooks - 3guide -3Travel -
Flew to Delhi, took night train to Dehradun, had breakfast there and took jeep to uttar kashi..scenic road..Began the trek from Barsu..45 kms from uttarkashi.
Trail - Trek through lovely Rhododendron, Deodar and oak forests,scenic grasslands(called as Bugiyals), pine trees, lakes, Ridges, snow mountains, lovely valleys, Rocky climbs,slippery slopes and also steep grassy slopes filled with pretty flowers,cold pure water streams, scenic views of snow peaks- Bandhar poonch,Johnlee,srikant,gangotri 1,2,3,...
Weather - Warm in the mornings till noon...After 2 or 3pm, it is unpredictable, - very chill, cloudy,rainy, stormy,.. Once it rained for 3 - 4 hrs.. with heavy hail stones, very windy in the late evenings..one day ,it was almost 120 km/hr,..our prayers saved us:)
Flora and fauna - Rhododendron trees were filled with red, light pink and violet flowers..lot of pine trees..leaves of many other trees were facing only where the sun light fell..trail had lot of small pretty yellow, white, purple flowers..At few stretches, we really had to take care not to step on them:)once or twice we saw Nomads travel with sheep, buffalos, cows, goat, horses..we got to taste fresh milk and paneer too..we got to see few mountain dogs too one of which trekked all 10 days with us:)
Camping sites - Every day camping locations were simply awesome and the best one could wish for :)4 tents - one big for porters, one more for 10 of us and 2 small that accomodate 4 in each.and another for cooks..Camped at Barnala taal,Devkund,Dayaara bugiyal,Lamdhar,Gidara Bugiyaal,Gujjar hut,and Bangeli.
Food - Bed tea at 5.30am, breakfast - burgers, sandwich, aloo parathas,oats kanji,Milk and cereals,...lunch - Salad,kichadi, roti, dhal, sabjis, ...evening- tea, soup, dinnerButtermilk and juice was packed while trekking
Co trekkers - Age from 7 to 68 year young!!..enthusiastic, curious, playful jolly group!..played cricket, uno, dumbcharades,anthakshari,...porters, guides and cooks were very kind,enthusiastic and awesome people.
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