24th March :
Next day was the Sangla-Chitkul ride.I was up from bed at 6AM.wanted to see the kinner kailash wwhen the first sunlight falls on it.went to the roof and waited for the sun but clouds spoiled my plan.waited for half an hour and then decided to get ready and visit the Roghi suicide point and come back to village and see the temples and then take the road back to peo from market.It was already 8 when we started back from kapla.Took the main road which was better than any other roads we had seen after wangtu.Filled up at powari and reached karcham at 10.Took the diversion to sangla.The road here too was hell for 5 kms.At a point almost lost control of the bike on sand but luckily got it under control again.But after 5-6 kms signs of road started to appear and we reached sangla at 11AM.wanted to reach chitkul so didnt spend much time there and kept riding.Just beofre Rakcham there was some snow.Now i knew that i wont be disappointed and after crossing rakcham i was 100% sure that we will happy reaching chitkul.All the way from rakcham to chitkul there was snow on sides of roads.but wait its snow and there must be some on roads too(encountered black ice on chakrata trip and knee took almost 25 day to heel completely) so was a little careful.Reached chitkul at around 12 and what a sight it was.Dil garden garden ho gya.All white and calm.I didnt stopped in the village itself and kept on riding on the road.Reached a point where there was all slush on road and bike started to slip and couldnt go any further.Sat there for a while cherishing the beauty and then started back to the village.havent had breakfast so looked for a dhaba but as it was holi most of the village was either drunk or playing holi.Saw one dhaba opened and ordered bread omlette which was ok but at that moment was life saving.Started back from chitkul at around 2 and reached sangla at around 3.the plan was to halt at sangla for the day but as the sun was still there we decided to try sarahan as i havent had the chance of visiting it and then the next days ride would be shortened.So we started our journey back and this time i didnt slowed down on karcham to wangtu stretch and we were in wangtu in no time.Plan was to reach sarahan before 6 and we succeeded in reaching there at exactly that time.Looked for staying option.Found one guest house near the temple.Took bath and went to temple but it was closed the time we reached there so decided to visit in the morning.Had some pegs left in the Monk so asked aman to go get some cold drink.he came back and said yahan cold drink nahi hai.ik ke paas hai but deta nahi.I think its prohibited here to drink thats why they are not giving us.I too thought may be thats the case but later after having dinner got to know that there was no supply of cold drinks for a few weeks and not because its prohibited.That night too couldnt sleep well and was up at 3 in the morning.

Kalpa village :


Suicide cliff at Roghi :


Kinnar kailash as seen from kalpa:


Apple orchids at kalpa:


on way to chitkul :










Chitkul village