04/09/17 Patseo to Sarchu
We continued our climb through the Lahaul valley and over the Baralacha La pass which at 4918 is a 110m higher then Mont Blanc as Laura Stone our guru states in her book Himalaya by bike. She truly is a legend. She explored the Himalayas on her own over a two year period and recorded her findings in a book. It is incredibly helpful to have height profiles, distances,food and sleeping places all mapped out for you. It's quite something else to just cycle off into the unknown. I don't think I have the courage to do that. The Baralacha La is a three way pass joining Spiti, Lahaul and Ladakh. We've passed through some places with exotic names like ZingZing Bar but they often offer nothing more than a simple Dhaba ( a place where you can buy a cup of tea and a dahl meal) But we welcome any. When we approached Sarchu we found hundreds of parachute tents to choose from and we were very pleased to find one to ourselves. It had beds and rugs for sheets and rugs on the floor. The long drop toilet was a bit dodgy though. The hole was so big that you feared you might fall through. In the morning the owner really struggled with our order for drinks and food. He kept checking and getting it wrong, it was almost comical. In the end we did have our omelette wrapped in a chapati to take away for lunch though. We found that it makes a great snack. Our tent which we had to ourselves cost 400 rupees. The first tent owner we asked wanted 2000 rupees. We have learned to shop around a bit
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| We decided to give the 'Shanti Hotel' a miss |
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| Plenty of places to stay in Sarchu. Many use this a stop over to acclimatise |
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| We were very impressed with our home for the night. |
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| We had some nice rugs for bedsheets |
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| Max is more hard core. He puts his own tent up |
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