Female Solo Travel Story in India #5
Upon arriving to reckong peo , I would still need to take another bus ride to the village of Kalpa, that was where my accommodation was booked. I was told this bus would be my bus to kalpa but it seemed like there was no sign of leaving. So I went to find a taxi.
Although Reckong Peo is a region that is sparsely populated but it was pretty crowded. There were traffic jam and lots of car for such a place that is located in the middle of nowhere. So I asked a few people that were around some of the car and how much was the price to the village of kalpa , and they said 600 INR or 800 INR ( I am not exactly sure, it was very expensive) . Of course, I wasn't not going to take that Hefty taxi ride.
So I went back again to the local bus which left not long after that. I mean this bus was pretty cool though. It costed me 20 INR ( instead of 800 INR for taxi), which is around US 0.3 cents.
The drove passed through even higher making frequent stops to drop off villagers. The bus was also super fun with full local DJ music blast which made my mood better after the long ass 10 hours bus ride.
It finally arrived to Kalpa, the last stop of the bus. Although there weren't Chinese tourists there, apparently himachal is pretty popular with Israeli , I had no idea why but that's someone told me.
I checked into my 10 USD room ( sorry no photos ). The room was pretty big , decent and clean . And that was the view from my room 's balcony, million dollars view right there .. I would say. The only thing that was a bit disappointing was the weather, it was pretty cloudy and rainy when I was there the whole time . So I could not see the whole mountain ranges on their glory . The highest mountain is called Kinnaur Kailash (6050 meters) and all the mountains peaks remains snowcap all the time.
The next day I went around the villages to explore. There were some hiking options to nearby villages , but the weather became super rainy so I didn't go. There were also lots of lots of apple trees around , actually I had also seen so many of them from the bus for the past few days.The locals here wore traditional green and beige caps for both men and women.
The accommodation at kalpa online were quite limited. I guess you could just come here and find a place to stay or just ask any local to stay at their house. I am sure everyone will give you a bed for a small charge.
I also visited the buddhist monastery nearby, in the morning I could hear the chanting music. It is more than 1000 years old, although the building seemed new. It must have undergone repair and reconstructions.
And as you probably could see I had a small photoshot myself .. It was very beautiful and also very windy so I was getting cold .But the the views were amazing from anywhere.
In short, kalpa is really a charming little village and I enjoyed my stay here..
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