First clear sight of the Kinner Kailash range as dusk closes in – view from the road to Reckong Peo, Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh; Photo: sanjay mukherjee

Himachal Diaries, Day 4: Kalpa, 1954 hours, 8th March, 2016

We have just settled down at the Inner Thukpa hotel in Kalpa. The Kinner Kailash range is stunning and the view kept us company all the way up the road to Rekong Peo and then to Kalpa.

It was a long day on the road today and I saw many aspects of life and living along the way … but don’t have the energy to articulate it as I would like to. It’s unbelievable how tired I am … can only imagine how Abhishek must b feeling – he drove the entire way from Narkanda to Kalpa.