Tabo

The Spiti-Kinnaur Trail

2024-10-14

• Reached Tabo at 1800, after we had started from nako

An attempt at taking the traveller photo at night, turned out to be a cool wallpaper.

• our stay was at White Lotus, a cozy homestay in the Tabo village

the stay was pretty and cozy

• my throat along with my voice was all gone, and our guide Gyallson made sure I was served hot drinks throughout
  • started with a hot tea with saunf flavor
  • then had lemon honey ginger tea
• had a homely dinner again
• then everyone gathered around for the game of mafia
  • this was first time i was introduced to the game
  • and turns out I am great at manipulating people into believing/vouch for me
  • lots of convincing with my F’ed up throat during the game made it worse
• decided to stay up late to stargaze

2024-10-15

• woke up to the view of mountains from my window with slightly better throat but mild fever
• While having breakfast saw
  • lots of bees and flowers
  • an apple tree
• a ten minute walk away was the tabo monastery (one of the oldest and considered the most sacred site in buddhism)
  • the walk to monastery was through fields and streams
  • saw a few donkeys seeking shade
  • multiple apple trees along the routes filled with more apples than leaves
• the inside of tabo monastery can be described as sanctum
  • beautiful murals completely covering the walls of monastery
  • there were multiple idols on the walls of the monastery which seemed as if they would animate to life any moment
  • the hands on these idols were very realistically portrayed
• there was a beautiful house beside the monastery
• bought a skull band and necklace made out of yak bone, a memento mori
• from here we headed towards Kaza, on the way stopped at Dhankar