Took the local bus from the new bus stand of shimla to reach reukong peo(11 hours from shimla). One needs to take the local bus to kalpa(30 mins) from reukong peo which was my first pit stop.
Kalpa is a small beautiful village in the kinnaur valley where i stayed for two days. I walked to the "roghi" village(4kms from kalpa) to enjoy the flower laden apple trees and natural beauty on both sides.
From Kalpa i went to the village called nako(6 hours)which has a 1100 year old monastery which made me feel highly serene and at home. I stayed at a home stay in nako for one day and they serve amazing home cooked local food.
Being a passionate cook i would have million questions to ask about the cooking and they would answer with a big smile each time.
Moving forward i went to kaza(6 hours) from nako which is a favourite place for a lot of travelers to stay while at their visit to the spiti valley.
With various guest house options to choose from and hot piping food to feed my tummy,i called it a day.
My visit to the kih monastery was my most favourite part of the trip. It was an embodiment of peace, happiness and sheer joy. I love the different cultures and traditions that i get to see through travel. The monks in the monastery very sweetly offered me "chai" and khicdi which was hearty and amazing.
Then i started my journey to the kibber village which has only 20 houses and has very amazing sweet people. The village people believe that god gives special power to this particular person whom they call the "kibber village god". People of this village mostly grow peas, have homestays as a profession.
I walked for few hours around the villages seeing the monastery and interacting with the locals ,only to be greeted with a pristine snowfall as i retired to bed having eaten a comforting home cooked meal of dal,chawal,sabzi and papad.
This was and will be one of the most amazing journeys of my life, having said so you should definitely goto spiti as soon as you can!
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