Rest House near Jim Corbet Park, UP. The Morris Traveller, we called ‘jewel of the East’, parked in front, Kranti Singh reading on left of picture while men clean the chairs.
Kullu. The Largi-Mandi gorge road. In the 1970s this section of the road was often blocked, sometimes involving ‘trans-shipment’- walking across the block to a bus waiting the other side, you hoped.
Kullu. As for 1.1.18 the Largi Mandi gorge road.
Kranti walking on the unstable track through the gorge into Miyar, the only way in at the time.
Bridge over the Chandrabhaga on the way to Triloknath. Image may be reversed.
A yak near Kurgiakhkh with mountains behind it & track across the hill.
Leh bazaar. Jeeps to hire as taxis. Two women in traditional clothes, one with child on her back. Poster for a Hindi movie.
Kullu, Jagatsukh nala, making a bridge, trekker Jeremy Phipps, later a Major General.
Sainj valley. Sainsher Mahadev temple. Penelope Betjeman with pony.
Miyar: Workers on the road through the gorge.
On the way to the Phitse-La. Johnny Noble & Kranti Singh on a pony.
Johnny riding a pony along the left bank of the Phitse-Chu. Somewhere along here we saw a yak which had lost its footing and was being swirled along in the river. We were not encouraged.
Zanskar. Johnny on a bridge. In August 1975, my brother Johnny Noble, Kranti & I went to Zanskar (I was 3 or 4 months pregnant with Rahul). Chamba & Dorze, both Zanskaris, came with us. We went via the Baralacha-La (Pass), 16,000 ft & the Phitse-La, 17,000 ft. We camped at Testha village, home to Dorze & his wife. And then after Padam on (Zanskar HQ) to Karsha village, home to Chamba. After that we crossed the Pensi La & left Zanskar via Kargil town & on to Kashmir.
Rope bridge across the Phitse-Chu. We are trekking along the left bank.
Below Karsha village. Chamba being greeted by his mother, it was some time since he had come home. Kranti and pony in foreground..
A bridge on the way to the Pensi La Pass.
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Christina Noble crossing the Chandrabhaga in a ‘jhula’. The first bit is OK, you come whooshing down, but then it stops and you hang over the raging torrent until someone begins to pull you, slowly, up the other side.
Bhunter bazaar. Spring on our the way home from Chandigarh to Manali, Dorze, Tara ,Kranti our jeep.
Goats crossing Rothang Pass into Lahaul, spring migration, June.
Lahaul side of Rothang Pass. Shepherd and carrying firewood with flocks on spring migration June, the twin peaks of Mount Geyphang in background.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Ravi Valley on the way to Holi. West Himalayan Holiday porters crossing the Ravi river.
Gaddi man with a heavy pack and blankets, and two children coming up to the Jalsu Pass. Note: the Gaddis carry their children horizontally on their backs.
Miyar: Mangal Singh and Tara on a pony, trekking up the valley.
Miyar: Madan and Rahul on a pony, trekking.
Jawalamurkhi bus stand under the pipul tree. Jawalamurkhi temple with an eternal flame emanating from the rock is a crowded pilgrimage site.
On the way to Manikaran. Two boys racing their trolleys.
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Kasol, 3 men waving as they cross the bridge over the Parbatti.
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The Viceroy’s railcar. This is 1988 Kranti, Rahul, Tara and I went for a trip. They are peering from the driver’s window.
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Jalma: Willows by the roadside with a bus.
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Not Christina’s photo. The Kullu -Mandi gorge Road 1976.
Not Christina’s photo. Kullu-Mandi gorge.
