Pic; Tibetan salt left to dry in Milam. One of many puzzles in the ghost town.
Every year hundreds of trekkers make their way to Milam., high on India's border with old Tibet, despite the fact that the glacier they come to see has retreated and there are better places for looking at the sacred peaks of the area.
Pic; interior of traders house
What many trekkers miss is the beauty of some of the old towns of Milam, Martoli, Burphu and Pachu; looking like a bombed out london blitz site from the distance, the careful and seeing trekker finds evidence of the old trade with Tibet in Salt, grain, and livestock.
Pic; village square, Milam in early spring
Below the villages on the nutrition rich flats are long abandoned barley fields. The heavenly sisters of Nanda Devi and Nanda Devi east still see the villagers returning to graze their flocks, but they no longer bless the huge caravans of salt and wool laden yaks and goats that Bill Tilman saw on his way back from climbing Nanda Devi in 1936.
This collection of images gives some idea of the size of that trade.
Pic; trekkers on old trade route
1 comment:
Beautiful photos. More hyphens needed. Importance of hyphens not to be under-rated: makes the difference between extra marital sex and extra-marital sex. Avoids confusion.
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