Is this the way to Dharamsala?

Hand picking up poor defenseless sheep.

After the storm the previous night we continued our journey to Dharamsala. Again the purpose of going to Dharamsala was to check out the camp and the area for programs to be run there. This was a fairly uneventful drive apart from seeing some of the destruction that was caused by the storm the previous night. There was trees down causing blockages to the roads. Although what kind of surprised me was that it was the local community helping to clear the roads up - rather than the emergency services or local governments. We saw many ladies and children gathering wood presumably to make fires with at a later time. 

The drive was pretty uneventful although driving up the mountain to the camp was pretty cool. There was some pretty high mountains and it felt like we were going into the middle of nowhere. 

More Camel  Drive By Photography

Beautiful Mountains

Stunning Views

 The camp was completely contrasting to Saatal. Located on the side of the mountain it is a lot steeper and rockier and not as much open ground to accommodate people. Although it does has a high ropes course which looks pretty interesting and activities include Burma Bridge, Flying fox, tree climb, cargo net and an artificial climbing wall. They are all located quite closely together so the size of group that is taken there at once would definitely need to be considered. 

Got a head for heights?

The facilities are very basic, toilet tents, make shift sinks, shower tents all outside -  Although, getting back to basics isn't too much of an issue. It is however quite ingenious how they are able to improve and make the best out of the materials and location that they have to work with. 

The scenery was incredible though, a few of us went for a wander and watched the sun go down and the stars and the mo come out! It was fun to have a mini adventure pretty much without touches or anything useful! We were 'well prepared' for a bunch of outdoor people. Although with saying that everything we needed was in out tent somewhere! 

Beautiful Sunset In the Mountains

After an amazing meal it was time to sleep in preparation for our first proper experience of trekking the Himalaya's the next few days to come. 

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