Phuktal.

Phuktal, one of the most impressive monasteries in Zanskar, is a couple of hours hike away from Purne. Four of us chose to visit Phutkal, others chose to sit under the shade and sip beer and chang, blissfully unaware of what they were to miss.

It had been raining hard in the night. Part of the trail was taken by the river. Tenzin, the boy who came with the horsemen, and Nurbu accompanied us. The route was a little hard, sometimes we made our way hanging over steep cliffs, sometimes over wet slippery rocks. After crossing a bridge and climbing up the slippery rocks and turning a corner around a hill, each of us suddenly stopped at various states of "whoa!", amazed by the fairy tale sight that just materialized before us.

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