Shurbir's raft, carrying all our stores, was turned right-side up. Our supplies, securely-fastened in watertight drums, were rescued and lunch was served. The Zanskar is known more for its dramatic beauty than its thrills. Rafters classify it as medium-difficult. Each rapid has a meaning for you and gives you a different emotion.
Every turn brings something new.
Most people need at least 24 hours to acclimatize. In India, where 1 billion people are squeezed into a country one-third the size of the United States, solitude is a rare and prized commodity. On the way to Zanskar from Ladakh. Only a few villages, with mud-walled huts insulated with dry grass and sticks, hunker in the valleys, normally covered with snow eight months of the year. The northern state of Jammu-Kashmir had long been a popular tourist destination.