Part 61 - March entries: Kini to Changpu along the Tawang Chu

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SUMMARY:
Travel past last year's camp at Tsingorn, then from Kini the route climbs steeply above the Tawang Chu with largely bare hillsides, passing some cultivation and villages. A very short march follows to Changpu via a side nala, with notes on tropical vegetation and observations of inquisitive locals including Tibetans.

CONTENT:
past our last year's camp at Tsingorn. Very hot and rather uninteresting, a few flowering trees and shrubs of a tropical kind being found only. On the west face, there is more vegetation than on the east, and nearly all trees are again Pinus longifolia.

20th March. KINI. 6 miles. B.P. 203.6 Temp. 67°. Ht approx. 4770'.
After getting to the bridge over the Trashingangsi river, the path climbs pretty steeply at first up the shoulder. It keeps above the R. bank of the Tawang Chu, 1000 ft or more above it. The hillside is almost completely bare at this time of year, with some fields uncultivated. Some vegetation is passed in re-entrants. The last two miles are approximately level. Above the path there are villages and a good deal of cultivation. This valley is like the Gamri Chu, in that there are many inhabitants. The people are very inquisitive, having never seen any Europeans before. There seem to be a good number of Tibetans living in these villages.

21st March. Changpu. 4 miles. B.P. 200.1 Temp 72°. Ht approx 6872'.
An absurdly small march. The path leads down from the small village of Kini to a side nala with a small river.