Pathankot, Punjab
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"The quietest place I have ever slept. We watched the ridge turn pink from bed."
Two slow hours under the pines with a guide, ending in a tea house among the cedars.
The forestOut on the water before sunrise, when the peaks lie upside down in the lake and nothing moves.
The lakeNo light for forty kilometres. Telescopes, blankets, and on the best nights the aurora.
The nightForty kilometres from the nearest street light. On clear nights our naturalists set up the telescopes by the lake; from October to March the aurora comes often enough that we keep a list of guests to wake.
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