After experiencing one of the most
adrenaline-rushing adventure sport – Paragliding in Bir, we decided to head towards Manali, the honeymoon capital of India. And
thus our crazy roadtrip on the beautiful roads of Himachal Pradesh continued. Driving
through Mandi, Kullu, and several smaller districts we reached at Manali in about 5 hours. Manali is
about 160 kms away from Bir.
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| Group pic in Manali |
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| Journey towards Manali |
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We found a good hotel to stay near Manali
to relax for the night. The temperature was dropping and we could already sense
the excitement of playing in snow the next day. The next morning the view from
our hotel balcony was more breathtaking than Palampur. We visited Hadimba Temple and had our breakfast at
a café situated on Mall Road. We
especially searched for a café with television so that we may not miss action of
the India vs Pakistan World Cup 2015 match. As Rohtang Pass was closed we decided to go to Solang Valley.
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| Morning view of Manali |
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| Geetansh getting captured in beautiful scenery |
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| Gaurav giving a pose for his Facebook DP |
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| Hadimba Temple in Manali |
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The journey to Solang valley was an adventurous one with beautiful scenery and snow
on both the sides of the road. A week back only Manali had witnessed fresh
snowfall which was evident from the path. After parking our car a few meters
before Solang Valley, we trekked for
the rest of the path.
The first view of Solang Valley was
refreshing and all we could see was crowd, snow, paragliders and jorbing balls.
We bought ourselves a pair of gloves and jumped into the snowfield.
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| On the way to Solang Valley |
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| Heavy snow on both the sides of road |
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| First view of Solang Valley |
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| Paragliding and Jorbing at Solang Valley |
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We tried our hand at skiing, although the endeavor was not very successful. Sliding down from top in snow was an altogether a different level of fun. Before leaving the snow field, we decided to make a snowman.
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| Yaks at Solang Valley |
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| Gazi is excited doing skiing |
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| Humpty Dumpty had a great fall |
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| Group pic with snowman |
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After changing our clothes, we had our dinner at a local restaurant. We left Manali in night only and decided to go to Kasauli. We drove all night through rough roads, sometimes going on wrong routes. It was an adventurous journey. I was feeling sleepy and somehow luckily found a tea shop midway. We had our dinner at a dhabha near Mandi. We reached Kasauli in the morning at 7 am.
As soon as we reached Kasauli, it started raining heavily. Somehow we searched and managed to find a hotel to take some rest from our long, tiring and thrilling journey.
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| Welcome to Kasauli |
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| Fresh view just after the rainfall |
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Luckily on this road trip, we stayed
in hotels which have some mind blowing views from their balconies. Kasauli is a
cantonment area in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, so you could hardly
doubt about the cleanliness of the place.
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| Kasauli overview from our hotel balcony |
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| Gagan with a beautfiul backdrop |
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We went to Monkey Point, the highest point in Kasauli. It is is situated in 'The Air Force Station' near the Lower Mall region about 4 kilometre from the centre of town. According to myth at the Ramayana while Lord Hanuman was returning from the Himalayas after acquiring "Sanjivani Booti", touched the hill by one of His foot.
Due to high security, no mobile phone, camera etc. is allowed and you are required to carry one ID proof.
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| View from Monkey Point |
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| Beautiful trees at Kasauli |
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| Air Force Station at Monkey point |
Due to time constraint so didn’t go upto the Monkey Point. We just ate loads of paranthas at the canteen and bid adieu to Kasauli. We started our journey back to Delhi. The weather was cool and refreshing and we swiftly started our road trip expedition.
The entire road trip was of 1285 km and thus concluded ONE HELLUVA TRIP!!!
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| The Mega Road Trip |
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5 comments:
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