My son has started taking photos and I am giving a pose infront of Beas River in Manali

Kedar Badri

kedar badri two mountain peaks as seen through telescope from kufri. Are the going to be my next outing.

horse riding

while returning from Kufri we got us snapped

final day of the tour (4/12/08)

Generally at the end of any tour we became very sad, but this time we were very tired and wanted to finish the tour. We left the hotel at 12 noon. Total bill was Rs. 11364. We visited a couple of temples on the way.

At kalka we went to Pinjar Garden ( thanks to Hiranmoy For Information)It is said that Pandavas used to visit this place frequently. There  is one amusement park by its side.

We entered the station at about 6-30 PM. A coolie helped us to the waiting room. Then the train arrived at 10 PM and started at 11-55PM schedule time. We immediately fell asleep.

For the whole tour we hired a car Rs. 9500. The name of the driver was Maljit Singh. He was a very energetic guy.

Maljit Singh. our drive giving a pose in nehru kund

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simla day 3 (3/12/08)

Kufri --We went to kufri at 10 am. We had to ride on horse to go to the the tourist spot. We all enjoyed the horse ride(Rs. 250 each). It is said to be the highest point of Simla. Few chinks of ice, here and there, didnot interest me. Wide range of Himalayas could be seen. We viewed few spots through telescope (Rs.  200 for three of us). We did not enter the Fagu amusement park as it was not cost effective. There was one temple of Seshnag. One temple of Lord Shiva was under construction. All in all Kufri is a must see for all Simla-goers.

There is one nature park (zoo). We entered there as Rik insisted. It was quite boring for us.

In the evening there was electrical fault and no electric supply in our room for some time. New experience in a star category  hotel. Rik is behind in another horse

simla day 2 (2/12/2008)

We were very tired yesterday.  We went to the mall , ridge  the market place. It was very congested. Things are very costly. We knew that there was a lift for taking to the mall. So we went through the lift It saved lot of energy. we visited Simla Kalibari ,The church. The jaku temple was at the hill top. We thought of visiting it but our unfit bodies didnot permit.

In the evening we visited the mall again and did not find any thing interisting.

All of us had some sort of acidity and couldnot take the dinner.

the ridge in the mall road

Manali day 4 (1/12/08)

We woke up early, completed the packing and  took breakfast and started for Manikaran. The roads are uneventful. Manikaran is a beautiful place. There is a Shiva temple and a Gurudwara side by side and a hot spring in front with steam coming out of it. The place is surrounded by hills on all side. A true feast to the eyes.

Then we left for Simla. It was a long boring journey. It took almost 7 hours. On the way our driver got involved in a fight with a motorcycle driver.

After a long search we found out our hotel Quality Inn Himdev which lacked quality. There was no carpet in the floor, no bathtub in the bathroom, room heater is substandard, room service is terrible. This is one rare hotel which doesnot give you welcome juice.

Ridig the yaks is a novel experience.

At monikaran ther is a hot spring with steam coming out of it.

manali day 3 (30/11/2008)

We spend the day by doing a little bit of local site seeing. Nothing special. Few temples here and there, hot spring,club house river crossing parks for children. Hadimba temple needs special mention. It is 500 years old. Hadimba wife of Bhima is worshipped here. Her son Ghototkoch is also worshipped in a near by open trr temple temple.

we finished the day by doing a little bit of marketing in the evening.

tomorrow we are going to leave for simla early in the morning.

Ice all around in Rohtang.

manli Rohtang pass

Rik became sick due to lack of oxygen  in Rohtang pass. He is being nursed by his mother.

Manali day 2

At 7-30 AM we took break fast and set off for Rohtang Pass. We had to take warm clothes on rent. It involved  bargaining and finally we hired warm clothes for three of us at Rs 550. The roads to rohtang Pass were narrow  and at places are very bad. We had our hearts in our mouth for most of the roads. Things became more frightening when our Tata INDICA car got stuck in the road where there was water and ice. It needed pushing to get the car going. Horrible experience. But after that it was a beautiful experience. It was like Switzerland. The rohtang pass valley was totally covered with snow. my son and I tried our skills in skiing. It was difficult and we could not manage. We snapped few photos with the skiing instruments. We threw snow balls at each other. Rik was overzealous and became sick because of lack of oxygen. I was late to recognise it. Eventually  Rik was taken to car and little nursing and a hot cup of tea made him comfortable

Finally on our way back we took lunch at Marhi. Journey back through narrow hillside roads were equally uncomfortable. We visited Beas kund- the source of river Beas, Nehru kund, Beas Nalla, Rahla water fall,and Solang valley.

I must say Rohtang Pass is a lifetime experience.

  

Though not recognisable the two persons in picture are Rik and Rinku