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