Day 1: Delhi – Manali (Volvo)
Day 3: Jispa– Leh (Car)
Day 4: Local Sight Seeing (Car)
Day 5: Leh– Pangong (Car)
Day 6: Pangong – Leh (Car)
Day 7: Leh – Nubra Valley (Car)
Day 8 & 9: Nubra Valley– Leh (Car) + Leh – Delhi (via flight)
It was in the summer of 2011 and this was the third time I planned my trip to the Serene land of Laddakh. As usual all of my friends backed out from the plan at the last moment. Luckily one of my college friends Aakash was also planning to go to laddakh same time. And I was so eager to go, I pounced upon the opportunity, without even knowing anyone else in that group, though later all of us became very good friends.
Before starting let me intorduce our photographer for the trip: Lalit..
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Lalit AKA Tiwari ji ;)
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Day 1: Our trip started on Saturday evening when we assembled at Canaught Place and took the volvo from Delhi to Manali. The Volvo was quite comfortable till the time we started ascending the mountains. We had 6 seats for 4 of us me and one other girl (Summi) in the group, quickly grabbed two seats each leaving the 2 boys (Lalit and Aakash) to adjust in 2 seats. That move of ours made our journey much comfortable than expected.. ;-) And we happily went off to sleep after having dinner at some roadside dhaba.
The entire night passed by
tossing and turning on the seat. And there comes the Sun peeping from the huge
Blue Mountains, pinking the white patches of clouds and slowly covering the entire sky to welcome our arrivals in the Himalayan Region!!
Our bus halted at
some dhaba near mandi for tea break. We reached Manali at 7 AM on
Sunday Morning, took a hotel with bare minimum facilities, got ready and went
ahead to explore Manali…
We hired a local cab with Rs 800 for a Day tour of manali.
Started with visiting Hadimba temple/ Hidimba Temple. It is located at a distance of 1.5 Km
from Mall Road amidst of Green Forest. This is one of the oldest temple in manali dedicated to Goddess Hadimba, wife of Bhim (one of the five pandavas). The legend goes that Padavas stayed in Himachal during their exile, and Bhima married Hadimba and they also had a son named Ghatotkacha.
@ Hadimba Temple
Our next destination was vashisht temple. The temple is dedicated to Lord Rama and Guru Vashisht. There is also a hot water sulphur spring known for its medicinal power. There is a separate bathing area for men and women.
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| Vashisht Temple, Manali |
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| Priest @ Temple |
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| Souvenir shop near the temple |
Spending time by the river side
is best the best way to utilise your time and if that river is Beas then you
can easily be lost in its vibrant flow.
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| River flowing by the road side
The after a walk at the Mall Road we were off to bed..
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