After an overnight journey from Delhi to Nangal by train, our roadtrip started for Dalhousie. Nangal is a small township on Punjab and Himachal border, commonly known for its dams, Bhakra and Nangal Dams which are two separate dams and I ever confused them as one.
Well, coming back to the roadtrip, it started on 9th October,’09 when I left for Nangal with one of my friend. Reached Nangal on 10th October where we had to meet our friends to continue our journey
Day 2
Started for Dalhousie at 10.00 am with a stock of 6 beers and 2 bottles of Vodka and 5 people with Bhatia saab holding the wheel.
Crossing the gates, entering other states, passing railway lines, we were speeding towards Dalhousie.
After entering Himachal via Una, the landscape changed to the better. From plains to mountains, from straight roads to curvy routes, from uninterrupted shot till horizon to mountains popping up turning into a treat for eyes.
No when you are in hills, you can’t afford to miss the signboards installed to guide you to drive safely J
Time is flying by and the sun has indicated that it’s going to be tough ahead as it is setting. But as they say, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Descending sun gave us the will to continue to reach Dalhousie. After a drive of 7 and a half hours which included lunch at a local dhaba with drinks (not to forget).
Reached Dalhousie at 5.30 pm in the evening, the first place to visit was Tibetan Refugee Market, nice place to eat local food and buy local items with hot bargains.
The day ended with visiting Dalhousie Public School (DPS) thinking a hotel, wandering in local market, nice and hot Chicken Do pyaaza and Butter chicken and again hell lot of drinks.... J
Day 3
Started with some hot cuppa tea and boiled eggs…. Too cold to even stand barefoot….. and witnessed the sunlight descending over the valley…
Followed by some maggi, bread omelettes, boiled eggs and again some hot tea…..
Day had an amazing place in store to be, a place which is just the clone of Scotland…. On our way to the place, the picturesque beauty took our breath away…
After witnessing the breath taking natural beauty of Himalayas, we reached the place called KHAJIYAAR.
Khajiyaar is no less than Scotland and highly recommended for people who wants to play in the lap of nature surrounded by mountains.
Other activities which can be done in Khajiyaar are horse riding, para gliding and it offers a good range of food. Aaloo paranthas with butter are highly recommended but try to avoid soups available.
Finally we started back for Nangal leaving behind the mesmerizing natural beauty and capturing the memories that will last forever
The five people who were involved in making this memorable (including me) are……………
1 comment:
this trip sounds fun! and the pictures were amazing, too! should go whenever i get a chance! :D
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