I can only think of times before these 2 decades.
It hadn’t changed much for these 2 decades since we visited Kufri in Sept-1994 & wifey re-lives her memories. The headlights and hazard lights were ON for couple of hours during the drive in the hills. My XUV lights automatically turned ON at some places as it was misty and dark. It was misty at Kufri and Fagu (both places are after Shimla / Chail). Due to this, we lost an hour and feel it's better to take Shimla route. But we found the road conditions via Chail to be poor & constricted. We decided to take the route from Chail and as per travel forum recommendations it was supposed to be picturesque. It reminded us of the famous Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore song "mere sapno ki rani kab ayegi to". We clicked picture and also watched the train pass by.
The jam was primarily due to water logging, slowing of vehicles and one lane blocked.īefore crossing Solan, we stopped at railway tunnel of the mini train plying between Kalka to Shimla. It started raining on the way and we got stuck in the jam for an hour at Zirakhpur. They offer fresh churned white butter alongwith the parathas served with dahi. It is usual for travelers from Delhi to stop at Murthal as there are some good dhabas such as Pahalwan's dhaba, Ahuja dhaba etc. It usually takes about an hour to Delhi's border from home. We got an early start at 5am from Delhi to avoid office rush enroute. Kaza to Manali the circumference – could not cross the nala’s as it was flooded with water My experiences and travelogue will follow " Spiti Splendour Jul-2014)"įollowing are the various forums consulted for the trip, itinerary, places to visit & travelogueĭevilonwheels and their forthcoming mega meet in September 2014Ĭhandratal – as we were told that the road is not yet open and need to trek for almost 10km
We traveled from Delhi to Spiti from 2-Jul-14 to 1.ĭay - Date - Day - Distance covered - Places visitedĭay 2 - 3-Jul-14 - Thu - 120 - Narkhanda - Hatu Peak, Hatu mata mandir Rampur - Shri Maharishi Mardini Mahalakshmi Temple Sarahan - Bhimakali Temple shakti peeth ĭay 3 - 4-Jul-14 - Fri - 127 - Kinnnaur - Taranda Mata temple (its a ritual for all drivers to stop and offer a small puja for good journey ahead) Karcham - confluence of Satluj and Baspa rivers Chitkul - River Baspa (all along the route), Mastrang valley, Mathi Temple located at Chitkulĭay 4 - 5-Jul-14 - Sat - 143 - Reckong Peo - Monestary Kalpa - Monestary, view of Kinnaur-Kailash peak, Narayan temple ĭay 5 - 6-Jul-14 - Sun - 124 - Khab - Confluence of Spiti and Satluj Rivers Leo Purygal Peak from Khab Bridge Nako Monestary Nako Lake Geyu Mummy Tabo - new Kalchakra monastery and the golden Stupa, monasteryĭay 6 - 7-Jul-14 - Mon - 99 - Dhankar monastery, Confluence-of-pin-spiti-rivers views from the roof of Dhankar monastery Mudhĭay 7 - 8-Jul-14 - Tue - 97 - Kye Monastery Kaza - monastery, market, world’s highest petrol pump Langza villageĭay 8 - 9-Jul-14 - Wed - 311 - Kaza to the nala 50km towards Manali and then retraced back to Reckong Peoĭay 9 - 10-Jul-14 - Thu - 604 - Reckong Peo to Delhi, back home