tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30891830948478978842024-03-18T23:17:49.345+05:30The Traveler's Story"Traveling – It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller" – Ibn BattutaArkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-60332383442691869242016-03-02T19:07:00.000+05:302016-03-02T19:41:57.331+05:30Backpacker’s Coastal India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">1 Ride, 2 Travellers, 3 States, 10 Days, 2000 Km, 1 Motto – "Explore to the Core"</span></h2>
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Two backpackers (Shouvik and Deepankar) are on their way to explore the serene coastal India in a time span of 10 days. They prepared their itinerary in such a way that they cover as much as possible in terms of local culture, tradition, cuisines, natural beauty and more, within the given span of time. The coastal India trip for the backpackers starts from Bangalore as they are based out of the Silicon Valley of India. From there, they will head towards the West coast of India via Sakleshpur to Udupi. From there onwards, they will be driving south till Kanyakumari, through the coastal town and cities of Mangalore, Kozhikode/Calicut, Kochi, Alleppey and Trivandrum. After visiting the southernmost tip of mainland India, they will be driving back to Bangalore exploring several towns and cities of Tamil Nadu.<br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-72151260585767865372016-01-25T21:57:00.001+05:302016-01-26T09:48:11.963+05:30Beauty of North Bengal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime;">Beauty of North Bengal (parts of Dooars and Old Silk Route)</span></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">New Jalpaiguri -> Sevoke -> Gorubathan -> Jhandi -> Lava -> Rishap -> Teesta Valley -> Ramdhura -> Sillery Gaon -> Hanuman tok -> Delo -> Kalimpong -> Silent valley -> Icchey Gaon -> Pedong -> Rishi Khola -> Malbazar</span></b></h3>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Bengal" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">North Bengal</span></b></a> is a term used for the northern parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">West Bengal</span></b></a>, which is immensely blessed with the wildest beauty of Mother Nature and offers a unique combination of varied landscape ranging from the low lying agricultural fields, lush green dense jungles, varied range of wildlife, serene beauty of undulating tea gardens to the high alpine mountains. Tourism in North Bengal is highly popular and also one of the most important source of income for the locals. The region forms a gateway to Bhutan from India and so the area is also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooars" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Dooars / Duars</span></b></a> which means “doors” in several regional languages.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Darjeeling</span></b></a> is one of the most famous hill stations in this region that attracts a huge number of tourists almost throughout the year. Under Darjeeling district there are several other small hill stations each of which is uniquely beautiful! Apart from that, some of the major Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaldapara_National_Park" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Jaldapara National Park</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorumara_National_Park" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Gorumara National Park</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxa_Tiger_Reserve" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Buxa Tiger Reserve</span></b></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilapata_Forests" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Chilapata Forest</span></b></a>) in Dooars offer immense exploration opportunities to the nature lovers. Old Silk Route that forms a part of the ancient trade routes also hosts several small villages and hill stations all along its route that promote eco-tourism and gives you the opportunity to explore each and every corner of North Bengal.<br />
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With so many things to offer, it is impossible to explore the whole of North Bengal in a few days! Usually you need to shortlist places you want to visit based on your theme of travel and just head out. This travelogue is based on my last visit to North Bengal that I planned with my family members. It was a six days trip planned during end of December, 2015 and this time our travel partner was the team of <a href="http://ebongaranya.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Ebong Aranya Tours & Travels</span></b></a>. As per our requirements, they tailor made our itineraries and made wonderful arrangements for our travel. Since there were mostly elderly members traveling this time, so we just planned to experience the best of eco-tourism and relax out in Nature. We chose to travel through the route as mentioned earlier in beginning and planned our night halts at certain places like Jhandi, Ramdhura and Pedong.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Towards Jhandi, a small village in the Himalayas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first night halt at Jhandi Eco Huts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottages of Jhandi Eco Huts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road from Jhandi towards Lava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A glance of Lava</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry to Lava Monastery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The street dogs are so adorable that you can't resist playing with them!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dense Pine forest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Rishap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road through the dense forest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local workers warming up themselves at camp fire after the day's hard work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Star Gazing"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Travelers this time - (From Left) My uncle, father, me, mother, grand mother, sister and aunty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journey along the Old Silk Route</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Towards Ramdhura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The village of Ramdhura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our next stay at Ramdhura</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The happy granny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving forward toward Sillery Gaon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cluster of a few cottages and home stays. That's Sillery Gaon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jalsa Bunglow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Towards Kalimpong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delo Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teesta as seen from Delo Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing pattern of the leaves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalimpong Market Area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The region is also known as Gorkhaland, which is a proposed state in India demanded by the people of Darjeeling hills and the people of Indian Gorkha ethnic origin in Dooars in North Bengal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalimpong Golf Course</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zangdok Palri Monastery, Kalimpong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird eye view of the town of Kalimpong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost road-less journey towards Icchey Gaon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The decent village of Icchey Gaon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decent homestay accommodations at Icchey Gaon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing to complain when you wake up and see this in front of you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way back through the Tea gardens of Malbazar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream" - Bern Williams</td></tr>
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Though people visit North Bengal almost throughout the year but, according to me, winter is one of the best time to visit North Bengal, when you get to see North Bengal at its best! During this time the weather remains soothing that makes your visit more exciting. Moreover, the varied beauty of Nature ranging from snowfall at places in higher altitudes and snow peaked mountain range visible from several places to flowers blossoming all around in the lower altitudes, activities like bird watching, trekking, camping, Jungle Safari and several other make your visit one of the most memorable one!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Kanchenjunga from Rishap</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">First rays of Sun on Mt. Kanchenjunga from Jhandi</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the first rays of Sun on Mt. Kanchenjunga</td></tr>
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Though, I'm not a flower specialist but, it was a great pleasure watching them blooming all around!<br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-23593778492763808502016-01-25T13:10:00.001+05:302016-01-25T15:45:13.900+05:30Pristine Meghalaya<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Pristine Meghalaya</span></h2>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghalaya" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Meghalaya</span></b></a> is a state in north-east India, which is also known as “Scotland of the East” for its highlands, fog and breath-taking landscapes. The name (Meghalaya) means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. With its thick green primary forests, beautiful waterfalls and lakes, numerous caves, varied wildlife and some of the most notable places in the World, Meghalaya is the ideal place for the nature lovers to escape away from the urban madness.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillong" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Shillong</span></b></a>, the capital and hill station of Meghalaya, is a popular tourist destination that draws thousands of tourists from around the world. The city is well connected by the National Highway 40 with the rest of the country through Assam. The nearest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">airport</span></b></a> and railway station are at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Guwahati</span></b></a> that serves as a port of entry for many tourists who visit Meghalaya. Several buses, private and shared cabs run from Guwahati to Shillong. The journey itself is amazing that takes around 3 hours to reach Shillong, India through one of the most scenic highway.<br />
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Meghalaya tourism is considered as one of the most important ecotourism circuits in India. The state also offers many adventure tourism opportunities for the adventure enthusiasts, in the form of mountaineering, rock climbing, trekking and hiking, caving and various water sports. The principal languages in Meghalaya are Khasi, Pnar and Garo with English as the official language of the State. Even a huge number of locals understand and speak Hindi due to huge rush of tourists from around different parts of India and rest of the World. There are several travel agencies, who organize customized <a href="http://www.thetravelersstory.com/meghalaya.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Meghalaya Tour Packages</span></b></a> and conducted Meghalaya Holiday Packages for tourists from different geographies.<br />
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Apart from beautiful Shillong, the various famous places of interest in Meghalaya includes some of the longest caves in the Indian Subcontinent, the stunning Living Root Bridges in and around the West Jaintia Hills district and East Khasi Hills district, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherrapunji" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Cherrapunji</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsynram" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mawsynram</span></b></a> - the wettest place on Earth, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlynnong" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mawlynnong</span></b></a> - Asia's cleanest village, International trade route border town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawki" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Dawki</span></b></a>, some of the tallest waterfalls in India and many more. Meghalaya can be visited any time during the year but, it is suggested to visit the place during tribal festivals in order to experience how myths and legends interplay with history and religion and see the simple folks revel in colourful dance & festivities. One can plan for holidays in Meghalaya for as less as three days to as long as one wishes to stay there.<br />
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My visit to Meghalaya was planned along with some of my friends, in the month of December, 2015. We all travelled from different places and met at Guwahati, from where our trip to Meghalaya actually started. Since we were a six member team this time, so, instead of travelling on sharing basis, we hired a SUV in order to reach Shillong from Guwahati. We boarded the cab at around 7 in the morning and reached Shillong at around noon while taking breaks for having some breakfast and viewing the Umiam Lake (Barapani Lake).<br />
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Our hotel was already booked at Lake View Inn, which is situated just beside the Taxi Stand on MG Road. We got freshened up at our hotel and had a nice lunch at Police Bazar. Then we hired 2 cabs for doing a half day sightseeing of Shillong and saw Shillong View Point and Elephant Falls. The day ended with a nice Khasi dinner! Before hitting the bed, we checked at the reception and the guy helped us in arranging a cab for the next day that would take us to Mawlynnong and Dawki.<br />
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Next day morning, after having a lovely breakfast, we hit the road at around 8:30 in the morning. The journey to Mawlynnong is very pleasant that make you experience the beauty of the Khasi Hills at its best. Mawlynnong/Mawlynnong Village, located in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya is also known as “God’s own garden”. The village won the acclaim of being the cleanest village in Asia in 2003 that offers immense picturesque natural beauty and also a nice trek to the famous living root bridge at a neighbouring village, Riwai. The village also offers wonderful view of Bangladesh plains as it is located on the Indo-Bangladesh border.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beauty of the Khasi Hills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking picture of taking picture!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mountain with Faces! (Zoom In) - at Laitlyngkot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to Mawlynnong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Laitlyngkot - A small Khasi village on the way</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dense primary subtropical forest of Khasi Hills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bamboo Bridge! — at Mawlynnong, Meghalaya.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trekking towards the Living Root Bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Living Root Bridge"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful house of the Khasi people</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simplicity at it's best!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid blew our mind with his dancing skills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sky Walk - at Mawlynnong, Meghalaya.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not exactly sure but it seems that the other hill is in Bangladesh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light - Theodore Roethke</td></tr>
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After a great trek, we had lunch at a shop in the village and headed for Dawki, a town on the border of Indian and Bangladesh. The journey to Dawki is an idyllic hill drive takes you to the suspension bridge over the Umngot River, which is the most notable place of interest there. The pristine water of the Umngot River simply adds a unique charm to the surrounding’s beauty. A long boat ride in the Umngot River is something that no one should miss at any cost. After a nice day trip to Mawlynnong and Dawki, we returned back to Shillong and called the day off after dinner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">India-Bangladesh Border. View of the town of Tamabil in Bangladesh - at Dawki, India.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boating in Umngot River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing in Umngot River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a mesmerizing boat ride</td></tr>
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Among the six of us, two left the next day morning as they had to catch their return train from Guwahati. The rest of us four, arranged for a cab and left for Cherrapunji (Sohra) after breakfast. For me, this time visit to Cherrapunji was not that worthy. The place was all dried and rough! It didn’t rained there for days, probably months and all the famous waterfalls were dried up with no or negligible water streams. Within 6-7 hours we covered almost all the places of interest and returned back to Shillong. On reaching Shillong, our cab driver arranged for a different cab that dropped us back to Guwahati by evening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Cherrapunji (Sohra)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dried out Wah Kaba waterfalls! - at Cherrapunjee (Sohra).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ramakrishna Mission, Cherrapunjee</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picturesque landscape of the Scotland of East!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No matter how old you grow, the child inside always stays young!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dry Cherrapunji!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colorful Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't believe this is the Seven Sister Water Falls! - at Cherrapunjee (Sohra).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Towards the entry of the Mawsmai Cave, Cherrapunji.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mawsmai Cave entrance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same - Carlos Santana</td></tr>
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-42693720664334613362015-12-09T14:11:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:06:57.264+05:30Caving & Trekking at Antaragange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Caving & Trekking at Antaragange, Kolar</span></h2>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Karnataka</span></b></a>, by virtue of its historical evidences and diverse geography, hosts several places of interest for tourists; <a href="http://www.bengaloorutourism.com/antaragange.php" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Antaragange</span></b></a> being one of them. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antara_Gange" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Antara Gange</span></b></a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kolar</span></b></a> is famous for the volcanic rocks and caves that offer trekking and wide cave exploration opportunities for the adventure enthusiasts. Situated at around 65 kms away from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bangalore</span></b></a>, Antaragange is also famous for the Kashi Vishweshwara Temple situated at the mountain. There is a pond in the temple, which gets a continuous flow of underground water from the mouth of a stone bull (Basava or Nandi). Though the source of the water is unknown but, devotees, who pay visit to the temple, carry this holy water in bottles because it is also believed that one can get rid of diseases by drinking this holy water of Antaragange.<br />
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Visit to Antaragange is a great one day activity from Bangalore, especially for the adrenaline junkies. My visit to Antaragange was planned suddenly during mid of September, 2015. It was quiet long that we didn’t went out and so, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi (September 17th), I and Shouvik thought of utilizing the holiday and hit the road. We informed many others but, no one showed much interest. On the eve of September 16th , while at office, I and Shouvik did some research work on places to visit nearby Bangalore and finally decided to visit Antaragange.<br />
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We planned for starting our journey early in the morning by 6 AM but, we got delayed a bit and finally started at around 7 AM from Mahadevapura. Antaragange can be reached in an hour from Bangalore, through the Bangalore-Tirupati Highway, which is a 3 by 3 lane highway with very less traffic after Krishnarajapuram. On reaching Kolar, you need to take a diversion to the left and travel for another 2-3 kms in order to reach the foothill of Antaragange.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning ride through the highway itself is a wonderful experience!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A giant Sarcophagus built in a spa resort on the way will surely catch your eye</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take a break & enjoy the beautiful Landscapes while you approach towards Kolar</td></tr>
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After around a half an hour ride, we halted at a roadside restaurant near Thavarekere, which is almost halfway to our destination. There we had a heavy breakfast, bought 4 litres of water and again started our ride towards Antaragange. At the foothill of Antaragange, there is a gate, which resembles the entry to the temple and further to the top of the hill. We parked our vehicle at the parking situated just outside the gate and started trekking uphill.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry to the Kashi Vishweshwara Temple & further up to Antaragange caves & hilltop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well maintained staircase to the temple</td></tr>
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The initial phase of the trek comprises of around 500+ steps that you need to climb up in order to reach the Temple. During this phase we encountered several species of butterflies, colourful bugs & insects (especially bees and dragonflies) and the company of some notorious monkeys. We were carrying our water bottles and some light snacks in a carry bag and unfortunately, we got robbed by a pair of monkeys.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multiple species of butterfly will make your day colorful</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Kashi Vishweshwara Temple</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rope climbing Monkeys!</td></tr>
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The natural trekking trail of around 2 kms through volcanic rocks, boulders and thick undergrowth starts just after the temple. The trek from the temple to the hilltop is moderately difficult and can be covered within an hour but, it entirely depends on how long you spend to enjoy and capture the natural beauty on your way. During this trek we hardly encountered any other tourists or locals and were surprised as we were looking for someone who could at least guide us towards the famous Antaragange caves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The natural trekking trail starts just after the Temple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trekking at Antaragange is pretty moderate unless its raining!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of one of the hilltop from mid way</td></tr>
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We reached the hill top at around 10 AM and were really surprised to see the paddy fields up there. There are some 7 villages situated at the hill top and a mosque where drinking water is available. There was also a shop situated near the mosque that was closed. On enquiring a local, we came to know that the shop opens late (not sure how much late because it was already 10 in the morning) and one can avail bottled water, tea, cold drinks and snacks. Since we were short on water, so, we drank very little from what it was left and started looking for the caves that was an important highlight of the place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddy field & scanty vegetation at the Hilltop!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kolar town as seen from the Anthargange hilltop</td></tr>
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After roaming around for some time, we encountered another local, who offered us to guide through the caves in return for some money (Rs. 100/-). Though the person didn't knew proper Hindi or English and we also didn't understand proper Kannada but still, we communicated with sign languages and broken Kannada and understood each other pretty well! It was this person from whom we came to know that the place was deserted because it was a weekday. Usually it is crowded with tourists and locals during the weekends.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>Note:</u></span></b> <i><span style="color: red;">It is always advisable to take a local guide for exploring the caves as you would never know where it will lead to and as a result you might get trapped inside and no one will ever come to know also!</span></i><br />
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Looking at the entrance of the main cave, no one will expect it to be such deep inside! There are several dead ends and it’s really difficult for the first time goers to keep a track of the route inside. Basic fitness is required for this activity and it is not at all recommended for heavy weighted people and people who suffer from claustrophobia or weak heart! After around 45 min of cave exploration, we headed out with a new source of energy and a fully refreshed mind!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the exploration begins!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Without a local, its very difficult to identify the routes and make your way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catching the breadth till our guide himself explores a route further down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its Selfie time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow, steep passages that increases the adrenaline rush!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The exploration continues until it was pitch black down there & you can't even figure out anything without a torch light</td></tr>
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At this point of time, we were thirsty enough and we were out of drinking water. Either we need to go to the hilltop again or trek down to the temple in order to get some drinking water. Both the options were time consuming and will drain out our energy. So, our guide told us to wait there for around 10 min as he will bring something that we didn't understood at all and then he will take us to drink the natural flowing water that is hidden somewhere nearby amidst the boulders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trekking trail is filled with thorns, shrubs & bushes at many places!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downhill in search of fresh drinking water</td></tr>
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Luckily it was sunny but not that much hot so, we took rest on a boulder and it was a soothing experience as you enjoy the cool breeze and scenic beauty from the top. After around 10-15 min, our guide returned with a hand basket filled with ripe guava to sell them near the temple area, which he mentioned earlier but, we were not able to understand. After a few hundred metres of downhill trek, he kept his hand basket and asked us to follow him. We went off the trekking trail and went inside the bushes heading towards the hidden source of flowing water. At a certain place, the guide asked me to put my hand inside a small hole that was surrounded by boulders from outside and surprisingly, I felt chilled water running inside that hole. We filled in the water in an empty bottle and drank until we were satisfied. The water was sweet in taste and rich with minerals. We somehow figured that this was the same water that is continuously flowing from the mouth of the stone bull at the Temple. But, the original source was still unknown!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hidden flow of fresh running water</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you are going for off-road trekking, watch out for snakes, insects & thorns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After an exciting trekking & cave exploration, its time to chill!</td></tr>
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After quenching our thirst we looked at the clock and it was only 11:15 AM. Since it was very early for us to return back, so, we decided to relax there for some time and then head back to our den! We spend around an hour there and then, as we felt hungry, we started our downhill trek that took around half an hour for us to get back to the foothill. There are a few options to have food at Kolar but, we thought of heading back directly to Bangalore and have our lunch there because of the more number of options available. Without a second thought, Shouvik started his Desert Storm and by 1:30 PM, we reached Bangalore.<br />
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<li>The place is highly populated with monkeys. So be careful with your stuffs. Don’t carry food items openly or simply in carry bags. I myself am a victim of being snatched off by monkeys!</li>
<li>Try to avoid visiting the place in a rainy day as it will not be safe to trek while it’s raining or just after the rain.</li>
<li>The best time to visit this place is in the morning (as early as possible) because as the day passes by and the sunray gets stronger, you will feel uncomfortable to trek.</li>
<li>Wear proper hiking or trekking shoes and carry sufficient water.</li>
<li>For the caving or cave exploration activity, take help from the locals, especially if you are visiting the place for the first time.</li>
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<span style="color: red;"><i>***Please don’t litter around the place. Kindly carry all your garbage in a bag and dump it in proper garbage container placed near the temple and at the foothill.</i></span><br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-59259247132698687492015-10-28T20:41:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:07:08.162+05:30Kolkata – The City of Joy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Kolkata – The City of Joy</span></h2>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kolkata</span></b></a> (formerly spelled as Calcutta in English, until 2001), one of the largest cities in India, both in terms of population and area, is usually known as the City of Joy, City of Palaces & also the Cultural Capital of India. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. As the former capital of India, Kolkata (Calcutta) is the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought, that is reflected through the Indo-Islamic and Indo-Saracenic colonial-era architectural motifs present in and around the city. Kolkata has given birth to several personalities who are well known throughout the world for their creativity in multiple genres! With the warm hospitality & friendly nature of the locals, unbelievable varieties in cuisine, rich cultural heritage and historical sites, numerous festival celebrations going on throughout the year and last but not the least, cheap expenses, Kolkata is the ideal place to visit for a vacation, where you get so many things to explore!<br />
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The beauty of Kolkata can be seen in many ways. If you are short in time, then you have to short-list certain major attractions of Kolkata and take a glimpse of the city. But, in order to actually explore the city, even a week’s time frame might fall short to many people! And why not! The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Museum" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Indian Museum</span></b></a> itself will take 2 days to properly visit all the sections. Though it might feel boring to many people but, it’s heaven for the history lovers! Similarly, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipore_Zoological_Gardens" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Alipore Zoological Gardens</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_Jagadish_Chandra_Bose_Indian_Botanic_Garden" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden</span></b></a> (Calcutta Botanical Garden), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicco_park" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Nicco Park</span></b></a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_City_Kolkata" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Science City</span></b></a> will almost take a complete day to properly visit each of the individual attractions! When you are in this city, time will fly by in the blink of an eye.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian Museum - The largest and oldest museum in India</td></tr>
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Apart from the mentioned ones, other places to visit in and around Kolkata are –<br />
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<li><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Memorial_(India)" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Victoria Memorial</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victoria Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backside entry to Victoria Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ride in the Chariot (Tanga) around Victoria Memorial is a must in Kolkata</td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Gardens" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Eden Gardens</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Eden Gardens Railway Station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cricket Association of Bengal - Eden Gardens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maidan - The largest urban park in Kolkata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maidan - From the other end</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here people love each other very much! Even under the scorching sun, there is no lack in commitment! ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First World War Memorial at Red Road</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birla_Planetarium,_Kolkata" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Birla Planetarium</span></a></span></li>
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The largest planetarium in Asia and the second largest planetarium in the world.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah_Bridge" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Howrah Bridge</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howrah Bridge - The sixth-longest cantilever bridge in the world.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge)</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah_Junction_railway_station" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Howrah Station</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Howrah Station - The largest railway complex in India</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinsep_Ghat" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Princep Ghat</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prinsep Memorial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prinsep Ghat Railway Station by the Bank of the Ganges</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautification of the river bank near Prinsep Ghat</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Race_Course" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Royal Calcutta Turf Club - Kolkata Race Course</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kolkata Race Course - The largest horse race venue in India</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandan_(Kolkata)" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Nandan</span></a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Market,_Kolkata" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">New Market, Esplanade</span></a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hogg Market (New Market) - Kolkata's shopper's paradise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crowded Lindsay Street!</td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Street,_Kolkata" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Park Street</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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Experience one of the most happening places in the city famous for Night Life, Music, Restaurants & Pubs!</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_India" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">National Library</span></a></span></li>
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The largest library in India by volume.</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Town_Hall" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Town Hall</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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<h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birla_Mandir,_Kolkata" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Birla Mandir</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshineswar_Kali_Temple" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Dakshineswar Kali Temple</span></a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belur_Math" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Belur Math</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
</h3>
<h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Kolkata" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">St. Paul’s Cathedral</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
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<h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan_Mosque" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Tipu Sultan Mosque</span></a></span></li>
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<h3>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town_Eco_Park" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">New Town Eco Park</span></a></span></li>
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From Kolkata one can also take a short trip for a day or 2 to nearby places like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarbans" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Sundarbans</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digha" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Digha</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajpur,_West_Bengal" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Tajpur</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarmani" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mandarmoni</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkhali" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bakkhali</span></b></a>, <a href="http://www.bharatonline.com/west-bengal/travel/kolkata/excursions/frazerganj.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Frazerganj</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankura_district" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bankura</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardhaman" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bardhaman</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Shantiniketan</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayapur" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mayapur</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabadwip" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Nabadwip</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Krishnanagar</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murshidabad" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Murshidabad</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandel" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bandel</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taki_(India)" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Taki</span></b></a> and many more.<br />
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Being a metropolitan city, Kolkata is well connected by road, railway and air with all the other major cities of India. Even in the city, you get the option to choose from several modes of transport to travel from one place to another. Modes of transport in Kolkata include the Kolkata Suburban Railway (including the Circular Railway), Kolkata Metro Railway (first underground metro railway in India), Kolkata Tramways (Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC): The only operating tram network in India and the oldest operating electric tram in Asia), private and state government buses, taxi, auto rickshaw and man-pulled rickshaw.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kolkata Suburban Railway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Ganges from Circular Railway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kolkata Tramways - The oldest operating electric tram in Asia</td></tr>
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After a few days of stay in Kolkata, one would for sure gain some extra weights due to the damn tasty Bengali cuisine. Be it the street foods or snacks or main course or sweets; whatever it is, you can’t resist yourself from tasting a wide range of Bengali food! And especially, if you are a fish or sea food lover, then you will definitely fall in love with the city at your very first meal itself! Though it’s not required to mention, but still, when you are in the city, don’t forget to taste the city’s signature desserts, Sandesh, Rosogolla (Rasgulla) & Mishti Doi!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Street Food in Kolkata. There are numerous more to go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosogolla & Sandesh: The signature dessert of Bengal</td></tr>
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Sports fanatics can also indulge themselves in several games played around along with the locals. Some of the popular sports played in Kolkata are - Cricket, Football, Kiting & Playing Cards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In memory of Gostha Paul, the first Indian footballer to be honoured with the Padma Shri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kiting - One of the popular games played across Bengal</td></tr>
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There are so many reasons to visit Kolkata but, when planning a visit to the city, one should keep in mind that the climate of Kolkata is not that friendly as its people are! With a typical humid tropical climate, it is definitely not recommended to visit the city during the summer or monsoon. The best time to visit Kolkata is during the winter, spring and the very short autumn, which is generally between October and March. Moreover, some of the biggest festivals of Bengal (Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Kali Puja, Boro Din (Christmas), Dol Jatra (Holi), Saraswati Puja and several Music fests) are celebrated during this time of the year. So, if anyone plans their visit to Kolkata accordingly, then it will be a wonderful add-on to their experience! You will be surprised to see, how crazy and passionate the Bengalis are about celebrating each and every festival in its own way!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating with or without reason - The favourite time pass of the Bengalis<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kolkata is not for everyone.<br />
You want your city clean and green, stick to Delhi.<br />
You want your city rich and impersonal, go to Mumbai.<br />
You want them hi-tech and full of draught beer, Bangalore’s your place.<br />
But if you want a city with a soul, come to Kolkata.</td></tr>
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-71629506667092468542015-10-09T14:16:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:07:20.348+05:30White Water Rafting in Dandeli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandeli" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Dandeli</b></span></a>, a small town in the Western Ghats of North West Karnataka is an ideal vacation destination for those who love nature. Dandeli has been widely acclaimed for its natural beauty, the lush green jungles, rich wildlife and exciting adventurous activities, that makes it a popular getaway destination of South India; especially among the adventure seekers and the wildlife enthusiasts. Dandeli is also known as a Wildlife Sanctuary and is among one of the many tiger projects in India.<br />
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Located at the bank of River Kali, Dandeli is surrounded by thick tropical forests and is home to big cats such as Tigers, Leopards and even Black Panthers, Elephants, Gaur, Deer, Antelopes, giant Squirrels, many kinds of reptiles and a wide variety of birds such as Hornbills, Kingfishers, Serpent Eagles, Falcon, Magpie, Robin, Bulbuls, Orioles, Woodpeckers, Weaver Birds and many more.<br />
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Dandeli is situated around 105 kms away from Goa and is well connected by road from all the nearby major destinations like, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Bangalore</b></span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Mumbai</b></span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Pune</b></span></a> and more. The nearest railway stations are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londa_Junction_railway_station" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Londa</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnavar" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Alnavar</span></b></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharwad" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Dharwad</span></b></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubli" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Hubli</span></b></a>. One can take a train from their source to any of the mentioned railway station and from there, taxis & buses are available that will take you to Dandeli.<br />
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Apart from its natural beauty and immense wildlife exploration, Dandeli is the ultimate place for the adventurists where one can get indulged in several adventure sports & activities, thus keeping the rush of adrenalin at its highest during visit to this place. One of the most popular activities in Dandeli is the White water rafting in Kali River. River rafting is a must do activity in Dandeli for the adventure seekers, that takes you through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Class 3 Rapids</span></b></a>. There is a choice between a 12 km run that lasts for around 3 to 4 hours and a shorter run that is almost half in both duration and length. Though it might seem to be a bit risky at the beginning but, there is nothing to worry since, the activity is performed under the supervision of expert guides.<br />
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<b>Note:</b> White water rafting/river rafting activities in Dandeli are not conducted throughout the year. The typical season of river rafting in Dandeli is from October till June (depends year to year based on the water level and rainfall).<br />
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayaking" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kayaking</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abseiling" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Rappelling</b></span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyoning" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Canyoning</b></span></a></li>
<li><b>Natural Jacuzzi</b></li>
<li><b>Adventure trekking</b></li>
<li><b>Jungle Safari in open jeep</b></li>
<li><b>Bird Watching</b></li>
<li><b>Zip Line and River crossing</b></li>
<li><b>Coracle Ride</b></li>
<li><b>Mountain Biking</b></li>
<li><b>Overnight Camping</b></li>
<li><b>Sight-seeing & excursions</b> (visit nearby attractions like Sykes Point, Kavala cave, Shiroli Peak, Supa Dam, Magad falls, Syntheri rocks, Ulavi Shri Channabasaveshwara temple, etc.)</li>
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There are several staying options available in Dandeli. However, if you are traveling during a peak season (usually between October and June) then it is advisable that you book your accommodation well in advance. Check out the <a href="http://www.dandeli.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">official website of Dandeli</span></b></a> for further information on accommodation and activities booking options.<br />
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I visited Dandeli with 5 other friends of mine from office (Pavan, Ajay, Naga, Chaitanya & Sainath), in the year 2013. Our visit to this place was planned over a tea break at office, on a Thursday evening, in the month of November. Bored with our monotonous daily life, we were talking about taking a break and hit out for a vacation when suddenly, Pavan came up with the idea to visit Dandeli and unleash ourselves amidst nature! The moment Pavan shared his plan; six of us were in for the plan.<br />
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Within an hour we looked over the internet for travel and staying options. Pavan’s and Ajay’s houses were in Dharwad, situated around 60 kms away from Dandeli which is also one of the nearest railway stations to Dandeli. We booked train tickets to Dharwad for next Thursday and before commencing our journey, Pavan also made arrangements for river rafting and overnight camping with <a href="http://www.kaliriverlodge.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><b>The Kali Adventure Camp (Jungle Lodges & Resorts)</b></span></a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All set for the exciting trip! From Left: Sainath, Pavan, Naga, Chaitanya, Me & Ajay</td></tr>
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We boarded Rani Chennamma Express on Thursday evening from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesvantpur_Junction_railway_station" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Yeshwantpur Railway Station</span></b></a> in Bangalore and reached Dharwad the next day morning at around 6:15 AM. We got divided into 2 groups. Half went to Ajay’s house and half went to Pavan’s house. After getting freshened up quickly, we had tea and snacks and then I, Ajay & Naga started in Ajay’s car. Pavan, Sainath and Chaitanya also started from Pavan’s house in his car and we met at a point, which was earlier decided.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Dandeli from Dharwad</td></tr>
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After having breakfast in our way, we reached The Kali Adventure Camp (Jungle Lodges & Resorts) in Dandeli at around 10 AM. Since everything was already arranged, so, we didn’t have to wait much longer. We changed our clothes there itself and boarded the open hood Jeeps from the camp that took us uphill near the Supa dam in Ganeshgudi from where the river rafting starts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The adventure begins!</td></tr>
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The road through the jungle is mind blowing. We were not able to capture the scenic beauty on the way as we left all our belongings back at the camp. On reaching a particular point, a trainer got assigned to us. There were several other people who formed different groups like us and we all started flowing along with the water. The experience during this whole activity is something out of the world and it is a must recommended for any and every adventurist.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adrenaline Rush at its heights!</td></tr>
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After this highly thrilling experience, we were dropped back at the camp. We changed our clothes and headed for our camp further inside the jungle. Fresh cooked lunch was served on our arrival at the camp. Since, it was the beginning of the season and moreover, it was Friday, so, we were the only guests in that camp, for that night! The care taker gave us one big room with 2 king size beds and informed us that all the tents were empty and we can choose any of them and sleep inside during the night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Jungle Camp!</td></tr>
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The place was very peaceful. We were only able to hear birds singing around, apart from our own voices. After a short nap, we played cricket and volleyball till sunset. In the evening, the camp fire was lighted up and it was a wonderful time spent in the woods. After dinner, we occupied some of the Tents and had a nice sleep in the wild.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volleyball in the field!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire! - Pamela Hansford Johnson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping in the wild!</td></tr>
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The next day we woke up early in the morning and headed out for a short jungle trek. The caretaker of the camp was our guide. The early morning trek was a blissful experience with so many species of birds singing around! Nature lovers will surely not want to return back from that heavenly atmosphere. We were also having plenty of time in our hand and so, we enjoyed every moment during the trek.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Into the wild!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, it's not the wrong turn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake - Wallace Stevens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smiling faces :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird watching!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unknown Bird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking rest under the natural shade almost at the end of our trek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adventure accomplished!</td></tr>
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After around 3-4 hours, we returned back to our camp, had breakfast and started again heading for Dharwad.<br />
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We reached Pavan’s house during noon and had a delicious lunch that was prepared by his Mom. We spend rest of the time roaming around in Dharwad and our short yet highly adventurous trip came to an end, when we boarded the Sampark Kranti Express at night, in order to return back to our regular life!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the journey ends here!</td></tr>
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<b><u>P.S.</u>:</b> Most of the pictures were captured using mobile camera (8 Mega Pixel; Xperia M dual & Samsung Galaxy S3) and very few were captured using DSLR.<br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-42996877428792752562015-09-29T18:14:00.002+05:302016-01-25T13:07:32.618+05:30Monsoon Bliss at Chikmagalur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Monsoon Bliss at Chikmagalur</span></h2>
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When you are talking about a weekend get away from Bangalore, especially during the monsoon, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikmagalur" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Chikmagalur</span></b></a> has to be there in the list of your priorities. Chikmagalur is a popular weekend getaway destination and due to its vicinity to the state capital Bangalore and some other cities like Hassan, Shimoga, Chitradurga and Mangalore and its cool climate, tourists flock into the city during weekends to visit various places throughout the year. The lush green scenic beauty of Chikmagalur takes a different shape during monsoon and that’s why, the number of tourist population remains at its highest during the rainy season.<br />
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The town of Chikmagalur is located in the foothills of the highest mountain range in Karnataka, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullayanagiri" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mullayanagiri</span></b></a> range. Chiklamaglur is also famous for its coffee plantations and is known as the <b>'land of coffee'</b> in Karnataka. In fact, it is the place where coffee was cultivated for the first time in India. It was Babu Budan, a 16th-century Sufi who introduced the coffee plant to India by bringing seven raw beans from the port of Mocha, Yemen while coming back from Haj in 1670. He brought seven beans because the number 7 is considered sacred in Islam. Today a mountain range to the north of the town of Chikmagalur is named after him, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Budangiri" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Baba Budangiri</span></b></a>, where he raised the coffee plants for the first time in India.<br />
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Chikmagalur is best accessed by road. There are buses running from Bangalore every hour heading for Chikmagalur. If anyone is planning to visit Chikmagalur during the weekend by Bus, then the person should book the tickets in advance, in order to avoid the non-availability of tickets for weekend rush. You can also hire a cab or drive your own vehicle to Chikmagalur. The fastest route is via Hassan, which is on NH 48 and the road condition is also pretty good, that will take around 4 hours to reach Chikmagalur from Bangalore. There is also an alternative route to reach Chikmagalur, which is via Tumkur and Arsikere/Kadur.<br />
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I planned my visit to Chikmagalur with my Mom, Dad and Granny in a Ford Figo, which I rented from Zoomcar. We started at around 7:30 AM on a Saturday morning in the month of July. After taking a short break on our way for having some breakfast near Hassan, we reached Chikmagalur at around noon. Our hotel was pre-booked with Rajmahal Hotel that is situated at the heart of Chikmagalur, near the bus stand. There are several staying options in Chikmagalur based on your budget. We booked our hotel at the heart of the town because I was travelling with my old granny and it would be more feasible to stay in and around the city centre, otherwise, I would suggest opting for a Homestay in the coffee estates if you are a going with a group of enthusiastic travelers. The charm of staying amidst the coffee estate is something different and I bet you don’t wanna miss it!<br />
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There are so many places to visit and so many activities to do in and around Chikmagalur. For me, since I was travelling with my aged parents, so, I had to skip certain attractions and activities from the itinerary, that includes visit to some of the water falls where trekking is involved.<br />
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After having our lunch and getting some rest, we headed to visit <a href="http://wikimapia.org/1615310/Ayyanakere" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Ayyanakere Lake</span></b></a>, located around 20 km away from the town of Chikmagalur in order to get a glance of the beautiful sunset.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful Ayyanakere Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset view point at Ayyanakere Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ayyanakere Lake from a different view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoomcar...!!!...</td></tr>
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After hanging around for around an hour, we headed back to the market area for buying some coffee. Rest of the day was spent roaming around in the market place, near our hotel.<br />
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The next day, we started at around 9 AM after having our breakfast and headed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullayanagiri" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mullayanagiri Peak</span></b></a>, the highest peak in Karnataka. There are certain things that you might want to note down while visiting this peak –<br />
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<li>The approach road to the peak is not that good. If you are not a good driver, it is definitely not advisable to drive up to the last point.</li>
<li>Carry rain coat with you as it may rain at any point of time.</li>
<li>The best time to visit the peak is in the morning when you will find yourself amidst the cloud accompanied by unbelievable strong wind which might sometime make you lose balance!</li>
<li>You will not find any shops to buy food or water at the peak. So, it’s better to carry enough water and food/snacks with you.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mud Road on the way to Mullayanagiri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entry to Mullayanagiri Peak</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foggy Mullayanagiri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom & Dad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somewhere at Mullayanagiri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parking at Sitalayanagiri</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dense fog covering the green peaks!</td></tr>
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It was during our onwards journey to the peak when the front and rear wheel rim in the left of our car got damaged due to the rocky uneven road between Sitalayanagiri and Mullayanagiri. At a certain point, our car was almost sliding down the slope of the hill if, a group of travelers would not have blocked our car with their bare hands and pushed forward in order to avoid any vital accident! It was a scary experience and somehow we managed to overcome the situation. But, that lead to certain mental disturbances on my parent's mind and so, we didn't stayed longer at Mullayanagiri Peak. Moreover, it was running in my mind to get the wheels fixed as soon as possible so that our upcoming itinerary doesn't gets ruined.<br />
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Due to this incident, we had to drop our plan of visiting Bababuddangiri, that is situated some 25 km from Mullayanagiri. While heading back to Chikmagalur, we found a puncture repair shop just at the base of the hill and we got our wheels fixed there within 45 minutes.<br />
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After we got everything fixed, we were all set to continue with our rest of the planned itinerary. We headed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemmangundi" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kemmangundi</span></b></a>, a beautiful hill station that is situated around 60 km away from Chikmagalur. The road to Kemmangundi is pretty good with amazing scenic beauty that goes on through the coffee estates. On the way to Kemmangundi, we took a slight diversion at a place called Kallattipura and went to see Kalhatti falls (Kalahasti falls). There is a small Veerabhadreshwara (Siva) temple situated, that you can visit after crossing the running water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scenic road leading to Kemmangundi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalhatti falls / Kalahasti falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalhatti falls / Kalahasti falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notorious snatchers!</td></tr>
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After spending some time there, we headed for our final destination, Kemmangundi. Kemmangundi, as earlier said, is a beautiful hill station with perfect surrounding landscapes that made our day! A must visit tourist attraction of Kemmangundi is the Rose Garden, that is taken care by the Department of Horticulture and I should say that it’s worth a visit. The scenic beauty of the surrounding is best observed from this place. Another point of attraction here is the Z point. We saw the place from a distance because, in order to reach the Z point, one has to trek and go there. Since, I didn't had that option, so, we stayed longer at the Rose Garden and then started our return journey to Chikmagalur.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amidst serene Kemmangundi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kemmangundi submerged in mist</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maa da Laadla!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rose Garden (Unfortunately there were no roses due to off season!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days - Robert Leighton</td></tr>
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It was already dark when we came back to Chikmagalur and rest of the evening was dedicated for the last minute shopping activities. Next day morning, after having breakfast, we headed back for Bangalore and visited Belur & Halebidu on our way back.<br />
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullayanagiri" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Mullayanagiri</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Budangiri" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Baba Budangiri (Datta Peeta)</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemmangundi" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kemmangundi</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalhatti_Falls" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kalhatti Falls</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbe_Falls" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Hebbe Falls</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wikimapia.org/3475665/Kadambi-Falls" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kadambi Falls</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.karnatakaholidays.com/manikyadhara-falls.php" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Manikyadhara Falls</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wikimapia.org/1615310/Ayyanakere" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Ayyanakere Lake</span></b></a></li>
<li><b>Mahatama Gandhi Park</b></li>
<li><b>Coffee Museum</b></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_Wildlife_Sanctuary" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_Dam" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bhadra Dam</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudremukh" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kudremukh National Park</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shringeri_Sharadamba_Temple" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Sharadamba Temple</span></b></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sringeri_Sharada_Peetham" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Sringeri Sharada Peetha</span></b></a></li>
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-37326742282321916462015-07-23T17:02:00.001+05:302016-01-25T13:07:47.673+05:30A Journey to one of the Heavenly places on Earth (Part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: small;">Chandigarh -> Manali -> Solang Valley -> Rohtang La -> Khoksar -> Sissu -> Tandi -> Keylong -> Jispa -> Darcha -> Zing Zing Bar -> Baralacha La -> Sarchu -> Gata Loops -> Nakee La -> Lachung La -> Pang -> Morey Plains (Pang Top/Chuha Top) -> Taglang La -> Rumtse -> Upshi -> Karu -> Thikse -> Shey -> Leh -> Chang La -> Pangong Tso -> Magnetic Hills</span></h3>
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 16,
2015~</span></h3>
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By the time we woke up, it was already 9:30 am. It was our 2nd day in Leh town. We got ourselves ready to explore the town but, before we started roaming around, we needed something to eat. Enters “<b>The Wonderland Café</b>”, where in, we ate all of our meals during our short stay in the town. The reason being, enormous variety in food, free Wi Fi and no matter whatever we ate, everything was in budget!</div>
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So, after a delicious breakfast accompanied with Deepu’s lemon tea, we headed out to explore Leh.</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Leh is the largest town in Ladakh district. It was divided into Leh Kargil districts in the year 1979.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is also the highest plateau of the state of Jammu & Kashmir with much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft.).<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In terms of area, Leh district is the second largest district in the country, after the Kutch district of Gujarat.<br />
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One can easily take a walk around the town of Leh and explore the capital of Ladakh in their own way. And so we did. We started for King’s palace and on the way roamed the Leh market area, had some delicious lassi (tasted bit different from what we had in Chandigarh) and started climbing for the king’s palace.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Bashir: Owner of the Famous Lassi shop at Leh Market, "Bashir & Bashir"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dyeing: A common art of Ladakh's hand-loom industry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Leh Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catching hold of breadth & enjoying the beauty mid-way!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Leh Palace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gadgets of the Indian Army who died for the Nation at Siachen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical Pashmina showroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The famous dry fruit market at Leh.</td></tr>
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Though we were excited enough that, we finally made it to Leh, but nervousness cropped in as the day passed by which was pretty evident from all of our faces. While we kept on roaming around and clicking pictures in The King’s palace and an Art Gallery, we would just look at each other, make an assumption of where they might have reached and this continued for a while. All our possible assumptions were flushed into the gutter when no news came of them even after 3:30.<br />
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We were feeling restless, uncomfortable and really frightened at the thought of any kind of adversity. What might have happened! You never know as it is one of the most dangerous circuits of the world!<br />
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We asked Kaushik every half an hour to check whether the messages he had sent were delivered to Souvik or not. We got curious every time his phone rang and stared at it with enormous hope that Shouvik would call up to inform that they have almost reached and that they are fine.<br />
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Our anxiety reached its peak while we decided to go to “Wonderland” again to sit and chat with the locals about the road to Leh and get something to eat. While we were in there, suddenly the phone rang again at around 4 PM.<br />
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It was none other than Shouvik! He called from a local telephone booth at Upshi and informed us that they were fine. Though it was still unknown to us on what exactly happened but still, the phone call added a great relief and ended up all the restlessness in us.<br />
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Kaushik shared our Guest house location through WhatsApp. Hail the advancement in technology!<br />
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At 5:20 PM, Shouvik, Vikash & Amal arrived at the hotel along with 5 other bikers (Pritesh, Tushar, Indu, Neeraj & his wife). We asked Lobzang to arrange accommodation for the rest of the guys and waited eagerly to hear the story of what happened exactly.<br />
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As the rooms were getting ready, they narrated their story.<br />
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The other day, right after we started from Jispa, they fell behind us due to the bad structure of the road. Neeraj & his wife joined them from Jispa itself. Since we were on car, we were not able to realize but them being on bikes felt the real essence of the road condition. It took a lot of time for them to cross the streams after Darcha and reach the base of Baralacha La. While they started descending from the deadly Baralacha La, they met Pritesh, Tushar & Indu, who were stuck there due to small mishap.<br />
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As the weather was freezing with continuous snowfall, everybody’s hands and feet got numbed. It was there where Tushar thought of refilling his tank. After poured in the fuel and tried to lock the tank, his numb, hefty hands put some extra pressure while rotating the key. Due to such low temperature, the key too had become brittle and as a result, it broke. None of them had the expertise of starting a bike without keys!<br />
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With lungs in their mouth, they somehow managed to push the almost 200 Kg Royal Enfield and cross the Baralacha La stretch in its worst condition. After crossing the pass, as they asked for help to everyone who passed, they encountered characters, “Mama- Bhanja”. These two were on a splendor, trying to travel the whole of Kashmir on it and then, go to Punjab via Pathankot. They too, could not help our bikers but then, came a group of bikers, heading for Leh. Luckily, one of them, Anand (a former racer and the co-owner of <a href="http://indimotard.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">IndiMotard</span></b></a>, a biking adventure group based out of Bangalore), knew some bike mechanics as he sorted some wires from the tail light and managed to start the bike without its keys!<br />
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It was already around 2 PM by then. They started their ride and were heading for Leh. When they reached Sarchu, they got to know that, there is massive snowfall going on near Gata Loops.<br />
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It was already 3:30 PM by then and so, they decided to stay back at Sarchu and find some shelter for the night, which was a really wise decision for them to make!<br />
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They halted in a tented accommodation for the night at Sarchu and continued their journey this morning.<br />
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Finally, we all realized on how it felt getting Leh’d. We had become a group of 11 members from 6 !!!...<br />
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While they freshened up, me, Kaushik and Deepu discussed with Lobzang regarding roaming around Leh. As per our itinerary, we were supposed to visit Nubra Valley and Pangong Tso from Leh. But, due to regular avalanches and serious road blockage on the World’s highest motorable road, Khardung La, we had to drop out our plan for visiting Nubra Valley via Khardung La. Instead, we decided to cover Pangong Tso, Magnetic Hill and whatever comes on our way in the next 2 days.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>**Note:</b> There is a circular in Leh. The rule states that no commercial vehicles from outside Ladakh are allowed to roam around in Leh. For sightseeing in and around Leh and visiting places like Nubra Valley, Markha Valley, Pangong Tso, Zanskar River rafting, people need to hire a local car or bike from Leh itself.</span><br />
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We booked 2 Innova through Lobzang for the next day where, we were supposed to cover Pangong Tso and places that falls in between like Shey palace, Shey school (The school where part of the famous movie “3 Idiots” was shot), Thiksey monastery, Sindhu Ghat (Indus bank).<br />
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After a little celebration and a grand dinner at “Wonderland Café”, we hit for the bed.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 17,
2015~</span></h3>
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Stopped at
Karu and had a heavy breakfast consisting of Aloo Parantha, Gobi Parantha,
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We crossed
Chang La, the third highest pass of the World.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chang La: The third highest motor-able road of the World!</td></tr>
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<b>11:30 AM:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Reached Tsol
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching Durbuk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Khalsa regiment at Durbuk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Country roads, take me Home; to the place, where I belong!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A marmot couple curiously looking at humans</td></tr>
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We reached at the bank of the gorgeous Pangong Tso, an endorheic lake in the Himalayas, situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). This lake shares the Indo China border, its 40 KM being in India and the rest 80 KM in Tibet. It’s still and crystal clear water reflected the blue sky above and towering mountains at the backdrop made it all seem like a live painting. The guys spoke rarely as they seemed to have indulged themselves in the serenity of what their conscience had witnessed.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Amazingly, the water of the lake tasted salty!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time pauses when you encounter the spell-bounding beauty of Mother Nature!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the magnificent Pangong Tso</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#TakingPictureOfTakingPictures</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Take a walk with a turtle. And behold the world in pause" - Bruce Feiler</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit" - Stacy London</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One down from the Bucket List!</td></tr>
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We had something to eat and left Pangong Tso as travelling through Chang La pass was risky after dusk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our car got stuck in a stream at Tsol Tak. Once we got out there, we headed for Leh and visited a few places on the way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As we proceeded towards Leh, we got to see a small village “Shakti” located at the foothills of two mountain ranges.<br />
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Then we halted at Sindhu Ghat for some time and left for our guesthouse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sindhu Ghat" : The last bank of Indus river in India</td></tr>
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After we returned back to our hotel at night, we decided to ride our bikes to Magnetic hill and places around, the next day. The reason behind this decision was that, since, Magnetic Hill is nearby and falls on the way to Kargil, so, if any question arises, we can claim that we are leaving/arriving Leh for/from Kargil.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 18,
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After halting at certain places for taking pics and witnessing the beauty that laid in front of our eyes for the whole time, we finally reached Magnetic Hill, a road strip between two ranges where the very gravity is defied.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spectacular Landscapes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pathar Sahib Gurudwara</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Magnetic Hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desert Storm @ Magnetic Hill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amidst the scorching Sun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Convoy of the Trishul Regiment</td></tr>
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<b>1:40 PM:</b></div>
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After
experiencing the wonderful phenomenon of live and natural optical illusion, we
headed further towards Kargil in order to visit the picturesque “Sangam”, confluence
of the Indus and Zanskar Rivers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The Final Gang: (From Left) Kaushik, Tushar, Indu, Arko, Shouvik, Vikash, Deepu, Amal & Pritesh</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rider!</td></tr>
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We reached
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sangam" - Confluence of the Indus and Zanskar Rivers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blue Indus and the shallow Zanskar meet each other!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zanskar Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hall of Fame, Leh</td></tr>
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After
roaming around a bit and taking some clicks, we headed back for Leh and ended
up at Mohan Motors, a garage that specializes in Royal Enfield, situated at
Housing Colony on the Leh-Manali Highway. There we got our bikes serviced and
ready for our return trip to Manali.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting our bikes fixed at Mohan Motors.</td></tr>
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After we
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and shop some souvenirs for our near and dear ones.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rest of the
day was spent mostly relaxing and getting recharged for the next day’s journey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ravi, our
chauffeur came to our hotel at night and told us to get ready by 7 AM, the next
morning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 19,
2015~</span></h3>
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Our return
journey began early morning at 7 AM.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This time we
didn’t made the mistake that we made in our onward journey. The car halted at
certain intervals and both the bikes and car covered almost similar distances
in a given time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This day, I
and Kaushik also rode the bike and the riders were interchanged at certain
places.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Pang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tented restaurants offering food, drinks & stay at Morey plains/Pang Top/Chuha Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morey Plains!</td></tr>
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Our target was to reach Jispa that day in order to avoid the 3 day stretch. The road till Taglangla was fine. From there, bikers were swapped till Pang plains. I again got a chance to ride with Deepu sitting behind. Pang Top/Chuha Top/Morey Plains as you would now is a straight 50 kms strip on a mountain range. As we rode in speeds in excess of 100 km/h, we never spoke a thing. Such mesmerizing was the environment that, we didn't even realized when the 50 km strip ended! After getting down to Pang we had some tea and again swapped the bikers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bad stretches after Pang</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Met with another Landslide before Nakee La. BRO personals clearing the way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting in the queue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vikash & Kaushik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bikers took off road to avoid the long bad stretch!</td></tr>
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Another thing that happened was after crossing Nakee La, Pritesh met with an accident. His bike got skid and he was a bit injured. Luckily nothing much happened to him that could have been! So, from that time onward, he gave his bike to Vikash and completed the rest of the journey in the Innova, from Sarchu onwards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnificent Structures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gata Loops!</td></tr>
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There were a few other minor mishaps on our way to Sarchu but nothing major had happened and by 4:30 PM all of us had reached Sarchu.<br />
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We then left without wasting a minute as we had only 3 and half hours of sun to keep us company and yes, this much time was not enough! We encountered 3 major streams, several weathered bridges on our way to Baralacha La. Our feet were drenched with the ice cold water while pushing the bikes that got stuck in the streams. But, the boys kept on moving in an unmatched spirit!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarchu again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tented accommodation at Sarchu!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The deadly Baralacha La again! Luckily it was sunny this time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset in snow-capped Himalayas.</td></tr>
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Crossing Baralacha La on a sunny day is something Amaaaazing!</div>
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As it got dark (past 8 PM), we reached Darcha with few of our bikes in extremely bad condition. The Enfield Electra which Vikash was driving, had both its brakes nonfunctional; It’s headlight’s low beam wasn’t working and it’s high beam illuminated the mountains but not the road. After all the adversities, every one was able to make it to Jispa at sharp 9:30 PM and huddled in front of the same place , “Himalayan Midway Camp”, wherein we had stayed the night on our way to Leh. Arun and Tenzing arranged our tents, camp fire and a delicious dinner.<br />
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It was one hell of a ride as we rode for more than 14 hours and covered 343 kms and that too of the “LEH-MANALI” circuit. Damn that felt something different which can't be expressed through words!!!!</div>
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I, Kaushik and Deepu started early this day at 7 AM from Jispa. The rest on their bikes were supposed to ride later. Since, the journey for this day is not that hectic, they took their time and slept off the fatigue caused by a 343 km ride the day before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After taking
few breaks on the way, we reached Manali at around 1 PM. We enquired a few
hotels on the way near Manali about the availability and pricing and finally
checked in to New Manali Inn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had our
lunch and waited for the rest of the guys until they reached Manali at around 5
PM in the evening. In the meantime, we arranged for a cab that would transfer
us to Chandigarh from Manali, the next day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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hotel after around 10 PM. Dinner was ready!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Though there
was one more day left for us to return back home but still, it was somehow the
end to our unforgettable road trip. We celebrated at our hotel on the
successful completion of our dream journey to one of the heavenly places on
Earth!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We woke up,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The satisfied traveler!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happiness is getting clicked when you do not have your teeth!</td></tr>
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With a new
source of energy, excitement, happiness, inner peace and a sense of
accomplishment along with a heavy heart, we bid good bye to Manali and headed
towards Chandigarh. While everyone was at their normal self, Deepu was silent and just kept on staring at the mountains and streams. He did bid them fare well with a much heavier heart!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves” – Euripides</td></tr>
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Nothing much
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our trip and looked back to our journey through the pictures! <o:p></o:p>It really felt as if<br />
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A MOMENT DOES LAST LONG....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa.....Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.....</span></td></tr>
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-92015505247015429552015-06-30T20:20:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:08:00.198+05:30A Journey to one of the Heavenly places on Earth (Part 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">An unforgettable road trip through the mighty Himalayas!</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Chandigarh</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manali,_Himachal_Pradesh" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Manali</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solang_Valley" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Solang Valley</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohtang_Pass" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Rohtang La</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> Khoksar -> Sissu -> Tandi -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylong" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Keylong</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jispa" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Jispa</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcha" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Darcha</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> Zing Zing Bar -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara-lacha_la" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Baralacha La</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarchu" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Sarchu</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="http://wikimapia.org/14481250/Gata-loops" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Gata Loops</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> Nakee La -> Lachung La -> </span><a href="http://wikimapia.org/1741191/Pang" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Pang</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_plains" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Morey Plains</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> (Pang Top/Chuha Top) -> </span><a href="http://www.lehladakhindia.com/taglang-la-pass/" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Taglang La</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="http://wikimapia.org/1742632/Rumtse" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Rumtse</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshi" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Upshi</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> Karu -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thikse_Monastery" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Thikse</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shey" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Shey</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Leh</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_La" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Chang La</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangong_Tso" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Pangong Tso</span></a><span style="color: #f1c232;"> -> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Hill_(India)" style="color: #f1c232;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Magnetic Hills</span></a></span></h3>
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It all started with a couple of Beers, sometime back in November, 2014. A few friends were chilling out on a Saturday evening. Suddenly, someone brought forward the topic of a road trip to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Ladakh</span></b></a>.<br />
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It has always been a dream for many youngsters to do this road trip on one of the most dangerous circuits in the world (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh%E2%80%93Manali_Highway" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Leh-Manali Highway</span></b></a>). But, due to its high risk factors, difficult stretches and comparatively higher cost, the dream often stays as a dream for many. The same was with all of us too. We planned for this trip earlier many times but, failed to make it happen.<br />
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As the conversation went on, me (Arko), Vikash & Shouvik made up our mind that this is it. Let’s make this road trip happen this year itself or else it will again get pushed down in our bucket list and might not get executed ever. We chalked out a rough plan and shared it with all the other friends so that, those who want to do this trip, get enough time to plan and save money that is required for this trip.<br />
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Initially, as per our rough planning, we thought of hitting the road during the first weekend of June, 2015. After doing a lot of research works, we decided to postpone our plan by a week or two, as it will ensure that the Leh-Manali highway gets opened by that time. Usually, every year, the road gets cleared and becomes open to public by May end or June starting. So, to be on the safe side, we decided to plan for the second weekend of June.<br />
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During the month of February, 2015, the plan took a proper dimension and shape, when we booked our flight tickets to Chandigarh from Bangalore. The journey dates got fixed to June 11th & June 22nd respectively. A group of nine people were in for the plan and we started our research work to the core for the next 2-3 months.<br />
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A detailed itinerary was prepared by April and it was shared with everyone. But, it seems that there was some extra adventure and excitement written in our luck! As earlier said, usually, every year, the road gets cleared and is open to public by May end or June starting. This time the scenario was different. It snowed heavily and as declared, it was the highest snowfall in that area over the past 15 years.<br />
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It was very difficult for the BRO to cut & clear the snow and make the road available for public usage. I was taking regular updates from several sources, including different blogs that are dedicated for this road trip to Ladakh. “BCM Touring” and “Devil on Wheels” are among the blogs that helped me a lot in gathering latest information on the Leh Manali Highway status and planning for our trip.<br />
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As our journey date was nearing by, the excitement was increasing rapidly along with the uncertainty factor. It was almost towards mid-May and there were still no confirmation on the date when the Leh-Manali Highway will get opened. The opening of Rohtang Pass was also delayed this year and it got finally cleared on May 15th. With another 26 days in hand, we felt like our trip was six feet from the edge and rumors were in the air that the road might get opened by June 1st or latest by the first weekend of June.<br />
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With no choice left in our hand, we were simply hoping for the best and though unwillingly, but still, started for preparing a backup plan. The days passed by like anything and in the meantime something else happened to add on to our adrenaline rush.<br />
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Our plan was to do the road trip in a combination of both motorcycles and car. Shouvik has his own Royal Enfield Desert Storm. He would transport his bike to Chandigarh via courier service or as a parcel through the railway. We will rent another 2 Royal Enfield from Manali (which was already been booked via BRM, by Vikash and Amal (another member of our gang)) and a car. So, it summed up to 3 Royal Enfield motorcycles, an SUV and 9 travelers.<br />
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Shouvik was supposed to parcel his motorcycle to Chandigarh on June 6th via Yesvantpur Sampark Kranti Express but, due to some miscommunication & false information, he failed to do so! Vikash & Shouvik looked for courier services too on that day, but, it was already late and the motorcycle will not be able to get transported to Chandigarh by any means on or before June 11th. Whether it was a boon or a bane, that got cleared later, but, at that point of time, it was a matter of certain disappointment to all of us. Right at that moment, Vikash booked another Royal Enfield from BRM, in order to support our plan.<br />
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The first weekend of June passed by and still, there was no confirmation on the opening of the Leh-Manali highway. From the blogs, that I was following, there was news that the BRO is trying their best to open the Leh-Manali Highway sometime between June 15th & June 19th. The main issue was with the deadly Baralacha La, also known as Bara-lacha Pass, a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the Leh-Manali highway.<br />
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With a tight schedule in hand and the journey date knocking at the door, there was high confusion on whether we will be able to make it or not. Looking at the condition of the road and the high uncertainty factor of our itinerary, 3 from our group dropped out from the plan on June 9th and decided to go for the backup plan, which was the road trip to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiti_Valley" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Spiti Valley</span></b></a>. Even, the rest of the guys were also in a dilemma on whether to go for the backup plan (Spiti Valley) or follow our instincts and take the risk to see what’s in there for us!<br />
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It was a do or die situation and we were damn desperate not to give up so easily. Why it shouldn’t be? After all, it’s Ladakh and also a dream trip for everyone that we planned for almost more than six months.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 11, 2015~</span></h3>
Finally the D-day arrived and we were 6 people (me, Vikash, Shouvik, Kaushik, Deepu (Deepankar) & Amal (Amalendu)) heading for the unknown!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Indigo!</td></tr>
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Our flight to Chandigarh was on the same day (June 11th), but the timings were different. I was the first to reach there at 12:55 PM, followed by Shouvik, Vikash, Amal and Deepu, who were in the same flight and reached there at 2:20 PM. Kaushik was supposed to arrive there at 4:30 PM. So, without waiting for him and with a hungry stomach, we headed for “Pal Dhaba”, a famous restaurant in Sector 28D, Chandigarh.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">**Note:</span></b> It’s better to book a Mega cab or OLA cab or Uber rather than going for the prepaid taxis at Chandigarh airport. There’s a huge difference in the prices. If you would enquire, you will surely get to know.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Satisfying our hungry stomach at "Pal Dhaba"!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have been to Punjab or Chandigarh and didn't had a glass of Lassi is perhaps one of the most unforgivable sin! ;)</td></tr>
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After satisfying our stomach to its extreme, we headed towards Sector 43B from where, our bus to Manali was scheduled at night 11:15 PM. We booked a roadside hotel, nearby the bus stand, just to dump our luggage and take a short break. The rate, they charged was hourly based and we paid 600 bucks for some 6-7 hours.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Kaushik, Shouvik, Vikash, Deepankar, Amalendu & me behind the lens!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's dinner time guys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the most happiest persons I have ever met till now, who has more than 100% Job Satisfaction!</td></tr>
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<b>Here comes our next horrible experience!</b><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Don’t go by the bus timings provided at Redbus or Paytm websites. We booked our bus tickets separately with BFC Holidays, from Redbus and Paytm due to some offers. Our Bus was scheduled for 11:35 PM and the reporting time was at 11:15 PM. Though we received the bus information by SMS, but, we were taken aback when the bus didn’t arrive till 11:25 PM. After calling the bus representative, they informed us that the bus will arrive at the pickup point at around 12:30 AM. At that time, we cursed BFC Holidays like anything but, later, after reaching Manali, we came to know that it’s the same with all the travels running in the Chandigarh-Manali route. After enquiring from several other passengers and bus drivers, we came to know that the problem is with the online portals (Redbus, Paytm, etc.), where, neither the pickup timings, nor the travel timings are anyway close to the actuals. The travel time was mentioned as 7:30 hours to 8 hours for most of the Volvos. But, after hearing this, some of the drivers even laughed like anything and exclaimed in wonder that “Even if we fly the buses, then also it’s not possible to reach Manali any time before 10 hours (approx.) in that road!”</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 12, 2015~</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roaring Beas on the way to Manali</td></tr>
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We reached Manali private Bus Stand the next morning at 11:40 AM. Luckily we had our hotel rooms pre-booked for one night at Hotel Trishul and so, we didn’t have to waste our time in searching for a room. Two auto rickshaws took us to our Hotel and charged Rs. 150 each.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hotel Trishul at Aleo, Manali</td></tr>
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Mr. Amit Trishul, the owner of the hotel is a nice gentleman. He welcomed us in a warm manner and also provided the latest information on the Leh-Manali Highway status, which was still closed at Baralacha La. He also suggested us that if we are that much desparate to visit Ladakh, then we should start our journey and take the Srinagar-Leh Highway to reach Ladakh that was already opened. While coming back, we can take the Leh-Manali Highway because, based on the rumors, this road should get opened by that time. He also confirmed us that he can manage to book a cab for us for that route since; most of the cab drivers from Manali don’t want to go through the Srinagar-Leh Highway due to their local taxi union protocol and longer route.<br />
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After getting freshened up, we had a nice lunch at Hotel Trishul itself. The food was damn good. While eating, we started discussing that whether we should go for this Srinagar-Leh Highway or not. The bikers will face a lot problem in this route as we will not be having much buffer days in our hand, if we go through this route, due to our compact schedule. Almost every day, we need to drive/ride for almost 8-10 hours, which will be really hectic and we will be left with no choice if someone gets ill or if someday we want to skip and deviate from the itinerary. So, we thought of visiting the SDM office first and then make changes to our plan accordingly.<br />
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We headed out from the hotel at around 1 PM, for collecting the bikes that we had already booked from BRM. We knew that BRM was in Vashisht, but had no idea like where Vashisht was. After enquiring from the locals, we started trekking towards Vashisht. On our way, we enquired about the car rental and the road status from almost all the tours & travels that were present between Aleo and Manali Mall. When we came close to the bridge near the mall area, we got divided into 3 groups. Vikash, Shouvik & Amal went towards Vashisht for collecting the bikes, Kaushik went for checking the cab rates and collecting the route information, I & Deepu went towards the SDM office to get the latest and updated news on the Leh-Manali highway status.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All set to explore New Manali and get things ready for our journey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow Bridge connecting Aleo with Manali Mall road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casual posing on the New Manali Bridge</td></tr>
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Voila…!!!... Guess what…!!!... The officials at the SDM office informed us that the Baralacha La has been cleared finally and around 50 cars and bikes passed the cross on that day. Though there were no official announcements but, they confirmed that by the next day, the circular will come.<br />
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Our excitement took a different shape and that definitely called for a celebration. But, the thing was that, we needed to wait for one other day at Manali, since we didn’t had our car booked and apparently, we didn’t had the permit issued, that is required for vehicles crossing the Rohtang Pass.<br />
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<b>***There is a rule on the vehicles crossing Rohtang Pass from Manali. The number of vehicles has been limited to 1000 cars per day (600 petrol and 400 diesel vehicles) and the vehicles should get the pass issued from the DM office itself before leaving for Rohtang La. The pass is also issued till 3PM and is available on first come first serve basis. The local agents can also get your pass issued beforehand, charging some few bucks extra for them. This rule is limited to four wheeler only and not for the two wheeler.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manali Mall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siddu - A local dish made with flour, stuffed with poppy seeds & onion, baked & served with green chutney</td></tr>
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By evening, we got the two wheelers that we booked through BRM and also booked an Innova from Sonam, a local travel agent cum driver who runs his vehicles for the Leh trip from Manali. Sonam confirmed us that if the circular comes the next day then, he would get the permit issued from the SDM office and we do not need to worry on that.<br />
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We were much relieved and thought of spending the next day in and around Manali. In this way, the bikes will also get checked for a whole day and we will get accustomed to them. We also decided to take two bikes to Leh and not three bikes based on our initial itinerary. In this way it will ensure that we have sufficient backup riders in case something happens to someone and the person needs rest for a day or something like that.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 13, 2015~</span></h3>
We woke up a bit late this morning at around 9-9:30 AM. Our room at Hotel Trishul was pre-booked for one night and due to heavy rush, we didn’t have another day extended at the same hotel. But, the Hotel Manager helped us by arranging our stay at New Manali Inn, a hotel nearby. Though the hotel was not that great as Trishul but, it was okay for a night stay.<br />
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After shifting our luggage, we had breakfast and headed for Solang Valley, a beautiful place situated at around 14 km away from Manali, on the way to Rohtang Pass. Solang Valley is famous for its adventurous sports activities that includes paragliding, parachuting, skiing during the winters which is replaced by zorbing during summers, horse riding, quad biking and ropeway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Solang Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pillions enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick halt mid way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long traffic caused due to some landslide earlier. Road work in progress.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paragliding at Solang Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Solang Valley"</td></tr>
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We six were on 3 Royal Enfield and reached Solang Valley at around 11:30 AM – 12 PM, spent around 2 hours there and headed back towards old Manali. In the meantime, we tried to reach Sonam in order to enquire regarding the permit and also for the confirmation on our cab but, to our wonder, his cell was either not reachable or switched off. We were taken aback and left with no choice; we made our car booking confirmed with Naoang, another travel agent whom we met that day morning.<br />
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We returned to Old Manali, had a great lunch and then, some (I & Deepu) headed back to the Manali Mall area for shopping some of the necessaries that are needed on our way to Leh. Kaushik went to meet Naoang and check on the status of our permit; Shouvik, Vikash and Amal went back to BRM to give back one bike and get the other bikes fixed, as there were some problems we were facing with the bikes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious Fish Tandoori at a cafe in Old Manali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Manali market area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Grass" was greener...!!!...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gorging Beas</td></tr>
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We all met again back in our hotel at around 8 PM. Got the bike tanks refilled. Naoang came to meet us after we had our dinner and took an advance of 20K. He confirmed that the car will be waiting outside at 7 AM. Since, we were heading till Jispa, the next day, so, he told that 7 AM is absolutely fine to start with.<br />
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In the meantime, at around 9 PM, Sonam called us and told that he was busy that day and took some passengers to Rohtang, where his cell was out of reach. We told him that we waited for him and then to be on the safe side, we already confirmed our booking with someone else.<br />
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With lots of excitement and no idea of what is there next, we tried to sleep and was finally able to after around 1-2 AM.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 14, 2015~</span></h3>
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The crux of the trip begins…..!!!!.....</div>
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Let’s Ride….!!!...</div>
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We woke up and got ready by around 7:15 AM. To our wonder, we found that Sonam and his driver, Ravi came with Naoang. It was during this time, we came to know that there are hardly some 250-300 commercial vehicles in Manali that dedicatedly run in this Leh-Manali highway during the season time and almost everyone is linked to the other in some way or the other. Even they have an almost fixed rate chart so that, neither the tourists, nor the drivers are cheated or less paid in any way.<br />
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Anyway, we finally started from Manali at 7:30 AM. Kaushik and Deepu were in the Innova that was almost empty with the back side dumped with our luggage. I, Shouvik, Vikash and Amal were on a Classic 350 and a Thunderbird 500.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's Ride...........!!!!...........</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breathtaking views on the way</td></tr>
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We reached Gulaba Check Post at 9:10 AM and saw an almost 1-1.5 Kms of traffic. We were lucky enough because we were riding two wheelers and so didn’t have to waste our time on that queue.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long queue of traffic before Gulaba Check Post</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A short break after the Gulaba Check post</td></tr>
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While I was riding the bike with Shouvik as my pillion, we met with an accident around 2 kms before reaching Marhi; that too due to some idiot driving a hatchback in a nonsensical manner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting our bike fixed temporarily</td></tr>
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<b>10 AM</b>: The road got blocked just before Marhi, due to landslides.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the blockage to get cleared</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The BRO personals clearing the road blockage caused due to the Landslide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Marhi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the journey continues</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering the first "Zero Visibility Zone" during this trip before reaching Rohtang top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A short break in the "Zero Visibility Zone"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick selfie when the road got blocked ahead again due to narrow passage & bad condition</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wait continues</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the "Snow Tunnels" to reach Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<b>12:40 PM:</b> We were at Rohtang Top. Had some tea and coffee, waited for some time for the Innova to arrive, but, thought that the car will run at a much faster speed when there will be very less or no traffic after Rohtang and they will be able to catch us. So, we left an SMS to both Deepu and Kaushik and again started with our motto – “Let’s Ride…!!!...”<br />
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<b>*** Already the network problem began when we started ascending for Rohtang. The network was available at Rohtang Top, but, after crossing it, there was no network until Keylong.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quenching our thirst at Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife." - Daniel Boone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roadside stalls along Rohtang La</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stretches of narrow passes, bad road and zero visibility</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sports activities at Rohtang Top includes quad biking</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the traffic to get cleared at Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow Scooters: another sports activity at Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In search for an appropriate rider!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow Point - Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally got relieved of the nasty traffic as we headed further from Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." - Franklin D. Roosevelt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow beaked crows at Rohtang!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." - Vincent Van Gogh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downhill from Rohtang Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the stretches of roads in bad conditions began</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." - John Burroughs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning beauty of Mother Nature</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bad stretches continues!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein</td></tr>
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<b>3:19 PM:</b> We entered the Lahaul Valley and reached Khoksar, the next checkpost.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Khoksar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This made us realize that we are already in a low air pressure zone!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the Khoksar bridge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beauty of Lahaul Valley begins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here." - Desiderata</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the first stream on our way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No captions please! :P</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greener Sissu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sissu, a small village on the way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous Lahaul Valley!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish I could own that house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another stretch of the bad road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright</td></tr>
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<b>5:12 PM:</b> Reached Tandi, the last petrol pump on the Leh-Manali Highway. Each and every vehicle needs to refill their tank and carry extra reserves in Jars. The reason behind this is the next petrol pump is situated 365 Kms away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Refill your Tanks and carry reserves as the next Filling Station is 365 KM ahead!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Tandi Bridge</td></tr>
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<b>5:50 PM:</b> Reached Keylong, the last major town in this highway. You will also find the last ATM (SBI) here before Upshi. It is also here that you will receive the last network on your mobile (Airtel, BSNL) before Karu. I was using Vodafone and didn’t receive any network there. Anyway, who cares about network when you are on your dream road trip? We got our rides, a little serviced here at Keylong.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Keylong!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting our bikes serviced</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the town of Keylong</td></tr>
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<b>6:07 PM:</b> Halted at Yarkid Restaurant to have the so called “Lunch” and received a call from the tent owner at Jispa, who mentioned that the Innova has already reached their camp!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had a great lunch!</td></tr>
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<b>7:20 PM:</b> Reached Jispa, our first night halt after Manali in the “Himalayan Midway Camp”.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first night halt after Manali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camp Fire - A must add on to your stay that will relieve you a lot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A decent dinner inside the Tents</td></tr>
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 15, 2015~</span></h3>
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One of the most remarkable days from the whole trip!</div>
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We had a great sleep amidst nature in the tented accommodation. I woke up the earliest I guess at around 3:30 AM and headed out for feeling the nature and getting some early morning shots. Throughout the day, it was cloudy and I was a bit pissed off!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 AM: In search for some early morning shots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Be a gentle friend to trees and they will give you back beauty, cool and fragrant shade, and many birds, singing."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature." - Gerard De Nerval</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Mooooooooorning Jispa......!!!!.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“He who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones first”</td></tr>
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Arun, the care taker of the camp, arranged breakfast for us. We had it and hit the road at 7:20 AM.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting started for one of the most remarkable day</td></tr>
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This day, I was travelling in car along with Kaushik and Deepu due to some minor injuries that I received the other day. Amal, Vikash and Shouvik were riding the two wheelers.<br />
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Our plan was to halt at certain places like the Deepak Tal, Sarchu & Pang so that; both the bikers and the car travel almost equal distance at certain intervals. Depending on the time we reach Pang, we will head for Leh, the same day or will give a halt somewhere middle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darcha Check Post just after crossing Jispa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Darcha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading towards the unknown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first stream that we crossed after Darcha</td></tr>
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<b>8 AM:</b> We reached Deepak Tal, a lake situated around 21 Kms from Jispa and waited for around 10-15 min for the bikers. There were no signs of the bikers and we thought to proceed and wait somewhere in Sarchu. This was a mistake that we made and realized the next day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deepak Tal</td></tr>
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<b>8:40 AM:</b> Crossed Zing Zing Bar. The police person at this check post told us to wait for some time and then cross the Baralacha La, as there was heavy snowfall at the top with almost zero visibility at certain places and roads being covered by snow again, which the BRO will clear later after the weather gets better.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zing Zing Bar</td></tr>
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Ravi, our chauffeur told him okay and started driving again. He was a good guy but, we had no idea why he did that. On asking him, he told that, “Don’t worry, I know this road from the core and I will manage!” It was really true and we became absolutely comfortable with his driving skills after he drove amazingly through the Baralacha La stretch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of the deadly Baralacha La</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road got blocked due to heavy snowfall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deadly in every way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying hard to bypass the obstacles and proceed ahead</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got stuck again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." - John Ruskin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's will power, strong desire & blessings that you need to cross this stretch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continuous struggle against bad weather & road</td></tr>
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<b>9:28 AM:</b> Baralacha La top<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunned & amazed!</td></tr>
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Ride through the deadly Baralacha La!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't get lost like the road! Make your own way & be safe!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No signs of relief for miles & miles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crane was kept there last night. What happened to it in just one night!</td></tr>
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<b>10:08 AM:</b> Crossed Baralacha La<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The frozen stream. Two wheeler can take the bridge but, four wheeler need to go off road!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, a sign of relief to see something other than white!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Killingsarai</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the warmness after a long stretch of chilled weather</td></tr>
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<b>11 AM:</b> Reached Sarchu. Due to the absence of any feasible tents, as heard earlier, we headed for Pang.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You leave all your worries behind!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Badi Badi Deshon mein aisi Choti Choti Baatein hoti rehte hain! ;) :P</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds." - Robert Green Ingersoll</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I named it "Grand Canyon of India"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The historical Gata Loops begins!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery." - John Ruskin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wished the sky was clear!</td></tr>
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<b>12:24 AM:</b> Crossed Nakeela Pass<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nakee La</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lachung La</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it." - Jules Renard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains." - William Shakespeare</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The speechless natural formations as if the Almighty created magic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Someone pinch me hard please! It seems that I am lost in wonderland!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." - Ralph Waldo Emerson</td></tr>
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<b>1:58 PM:</b> Reached Pang. We had some food and waited there till around 3:15 PM. Then, Ravi told us to start for Leh and get the hotels booked there so that, the bikers will get the rooms ready once they reach Leh. Moreover, we came to know at this point that after dropping us, Ravi will head back to Manali the same night because, he has other tourists to pick up from Manali on 17th morning. So, without waiting for longer, we headed for Leh.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pang</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Numerous Tents at Pang that offers food and also Beds at night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicious Thukpa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The military base at Pang</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God's own creation continues!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The non-ending Morey Plains/Pang Top/Chuha Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taglang La - The second highest Pass of the World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucky enough to spot a herd of Ibex on the way</td></tr>
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<b>4:54 PM:</b> Crossed Rumtse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning multi-colored mountains!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Buddha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nature is the art of God." - Dante Alighieri</td></tr>
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<b>5:30 PM:</b> Reached Upshi. The commercial vehicle tax needs to be paid at Upshi RTO for entering J&K. There was a small halt at Upshi.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering Upshi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small halt while our chauffeur, Ravi went for paying the Tax at the RTO</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaushik</td></tr>
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<b>6:20 PM:</b> Finally, half of the group got Leh’d!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." - William Shakespeare</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"To travel is to take a journey into yourself." - Danny Kaye</td></tr>
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We got a point of contact, Lobzang, from the tent at Pang, where we had our lunch. It was Lobzang’s mother who runs the Tent at Pang. She gave her son’s contact details for hotel and travel purpose at Leh. After crossing Karu, we got network in the Airtel postpaid connection of Kaushik.<br />
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We called Lobzang on our way and headed directly to the place where Lobzang was waiting for us. After checking 2 guest houses, we took one, “Lyon Guest House”, situated at old Leh road, near to the “Shanti Stupa”.<br />
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But, where are the rest of the people! They got separated and are left somewhere in the middle with no contacts at all. We waited till around 8:30 PM, hoping that they might arrive. After that with some tension and anxiety around, we hit the bed without even having proper dinner.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">~June 16, 2015~</span></h3>
We woke up at around 9:30 AM, had breakfast in a restaurant nearby, “The Wonderland Café” and headed out to explore Leh. Though we were excited enough that we finally made it to Leh but, the nervousness was increasing as the day passed by.<br />
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Where are the rest of the guys? Are they fine? Is everything good with them? A lot of assumptions were summing up in our head and it took a different shape when every assumption of ours went wrong and we still didn’t have any clue about their being even after 3:30 PM.<br />
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We were feeling restless and uncomfortable with no idea like what to do or where to go! What might have happened! You never know as it is one of the most dangerous circuits of the world!<br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-74794709854449104692015-05-14T16:57:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:08:11.953+05:30A Day Trek to Savandurga Hills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime;">A Day Trek to Savandurga Hills en-route Manchanabele Dam</span></h2>
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Savandurga Hills is one of the largest monolith hills in Asia that offers an unparalleled trekking experience to the adventure enthusiasts. Situated at around 1226 meter above sea level and 60 Km west of Bangalore, Savandurga hills is a great weekend getaway spot from Bangalore.<br />
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Several pilgrims pay visit to the Savandi Veerabhadreshwara Swamy and Narasimha Swamy temple situated at the foothills there. Apart from them, Savandurga hills are frequently visited by picnickers, rock climbers and adventurists who come here and get indulged into several kinds of activities. There are many Bangalore based private tourism companies that organize several adventurous activities in and around Savandurga, which are quiet cheap and easily affordable.<br />
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My visit to this wonderful place was suddenly planned on a Sunday morning along with two friends of mine, Shouvik and Subhankar. From Bangalore, Savandurga Hills can be reached either, via Magadi Road or via Mysore Road. We started at around 6 AM on Sunday from Shouvik’s place nearby HAL market in Bengaluru and took the Mysore road route. We decided to follow this route because, on this way, we will cross the Manchanabele Dam that has been made on the Arkavathi River, which passes nearby through the Thippagondanahalli reservoir. Manchanabele Dam was earlier famous for watersports activities and the landscape around the Manchanabele reservoir lake is really wonderful and photogenic.<br />
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Though the entry to the Dam and the Lake water is prohibited now due to some mishaps that happened in the recent past, but it’s still worth visiting Savandurga Hills via this route as you will get a closer glimpse of the Manchanabele reservoir lake when you travel through this route.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First view of the Manchanabele Reservoir Lake</td></tr>
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We reached near the Manchanabele reservoir lake at around 7:10 in the morning; clicked some pictures and headed towards our final destination. On our way from the Manchanabele Dam, we crossed a state forest, where the road was blocked at one place due to a tree that got uprooted and fell on the road due to the other night storm. Somehow, we got off road and made our way to cross that blockage and went on. The road was narrow but well maintained apart from the last 3 km. Once you take a right hand diversion from the Magadi-Ramanagara road to the Savandurga road at Nayakanapalya, the road is a rough one that leads you to the foothill.<br />
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<span style="color: lime;">***There is a small restaurant at the junction in Nayakanapalya, just where you need to take the diversion. That restaurant is the best option to have your breakfast in and around Savandurga, as there are no other such hotels nearby and the only food options available are light snacks items like biscuits, cakes, tea, juices, & coconut water.</span><br />
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As we already knew this fact while Googling about Savandurga, so, we had a nice breakfast at this restaurant and finally reached the parking space at the foothill of Savandurga at almost 8:30 AM. We parked our vehicle there and without wasting any time, headed for the uphill trek. The parking fee was Rs. 10 per bike. We were lucky enough as it was a pleasant morning with not much heat of the Sun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the foothill of Savandurga</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the shrubs and heading towards the Hill base (Subhankar (left) & Shouvik (right))</td></tr>
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The trek to Savandurga Hills is not that easy and will surely make you feel a lot tired. This trek can take anywhere between one and half to two and half hours to reach the top, based on your stamina. You need to take rest at places and then carry on again with the next phase. Thus, it is always advisable to go there during early morning, when the weather is pleasant. Uphill Trekking during the Noon, under the scorching Sun will not be a good idea at all to plan for Savandurga!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right at the base of the hill getting started for the Uphill Trek</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small, almost dried out stream on the way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catching our breadth under a shade</td></tr>
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Though there are some kids roaming around there, who act as guides and offers you to take you to the top in return for some money, but, you can easily try this trek without anyone’s help. All you need to do is, follow the electric poles and you will see arrow markings on the way. Just stick to those markings and don’t try anything odd, as it is quite dangerous in certain places and without your knowledge, you might get trapped.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dangerous steep slopes on the way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At some places you can't even walk; It's better to crawl up and down there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A chameleon disguised as the marble rock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first fort wall that we came across</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halfway victory!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling the cool breeze</td></tr>
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As we climbed up the Savandurga Hills, we came across several rocky trails with scanty vegetation and also the ruins of a fortress that was originally built by Kempe Gowda II but, later occupied by the legendary Tipu Sultan. The slope gets steeper and dangerous as you climb up. After around 2 hours, at 10:45 AM, we reached the top of Savandurga Hills, where a small Nandi Temple is situated.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruins of fortress at mid way</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking some rest under the sky. Thank God, the weather was not against us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last set of ruins almost at the Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good as drink is, it ends in thirst!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Nandi Temple situated at Hill Top</td></tr>
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Do not rush yourself during this trekking. Take your own time and trek in your own way, enjoying the scenic beauty and taking ample rest on the way. Once you are at the top, the breathtaking view of the surroundings will simply blow away your mind and your soul will be highly satisfied on this achievement. Spend as much time you want to spend at the hill top and start the down trek at least an hour before the sunset.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scanty vegetation on the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the midway Ruins from the Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunny patches amidst the cloudy sky!</td></tr>
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We stayed there on the Hilltop for around an hour and then started the down-trek at around noon as the area was getting covered by dark black clouds. We wished we could have stayed back there longer amidst the breathtaking environment. But, safety first! We returned back as fast as possible, so that, we don't get stuck mid way due to rain and we were pretty successful on our venture. Unfortunately, there were many people who got stuck at the hilltop or in the middle, who took shelters under small cave type formations. It would be really a very difficult job for them to get down after the rain stops!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's getting dark too dark to see!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The outstanding view of the Manchanabele reservoir lake from the Savandurga Hill Top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That cold black cloud is comin' down...Feels like I'm knockin' on Heaven's Door...!!!...</td></tr>
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We waited at the foothill under a shed for around an hour or so until the rain stopped and then headed back to Bangalore via the Magadi-Ramanagara Rd and National Highway 4.<br />
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Overall it was an amazing day out that was highly refreshing!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Important Note:</span></h3>
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carry sufficient water and packed foods (especially chocolates, biscuits, cakes & other snacks) along with you as there are no options available at the hilltop and you will definitely need ample amount of water and snacks in order to support your body and stomach during the Trek.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Plan your trek in such a way so that you reach the hilltop before the Sun is too strong in order to avoid any unpleasant trekking experience. For the downhill trek, you can choose any time of the day but, make sure you start the down trek at least an hour before the sunset.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Follow the arrow marks on the hill and the electric poles that will lead you to the hilltop through a proper way. Don’t try anything unnecessary or else you might get trapped there.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do not rush & stress yourself while going uphill. Take your own time and enjoy the view on your way. There are certain stretches where you can’t walk properly. It is better you crawl rather than walk on those stretches.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wear shoes and other footwear that are having good grips. Avoid wearing slippers and sandals that do not have proper grip hold. If you do not have the proper footwear, then go there in naked feet.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Avoid visiting Savandurga Hills during the rainy season as it is highly dangerous and not at all advisable to trek when the slopes are wet and slippery.<br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-74836229374989426612015-05-08T10:30:00.000+05:302016-01-25T13:08:22.768+05:30A Brief Glimpse of Nandi Hills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime;">Nandi Hills - One of the best Sunrise view in & around Bangalore</span></h2>
Nandi Hills or Nandidurg is an ancient hill fortress, located at a distance of around 52 km from Hebbal Kempapura in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Bengaluru</span></b></a>, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located at a height of 4,851 feet (1,479 meter) above sea level in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state, Nandi Hills has been a favorite picnic spot for any kind of traveler, especially the young enthusiasts on weekends. Previously, during the Chola period, Nandi Hills was called, Ananda Giri/Hills, which means the Hills of Happiness. The present name of Nandi Hills is based on the shape of the hill, which resembles a sleeping bull.<br />
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Nandi Hills offers an amazing scenic beauty and excellent climatic condition along with fresh, soothing, cool & pollution-free breeze to feel and inhale. Though there is nothing much in Nandi hills and if you have been to various hill stations then, you might find it below average, but still, it has become a popular tourist destination because of its wonderful landscapes, pleasant weather, Nandi temple, Brahmashrama and also for its unbeatably best sunrise view in Bangalore.<br />
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Nandi Hills can be visited anytime during the year but, during the rainy season (generally during June till August), visit to this place is not much favored as it is extremely wet during this time. It is best if you start early from Bangalore at around 3-4 AM in the morning and reach the hill top before sunrise. Even if you reach there before the sunrise, you should be lucky enough to view it from the hill top as during most of the time of the year, the surrounding remains foggy in the early morning that generally gets cleared after an hour or two of the sunrise.<br />
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In the case if you are not able to view the sunrise from the hill top, which happened to me too, don’t get upset because, the early morning ride to the Nandi Hills itself is a wonderful experience that will freshen up your mind and make you forget all your worries. The early morning breakfast accompanied with a cup or two of hot coffee or tea on the cold hill top, is a great add-on to the traveling experience to Nandi Hills.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." - Henri Matisse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way." - Walter Hagen</td></tr>
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<span style="color: lime;">Wondering, how to reach Nandi Hills?</span><br />
The best and the only way to reach Nandi Hills from Bangalore, is by road. You can rent a car or ride your own vehicle. There is a motorable road to the top of the hill. The road is very good to drive to Nandi Hills, even on 2 wheelers but, be careful while you are riding as there is only one road to the hill top and you can expect vehicles coming from the other side as well. Two wheelers are not allowed after a certain point. You need to park your vehicle there and trek to the hill top. Four wheelers can climb to the top. There’s an entry fee of Rs 10 per person, Rs 100 for parking car (including entry ticket for all passengers) and Rs 20 for two wheelers.<br />
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From Hebbal flyover, take NH7 and drive straight until you see a signboard in English, displaying "Nandi Hills 22 km", which is located at about 10km after passing by the BIAL airport flyover. Take a left diversion from here and drive straight to reach Nandi Hills. You can also take the help of GPS to reach there.<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Earlier, the entry & exit timings to Nandi Hills were from 6 AM to 10 PM but the timings are now limited to 5:30 AM to 6 PM to avoid crimes.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make sure that you carry some warm clothes with you as the temperature in the hill top, especially during the early morning is very less when compared to the temperature in Bangalore city. The riders in two wheelers need to carry jackets or windcheaters in order to protect their body from the cool breeze.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Be careful with food as there are monkeys that snatch food items and many dogs as well on the hill.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do not leave the windows or doors of your car open, even if you are sitting inside and do not keep any eatables in such a way that they are visible from outside.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There are no ATMs in Nandi hills. So, better make sure that you have enough cash for your food and snacks. It is also advisable to bring your own packed food since eating options at the hill top are very limited.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You should also take care while driving the car or two wheelers, as there are around 40 sharp curves on the way and it is a two way road with vehicles coming from the other side as well, that too amidst dew and fog.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i>***Don’t be a LITTERBUG there! Please use the garbage containers placed there to dump your litter.</i></span><br />
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Arkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01326632655874442196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089183094847897884.post-60216109551145093382015-05-07T00:30:00.004+05:302016-01-25T13:08:34.364+05:30Kendatti - A Hidden Paradise, not so far away from the busy Bangalore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: lime;">A day trip to Kendatti & back to Bangalore -</span></h2>
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It was a monotonous, busy, yet boring weekday at office. Most probably, it was the Tuesday or Wednesday of the second week of March, 2015. Suddenly Amit, my childhood friend pinged me on FB and asked to Google for a place named “Kendatti”. This place has been named as “Chota Ladakh” by many people on their blogs and even in News. Within minutes, I looked into the pictures from Google and felt in love with the place at once.<br />
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But, what an irony! Suddenly I found this link on<span style="color: orange;"> <a href="http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Chhota-Ladakh-bites-the-dust/articleshow/33751749.cms" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Kendatti Lake being a prohibited area</span></b></a></span><span style="color: white;">, </span>and it broke our heart.<br />
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Then within an hour, after gathering some basic information about the place and its surroundings, we decided that whatever it maybe, let’s hit the road during the coming weekend and if we can’t visit there, then at least, we will have a long drive on the Kolar Highway and have some snacks in the <span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.cafecoffeeday.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">Café Coffee Day</span></b></a> </span>situated nearby. Kendatti is situated on the National Highway 4, just 43.4 km from Krishnarajapuram (K.R. Puram) Railway Station in Bangalore. It can be visited from Bangalore either fully via National Highway 4 which is having Tolls or via Hoskote Malur Rd and National Highway 4 without Tolls. Soon, we shared the plan with the other buddies and most of them were in.<br />
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Everyone in the gang is a great planner, but mostly we find it hard to successfully execute the plans! This time, our plan was to hit the road by 6-7 on Sunday morning. This was planned in such a way, so that, we can avoid the scorching Sun. It would be an hour drive from our place. We would reach there, visit the surroundings, get some clicks, have breakfast and come back by Noon or so. Earlier the weather in Bangalore was not that Hot, but as years are passing by, the heat is increasing radically. During afternoon, you can’t enjoy nicely outdoor, unless it’s any water sports kind of activities.<br />
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After a not too late night party on Saturday at Amit, Shibangshu & Rupam’s place, in Sarjapur Main Road near Bellandur, we had a great weekend waala sleep and unfortunately woke up around 10 in the morning; That too Shouvik, another member in the gang, ringed our mobiles for some 7-8 times. Shouvik didn’t attend the last night party and was at his flat nearby HAL market. He too, wasn't able to wake up in the early morning and as soon as he woke up, he started calling us. With all heavy heads, I, Amit, Rupam, Shibangshu, Suryangshu & Gaurav woke up. We took some time to decide whether we will be going or not since the Sun ray was not that friendly outside. After getting freshened up, and on the arrival of Shouvik, we finally hit the road at around 11AM in a Royal Enfield Classic Desert Storm, KTM Duke 200, Honda CBR 250 and a Honda Activa. Since we were in Sarjapur, so we took the Sarjapur-Bagalur Rd and followed GPS. We had some light snacks and tea on a roadside restaurant and packed Dosas and Idly-Wadas for our brunch, somewhere middle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The Gang - (From Left) Amit, Shouvik, Rupam, Gaurav, Suryangshu, Shibangshu & Me behind the Lens</span></td></tr>
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Within one and half an hour drive, we crossed the Café Coffee Day that was marked on Google Map nearby Kendatti. After looking around for some time, we reached the road entrance to the Kendatti Lake, a wonderful Crater Lake. To our fortunate luck, there were no police or other officials to block us. It was probably due to the unbeatable heat maybe. Near the lake, it was a peaceful area with no signs of civilization nearby. It was just around 2 km away from the National Highway, on the right hand side, if you travel from Bangalore, just after crossing Kendatti Bus Stop.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The point on the National Highway from where you need to take a right hand diversion in order to reach the Kendatti Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In search for the hidden treasure!</td></tr>
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There were signboards of “<b>Prohibited Area</b>” written all around the mud road that took us near the lake. It’s kind of a hidden Lake just say, 250-300 meters away from a particular point on the mud road, that we crossed twice, but unable to figure out initially. After around half an hour of roaming around here and there following our instincts, suddenly with a great hunch, we finally discovered the hidden treasure, Kendatti Lake, really worthy to be named as “Chota Ladakh”. Yes, literally, we did trespassing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">First Sighting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Vehicles parked nearby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">A short trek to the final destination</td></tr>
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I and Amit were the first to discover the Lake. We parked our bikes under a tree shade nearby and headed towards the lake. Oh no! It seemed like the road that leads to the shore of the Lake has been destroyed and there is no proper way to reach there. We were disappointed again and were desperately looking for a way down there. The only way down there was to climb down the rocks that were deep for almost like a 3 floored building height. Sudden Rock climbing without any gears or former preparation! The excitement and our adrenaline rush were at their heights!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, we were there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little disappointed looking at the depth of the crater and no way in or out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Depth of the crater - Almost a 3 floored building height</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unable to decide whether to go down or not</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still in the dilemma</td></tr>
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It looked almost impossible from the top, but, we decided not to give up that easily. After trying for some time, Amit was somehow able to get down there. Now, he got down but, how to get out from that crater was the next problem. So, instead of following Amit down there, we waited on the top until Amit climbed up back again. Our confidence increased at this point of time and we all headed down there except Shouvik and Gaurav.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amit was the one who discovered the most feasible way in & out the crater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And so we followed Amit down there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shouvik stayed back on top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gaurav also stayed back</td></tr>
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Once, we were at the shore of the lake and sat down there by submerging our feet in the crystal clear blue water of the Lake, we found Nirvana…..!!!!....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing beats this feeling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we found Nirvana!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natural Fish Spa in the crystal clear water of the Kendatti Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did achieved what we were looking for</td></tr>
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A long ride accompanied by some trek, rock climbing, relaxing natural fish spa, trespassing and exploring the unknown hidden paradise......A day worth mentioning.....!!!!....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kendatti - The Hidden Gem and so called Chota Ladakh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.”</td></tr>
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