Finding Himachal
Sunday, June 03, 2007
It is time to head to the mountains. I have never been north of Delhi yet, and it will be my first trip to Himachal and Ladakh. Needless to say, I am excited. I will be in Shimla and Manali briefly, before we start our slow and easy four day trip from Manali to Leh. Before we start, we also intend to camp for a night at Chandratal. It normally takes 36 hours but we are planning to spend a good hundred hours on the road. Here is a rough itinerary I have planned, which can change freely with circumstances or new ideas. If you are going to be anywhere in these ares during these days and if our paths are likely to intersect, I will be delighted to meet up on the way..June 3 - Fly to Delhi
June 3/4 - Travel to angling camp near Shimla
June 5 - Shimla
June 6 - Travel to Manali
June 7 - inquiries etc in Manali for further journeys.
June 8 - Head to Chandratal and camp for the night
June 9 - Return to Manali
June 10 - Manali - Rohtang - Keylong and stay for the night(115km)
June 11 - Keylong to Sarchu and stay for the night(224km)
June 12 - Sarchu to Pang and stay for the night(303km). Check if there are any places to stay a little ahead.
June 14 - Around Leh
June 15 - Around Leh
-- consider reworking this to a more sensible itinerary!
June 16th - Fly yo Srinagar
June 16th to 18th - Srinagar and/or Pahalgam and/or Gulmarg
June 19th - Bus to Delhi for 24 hours!
June 20th or 21st - Leave Delhi
I usually do not update my blog on the road, so updates here will be infrequent, if at all till I get back.
Labels: himachal, himachal pradesh, himalayas, india, ladakh, leh, mountains, travel
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8 Comments:
hey, you are always travelling.. what do you do for living?
Arun, what are these places like in the monsoons? Does it rain hard out there in July?
Dude.. this is excellent.. I had no idea that there were people who like to travel as much as me! I am from Bangalore but live in Mangalore near the Manipal area where I attend college. If you come by this area I can assure you that there's a lot of traveling(Adventure) to be done here.
Have fun.. I envy you.. will be looking forward to seeing some good photographs.
Visit my blog if you can sometime!
Peace
Hi Arun ,I came here after sometime and Iam thrilled you're in mountains.
I know it is going to be your best trip.Picture perfect locations,a photographers delight.Iam also at Himachal this weekend .Iam going to Mashobra using toy train(narrow gauge) from kalka,HP.Hope to see you there.
Ah, I am the only one left behind. Still a good few weeks before we hit the road. So, you must be already somewhere out there. Have a wonderful time.
Great plan:)
I am not sure who you are traveling with, but there is a dharmashala in the narrow lane just opposite to Manali bus stand. It is clean and extremely affordable.
Have a great trip!
so, your busy the whole month of june?! well, just take care and have a nice trip! =) take your camera and don't forget to aim them at India's beautiful sights. Enjoy!
Thank you Neville, thank you racquel.
final_transit, thanks for the info. I saw it a little late though :)
Mridula, so when are you headed to Chandratal?
VJ, I was in Shimla for a few days. May be we could have met.
Anit, it rains well in parts of Himachal. Spiti and Lahaul are deserts.
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