I got up early at 5 in the morning and had a look around the place.
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| 26th to 30th June, 2005 : Trip to Keylong and beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28th June, 2005 I got up early at 5 in the morning and had a look around the place. |
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| Had a bath, packed up and was back on the steep ascent to the Jalori pass. After the pass, it is a steep descent down to the village Shoja, about 6 Kms down from Jalori pass. The roads were almost completely washed away and the conditions were misty. Shoja had one of the most magnificent natural scenery I have seen in this trip. The hill slopes were not too steep. The place was rich in natural vegetation and full of wild flowers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Shoja has a HPPWD guest house, a Banjara resort and other 'Night stay' accommodation. The roads got better from here and going further down, was the village Jibhi. I saw a beautiful temple that I first mistook for a Church, but for the trishul at the top. I am still not sure if it really is a temple. |
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| I was really low on fuel now and hit the reserve around here. There has been no petrol pumps for the last 65 Kms and didn't know when I'll find the next one. Found a shop selling petrol at the next village, but I couldn't trust the stuff they were selling. Asked around and found that there's a petrol pump 25 KMs ahead. That was a relief. I was back to ripping again. I had to ride on reserve for about 30 Kms, till I reached Larji. The last petrol pump was at Luhri, 97 Kms back. So if you are doing this route, make sure you fill up at Luhri. The descend continued and it was getting hot all the while. I soon had to get rid of my jacket and reached Aut at about 9:30. From here starts the highway to Manali and beyond. I had my breakfast here and continued on my way. Found heavy traffic in Kullu and the towns around this area. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I reached Manali at 11:40. Took a break here and spend some time checking air and oil levels, got some cash from the ATM and got ready for the long and tiring ride to Keylong. Started for Rohtang at 1:50. There was a mad rush for Rohtang pass. There were so many tourist diesel vehicles going up and down the road. Cafe Kothi reminded me of my last trip to this place with Yogesh (tiger). I reached Marhi at 2:30 and had my lunch there. By the time I was ready to leave, there was a big traffic jam, half way up to Rohtang. Riding a bike had its advantages. But the diesel fumes were killing and coupled with the high altitude, I had an headache by the time I crossed Rohtang. The progress was very slow with stops of up to 15 minutes for vehicles to pass by on their way down. Being the route for supplies to army posts at the border with Pakistan, there were army convoys and giant army trucks going up and down. |
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