Expenses - Food and accomodation Rs 384
Fuel - Rs 300
Total : Rs 684
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| 26th to 30th June, 2005 : Trip to Keylong and beyond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May is a small village, connected only by rocky, unsurfaced roads. The road passed over another waterfall. Thankfully, the roads were out of reach of the waterfall. The road ended at May, where a solitary cow was tied across the road. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Early in the morning, on my way to Darcha, I had seen a Himachal Tourism signboard, which had a map of the trekking routes in this area. One of them was a trek to Kugti pass, located at a height of 5000 Mts. I had a small hope in the back of my mind that it might just be possible to take my bike half way up the trek route. This took me to Shansha, which is about 25 Kms from Tandi. The trek started after a wooden suspension bridge over a river. The bridge was off limits for vehicles. So I couldn't attempt the trek. But the place was full of scenic beauty and I was glad that I made it here. The first picture has a view of the trekking route and even a few tourists on their way up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| There was another road going further up from Shansha. I didn't know where it led to but the whole place was so beautiful that I decided to wander up that road, just to soak in that natural beauty. Half was up I shot a good snap of Shansha and the road that I was on. The road ended up at a small village, which by the looks of it seemed abandoned. There was not a soul I could see around. But the road up to this place was beautiful with bright yellow and pink flowers on the slopes, making up a memorable evening for me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Before I knew it was 5 PM. I had originally planned to reach Manali by night. But this now looked out of reach and I decided to make it as close as possible to Rohtang and call it a day. After a 2 hour ride, I reached Koksar and checked into the HPPWD rest house for the night. This place had no mobile network coverage. BSNL is the only service provider after Rohtang pass. Worse, this place didn't even have a STD phone in the village. So I had to ride back 14 Kms to Sisu to call home. The stretch between Koksar and Sisu was a tough ride in the dark, with the roads being almost completely washed away for long stretches. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This was another tiring day, and my tour was now coming to an end. I was a satisfied man. Had dinner from a nearby dhaba and went to sleep, planning to do the Rohtang to Manali stretch before the onslaught of tourists made the going tough for me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance covered - 228 Kms Expenses - Food and accomodation Rs 384 Fuel - Rs 300 Total : Rs 684 |
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