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One fine day, me and my friends decided to take a trip to Dalhousie. This was in year 2005. We were bored from the work and thought we needed a break.
We started at 2:30 am on Friday and while on the way decided to change our destination and instead of delhousie we went to Manali. So we drived through thewinding paths till evening (6:00 pm) to reach Manali. Booked a small cottage on the outskirts of Manali amids apple orchard and breath-taking view of Mountains all aournd. After dumping our belongings there we trekked through wooded area to the nearby river and chillaxed in theice cold water. Three dips was all I could muster courage for in the icy water. Next day(Saturday morning) we started for Rohtank pass. Route was dangerous. Most of the road was in bad shape some broken so that only one vehicle could pass by at a time. Finally we made it to Rohtank pass but were dissappointed to see barren land instead of snow. So we decided to do some mountain trekking. Climbing three mountains to reach the spot were no casual tourist frequent and there in front of our eyes lay snow though covered with dirt. This is were we spent most our time playing on the snow and sliding through the ice clad slopes. At evening we started back and had just taken a few turns when one of our friend started vomiting. But thank God this is when we noticed an almost seven inch long cut on the leftfront tyre of our Qualis. For few minutes we juststood there transfixed and unable to utter a word. We changed the tyre and started down again. On the way we took time to enjoy some adventure sport. So we did some paragliding. It was a wonderfullexperience. With this I added one more to my list ofadventure sports that included(White water rafting on ganges near Rishikesh, Repelling and trekking). Adventure was not over as we had just started again and we encountered a severe traffic jam. An army truck had turned over blocking the passage. So we stood there in the middle of the road starnded at even time with wooded mountain on one side and deep valley on the other side. Finally after 5 hours of starvation onthe road we got the green signal to move ahead and reached cottage famished. Next day(Sunday morning) we started for manikaran(hotsprings) on the way stopping by a small water channel that fed into the river vyas. This time it was more pleasent as sun was out in full force and so could relax for some time in the water. We reached manikaran around 4:00 pm and then while returning again got stuck in the traffic jam. This time two trucks had collided blocking the way for another 4 hours and we had to pickup lodging at mandi for the night. Picked up some juicy apples for rose and eva on the way. Next day we started back to delhi and reached around 8:00 pm.
We started at 2:30 am on Friday and while on the way decided to change our destination and instead of delhousie we went to Manali. So we drived through thewinding paths till evening (6:00 pm) to reach Manali. Booked a small cottage on the outskirts of Manali amids apple orchard and breath-taking view of Mountains all aournd. After dumping our belongings there we trekked through wooded area to the nearby river and chillaxed in theice cold water. Three dips was all I could muster courage for in the icy water. Next day(Saturday morning) we started for Rohtank pass. Route was dangerous. Most of the road was in bad shape some broken so that only one vehicle could pass by at a time. Finally we made it to Rohtank pass but were dissappointed to see barren land instead of snow. So we decided to do some mountain trekking. Climbing three mountains to reach the spot were no casual tourist frequent and there in front of our eyes lay snow though covered with dirt. This is were we spent most our time playing on the snow and sliding through the ice clad slopes. At evening we started back and had just taken a few turns when one of our friend started vomiting. But thank God this is when we noticed an almost seven inch long cut on the leftfront tyre of our Qualis. For few minutes we juststood there transfixed and unable to utter a word. We changed the tyre and started down again. On the way we took time to enjoy some adventure sport. So we did some paragliding. It was a wonderfullexperience. With this I added one more to my list ofadventure sports that included(White water rafting on ganges near Rishikesh, Repelling and trekking). Adventure was not over as we had just started again and we encountered a severe traffic jam. An army truck had turned over blocking the passage. So we stood there in the middle of the road starnded at even time with wooded mountain on one side and deep valley on the other side. Finally after 5 hours of starvation onthe road we got the green signal to move ahead and reached cottage famished. Next day(Sunday morning) we started for manikaran(hotsprings) on the way stopping by a small water channel that fed into the river vyas. This time it was more pleasent as sun was out in full force and so could relax for some time in the water. We reached manikaran around 4:00 pm and then while returning again got stuck in the traffic jam. This time two trucks had collided blocking the way for another 4 hours and we had to pickup lodging at mandi for the night. Picked up some juicy apples for rose and eva on the way. Next day we started back to delhi and reached around 8:00 pm.
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