Got up at 4 am and went to Krishna temple and attended arathi. After aarathi left Udhampur ISKCON at 6:30am enroute to Srinagar. At about 8 am reached Patnikot hill top and sat there and had breakfast which was given to us by ISKCON. After breakfast started riding and within about 30 minutes it started raining and we had to ride with our rain coats on. The entire route was very picturesque with lot of colourful flowers adjacent to the road and in the valleys. The valley along the road was more friendly as compared to the frightening valleys of dharmshala and dalhousie. There were huge rivers in the valleys flowing with water real force and a couple of waterfalls like Anukhee and sharmeele. Though there were a lot of scenic views we couldn’t take much ... read more

We started at 7:30am and went to Kajiara (Indian/Mini Switzerland) as it is called true near chamba valley which is 27 kms from Dalhousie. You will know why it is called so once you see the pictures. On the way we drove through a couple of forest ranges filled with pine trees. On one of the passes just outside Dalhousie we got some fantabulous view of several snow covered peaks which gave a lot of work to our cameras. At Kajiara we also visited a jagadhamba temple where there was a beautiful huge Shiva Statue. Later we returned to Kajiara had breakfast at one of the restaurants and returned to our hotel in Dalhousie. Then checked out of the hotel and started our journey to Udhampur at 12 pm. Found a new route from Dalhousie to ... read more

Got up about 5:45am and after packing went to Jallianwala Bagh at about 8:00am and returned and had Breakfast at 9. Then packed the balance and checked out of the hotel and started the ride from Amritsar at 10:00am. Reached Pathankotat 1;45pm via Batala, Gurudaspur and had lunch at a Dhaba just after crossing the state border to Himachal Pradesh. Left the dhaba at 3pm. At the dhaba met an army officer who told us not to miss Dalhousie, Khajiara and Chamba. He also told us that from Dalhousie we could directly go to Udhampur via Ranjit sagar dam and the road was good. Then reached dharmshala by about 5:15pm. Then went to Mcleod Gunj which was where our hotel Ekant Lodge was located and checked in by about 6pm. When we saw the map we ... read more

Got up at 4am did some reading on Leh Ladakh and got ready by 5:30 am. JP and Ravish came home by 7 am. We all did some small repacking and were ready by 7:15am. The IFMR gang came to bid good bye and left by 7:35am. We left home by 7:45am after saying good bye to our families. We got dropped at the airport in my car and we were there by 8:40am. By the time we checked in and finished the Security check it was around 9:15am. Just had enough time to have Breakfast and Boarded the flight IT 215 (Kingfisher) which left sharp at 9:55am and reached New Delhi about 10 minutes early by 12:20pm. We disembarked the flight and went to the other terminal through the domestic transfers lounge and had lunch ... read more