Day 15 - Palampur to Manali

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We got up lazily in the morning from palampur by 8 but we were sandled up by 9:30. THis day would be a complete ride till manali.
our destination :)


The route we took palampur - jogindhernagar - mandi - Aut - kullu - manali. The road from Palampur to mandi was too good. very smooth and lots and lots of twisties. I was scrapping my foot pegs almost once in 3 turns only didnt wanna risk much. Also traffic was meagre. The scenic beauty was different but not very pleasing.
Took a pics at different places while waiting for Shyam








Huge trees but most of the patches were eroded. Sun was very bright but place was cool enough to wear our jackets.









After Aut it was traffic prone. The only entertainment I had while riding was reading the names of the places in Hindi :).

We reached Kullu by 1. We saw a white fort kinda building and a dam en route. We didnt stop at Kullu just a few photo clicks and then rode on.












THe road looked as if it was carved through the big rocks. Mostly C shaped. and one big tunnel. after all these by 3:30pm we saw a small Tea shop. A much needed break.











our Lunch :)


As the sun started hiding behind the mountains it started to become dim so we pushed on. The golden peaks :)




And by 8 we reached MANALI. We got a much decent hotel. The funny thing was we order 1 chicken curry and 6 Rotis. We were told that it will take 1 hr. So we decided to go for a walk. It was 9:30 and it was drizzling a bit and mostly hails were hitting us. we returned with 30 mins to hotel. Full shivering and jaws trembling. The manager gave a big smile at us. Then we went it covered ourselves in blankets and was eagerly waiting for our food. The fellow brought '1 Chicken' curry and 6 parathas. I mean one full hen :confused: was cut and had as curry for us. half means half of the chicken will be in the curry. hmmm.... donno it works like this here. :D