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The Shatabedi Express and More – Day 2 & 3

Delhi Railway Station (above & below)



The Golden Temple, Amritsar (above & below)



The patriotic (locals) and the curious (tourists),
Attari, India/Pakistan border

The guards, Pakistan in green, India in brown

Flag lowering/gate closing ceremony at
Attari, India/Pakistan border (above & below)



A small town near Pathankot

Street of Mcleodganj

The prayer wheels

Houses nestled on the hill slope, Dharamsala

Dharamsala - Home of the Dalai Lama – Day 4

Tibetan bread

Waiting for lunch to be served. A good meeting place.
Garden inside Norbulinga Institute, Dharamsala

Tibetan Children, Norbulinga Institute

Prayer mats (above) & chanting time (below), Namgyal Monastery
Dharamsala

Long Road to Manali – Day 5

Lord Shiva Temple in Baijnath

When the sheep came face to face with the vehicles

Another jam. Notice the overhanging rock?

Himachal Pradesh Photo Gallery

Warming Up – Day 6

The Pir Panjal Range

Cedar Forest

Hidimba Devi Temple

The woolly rabbit

Old Manali village

Supposedly earthquake resistant houses (above & below)



Day care centre of sort?

Bridge supported by tree trunk

The hot spring bath centre in Vashisht village (above & below)



Ladies washing clothes with water from the hot spring

Vashisht village

Trek - Sweat - Camp – Day 7

Our horses, our ‘porters’. Outside the agent’s boss’s house

Beautiful mountain view

With Chin - huff, huff, puff, puff - through the pine forest

The valley (above & below)



Mountain view (above & below)



Where is the trail? Where do I go from here?

The trail

The crew hard at work at Camp 1

Kitchen tent (back), dining tent (front)

Our tent - under construction

Our tent - completed

Sangy, the assistant cook, busy preparing dinner

Our first campsite dinner! Yummy!

Dwarfed by the Mountain, Charmed by the Beauty – Day 8

Overall view of Camp 1, Lambadug at 3,380m

Outdoor breakfast, Camp 1

Breathtaking view (above & below)













Another ‘unmarked’ trail

Beautiful and artistic trees (above & below)



The rocky trail

The rocky path

First encounter of snow crossing

The trail

More snow crossing

The trail left behind by the horses and us



The place where most of the snow fields occurred

Chin and I crossing the snow field

More ‘unmarked’ trail



Are we skiing?

Having fun sliding down the snow field!