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started the day at 0930 from, we are headed to Dalhousie, named after Lord Dalhousie, it s also home to Dhauladhar Mountain range, colonial charm, pristine beauty( to name a few)
We are yet to have breakfast and we have 100 steps to climb before we reach the road and 200 meters of steep climb to the car park.
We managed the climb up and was not as difficult as we had presumed it would be, stopping every 20 steps and take 3 to 5 deep breath we were doing ok, maybe we are getting stronger thanks to all the Aloo(potato) and Gobi(cabbage) Paratha we have been eating over the last few days.
This day would be a Four hour drive to Dalhousie, as we start our drive we try to check out the Stadium, but preparations and innovations are reasons sighted for stadium not being open to the public, we had missed missing a friend who loves 10 km from where we are and as I call him to let him know we will miss seeing him, serendipity strikes and he informs us he is not too far from the road we would be taking to go to Dalhousie.
So we make a make a detour and go to meet him,
Traffic had come to a standstill due to an accident and set us back by 20 minutes or so.
Dr Krishna, associated as a professor of Astro Physics is a cousin of a friend of mine and we had such a lovely time meeting up with him, we discussed varied topics under the sun, and enjoyed breakfast and coffee, he almost convinced us we too should move to Dharmshala and enjoy life in the mountains. What a wonderfull time we had. It was noon before we were ready to move on.
The drive was steady and we enjoyed the rains in the mountain and Dir. Ravi by buddy behind the wheels enjoyed the drive and I am enjoying being a passenger for once. Stopping along the way for tea and to admire the scenery
Hills and Meadows home stay,16 km past Dalhousie, is our destination, and it has amazing view, No Wi – FI though and Power backup is missing, but it is cold enough , temperature is 10 C so no complains.
The room is simple and staff friendly, dropping our luggage and grabbing a bite we head out to explore the area, nearest is
Chamera lake and the watch reads 1730 hours as we hang out in the rain by the water body for a while before we call it a day and head back to our nest for the day.
This is the view from outside our home stay, One could just sit and admire this and have coffee all day long I feel, it has mostly been raining since we go there and I wonder how people get by life with so much rains.
The plan for the next 24 hours is : khajjiar and Kalatop wildlife sanctuary.
The day started out all Grey and we stayed put in bed till 0800 hours and by the time we had showered and had breakfast it was 1000 hours, we set off for Khajjiar, 24 km from Dalhousie, and 40 km from our homestay, Khajjiar is also called mini Switzerland of India. Located at 6500 fee, it has a small lake in the middle of the meadow, it boasts of lake, pasture and forest all in one place.
The country side here is plastered with ads about home stay and is worth of a look I say, it is so lovely though it does seem to rain a lot here, Sadly there are no great Toilet facility, they charge Rs 10 for me and women and could definitely do a better job of setting up a better Toilet facility.
Approx. at 1400 hours we set off for Kalatop wildlife sanctuary, located 10 km from Kijjer, we set out on a hike out here, amongst really tall Pine trees and ferns and if one is lucky we might see Eurasian Jay bird, all in all it just took out breath away with its sheer magic what with the fog making a appearance too.
After paying a toll of Rs 100.00 one can drive all the way to Kalatop too, but we chose to walk along and soon it was too cold and made us retreat back to our car before we did the whole 3 km trek to top
Barely had we jumped into the car before the skies opened up again and we had the road to ourselves, as traffic seemed to disappear as we drove back to Dalhousie to grab lunch at Kwality restaurant.
The food is excellent we had Chinese food and can vouch for there Chinese chef being excellent, Kwality is located at a stones throw from St Johns church
Lunch and Church visit done we started back by 1645 and was back out our home stay an hour later, the sun decided to make its presence for the first time this day and made a appearance at 1820 hours approx..’
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