viva1986
Explorer
This is my first ever travelogue. I started my journey on night of Saturday on July 5, by not sleeping just because of the excitement and making route way planning papers and also filling my Phone’s card with new song files. On 6th of July (Sunday) I and my three friends started our journey from Rohini in my friend’s Swift Desire (Petrol) in morning. The Main Purpose of our journey is to get medicine of CANCER from Tibetan doctor (Dr. Yeshi Dhondhen) for the mother of one of my friends, which is diagnosed recently. Besides this we all are in mood of enjoying our long ride.
We took the following route:
Delhi > Karnal > Ambala > Banur > Kharar > Anandpur Sahib > Nangal > Una > Amb > Mubarakpur > Gaggal > Dharmashala > Mcleodganj
Day 1:
I along with 3 friends started from Delhi at 8.00 AM on July 6 (Sunday). We planned the trip on Sunday morning because in Mcleodganj coupons for meeting doctor distributes on Monday at 2:00 P.M. for which queue starts building up 12 at midnight. The reason behind the long queue is that doctor sees only 45 patients in one day and everyone wants to be in that list of 45, that’s why people starts making queue As Soon As Possible. As we enquired from the authorities earlier that Saturday is weekly closed for the coupon Distribution and Sunday is closed because of strike or some other reason, that’s why we started on Sunday morning.
We took our first halt after crossing Toll Post of Ambala City. After spending one hour for eating and relaxing we started again on the roads. After taking 2 small stops especially to capture the natural beauty on the way, we reached Mcleodganj at 7:00 P.M. in the evening. This is first time I drive car on hills and the experience is amazing, roads are very narrow and steep in Dharamshala and Mcleodganj. Overall condition of roads is good but between Una and Amb it’s in bad condition because of construction work. After parking our car in HPTDC guest house car parking lot we searched for cheap and best room in which we all four can stay, although room is not best but it is cheap and the view from the balcony of the room is amazing. After refreshing we all go to markets for food and information on coupons distribution timing and system. For Food we searched many restaurants for only vegetarian cuisine because I am vegetarian but we were unable to find because all of the restaurants there have Veg and non-veg(Even I searched on tripadvisor.com and Zomato), after all we ate at multi cuisine restaurant. At 12:00 A.M. two of us get ready for queue and at 3:00 A.M. I replaced one of them and the turn continues so on like this. Coupons distribution starts at 2:30 P.M. and our no. is 5 after waiting for 14 hours in open in cold weather we get our reward.
Day 2:
At 4:00 P.M. we all decided to see some nearby places because for today we are free. Firstly we go to Dal Lake, it is a small lake. Personally I don’t like Dal Lake because it is not clean and after that we go to sunset view point. From here we can see the peaks of Dhauladhar Range covered with snow, the view is amazing. And at last we saw St. John Church , this is also beautiful and peaceful place.
Day 3:
The day started with going to doctor’s clinic for medicines. There is no need to take patient , one can have medicines after showing the reports and sample of toilet of patient taken in early morning. After taking medicines and breakfast we started our back journey at 11:00 A.M. in the morning. At Nangal we goto Bhakra Nangal but unfortunately it is closed by the time we reached , also to see the Dam one has to take permission from the Dam authority. Views are awesome on the way and we reached at home by 11:00 P.M.
Overall route is 504 Km from delhi and average given by our vehicle is 13KMPL.
Here are the Pics
He Welcomed Us after reaching HPTDC House.
20140706_195104P by viva1987, on Flickr
More Poses of him
20140706_195117P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140706_195203P by viva1987, on Flickr
Waiting for Sunrise, But bad weather
20140707_052414P by viva1987, on Flickr
View from Sunset View Point but again weather is bad
20140707_164435P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_164458P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_164520P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_165239P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170321P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170340P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170530P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170815P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170827P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_170924P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_171015P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_172220P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_172542P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140707_172550P by viva1987, on Flickr
These are the Peaks Dhauladhar Range
20140707_180701P by viva1987, on Flickr
These are the Peaks Dhauladhar Range
20140707_180704P by viva1987, on Flickr
St. John Church
20140707_182455P by viva1987, on Flickr
St. John Church
20140707_182554P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_130926P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_131026P by viva1987, on Flickr
St. John Church
20140707_182702P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_120901P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_120910P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_120920P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_120953P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_120958P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_121002P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_121136P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_121255P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_121305P by viva1987, on Flickr
20140708_123535P by viva1987, on Flickr
We took the following route:
Delhi > Karnal > Ambala > Banur > Kharar > Anandpur Sahib > Nangal > Una > Amb > Mubarakpur > Gaggal > Dharmashala > Mcleodganj
Day 1:
I along with 3 friends started from Delhi at 8.00 AM on July 6 (Sunday). We planned the trip on Sunday morning because in Mcleodganj coupons for meeting doctor distributes on Monday at 2:00 P.M. for which queue starts building up 12 at midnight. The reason behind the long queue is that doctor sees only 45 patients in one day and everyone wants to be in that list of 45, that’s why people starts making queue As Soon As Possible. As we enquired from the authorities earlier that Saturday is weekly closed for the coupon Distribution and Sunday is closed because of strike or some other reason, that’s why we started on Sunday morning.
We took our first halt after crossing Toll Post of Ambala City. After spending one hour for eating and relaxing we started again on the roads. After taking 2 small stops especially to capture the natural beauty on the way, we reached Mcleodganj at 7:00 P.M. in the evening. This is first time I drive car on hills and the experience is amazing, roads are very narrow and steep in Dharamshala and Mcleodganj. Overall condition of roads is good but between Una and Amb it’s in bad condition because of construction work. After parking our car in HPTDC guest house car parking lot we searched for cheap and best room in which we all four can stay, although room is not best but it is cheap and the view from the balcony of the room is amazing. After refreshing we all go to markets for food and information on coupons distribution timing and system. For Food we searched many restaurants for only vegetarian cuisine because I am vegetarian but we were unable to find because all of the restaurants there have Veg and non-veg(Even I searched on tripadvisor.com and Zomato), after all we ate at multi cuisine restaurant. At 12:00 A.M. two of us get ready for queue and at 3:00 A.M. I replaced one of them and the turn continues so on like this. Coupons distribution starts at 2:30 P.M. and our no. is 5 after waiting for 14 hours in open in cold weather we get our reward.
Day 2:
At 4:00 P.M. we all decided to see some nearby places because for today we are free. Firstly we go to Dal Lake, it is a small lake. Personally I don’t like Dal Lake because it is not clean and after that we go to sunset view point. From here we can see the peaks of Dhauladhar Range covered with snow, the view is amazing. And at last we saw St. John Church , this is also beautiful and peaceful place.
Day 3:
The day started with going to doctor’s clinic for medicines. There is no need to take patient , one can have medicines after showing the reports and sample of toilet of patient taken in early morning. After taking medicines and breakfast we started our back journey at 11:00 A.M. in the morning. At Nangal we goto Bhakra Nangal but unfortunately it is closed by the time we reached , also to see the Dam one has to take permission from the Dam authority. Views are awesome on the way and we reached at home by 11:00 P.M.
Overall route is 504 Km from delhi and average given by our vehicle is 13KMPL.
Here are the Pics
He Welcomed Us after reaching HPTDC House.
20140706_195104P by viva1987, on FlickrMore Poses of him
20140706_195117P by viva1987, on Flickr20140706_195203P by viva1987, on FlickrWaiting for Sunrise, But bad weather
20140707_052414P by viva1987, on FlickrView from Sunset View Point but again weather is bad
20140707_164435P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_164458P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_164520P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_165239P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170321P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170340P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170530P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170815P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170827P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_170924P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_171015P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_172220P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_172542P by viva1987, on Flickr20140707_172550P by viva1987, on FlickrThese are the Peaks Dhauladhar Range
20140707_180701P by viva1987, on FlickrThese are the Peaks Dhauladhar Range
20140707_180704P by viva1987, on FlickrSt. John Church
20140707_182455P by viva1987, on FlickrSt. John Church
20140707_182554P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_130926P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_131026P by viva1987, on FlickrSt. John Church
20140707_182702P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_120901P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_120910P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_120920P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_120953P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_120958P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_121002P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_121136P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_121255P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_121305P by viva1987, on Flickr20140708_123535P by viva1987, on Flickr
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I went to McLeodganj/Dharamsala back in 7th/8th class. Our boarding school had an yearly trip in Sep/Oct and have visited quite some places: Gangotri, Yamnotri, Leh Ladakh, Rohtang Pass, etc etc Good memories. Now been planning a backpack trip of South India....been ages in planning only 
