DAY XIV – MANALI TO
DELHI ( 600 KM)
DESTINATION
: DELHI,
1.
The only phase that now remained in the
expedition was its successful completion as we were soon departing Himachal and
would be reaching the plains and then would be homeward bound to Mumbai. But
today would be one of the long stretches to travel for we were planning to
reach Delhi by around seven in the evening and also had to cater to Delhi
traffic.
2. The day started by 0630 hrs and we were soon on our way. We took the NH-21 which would take us through Kullu and thereafter Mandi.We were planning you exit Himachal through Swarghat and thereafter enter Punjab at Kiratpur.
3. I will not be very elaborate on this post as the route is pretty simple to follow but yes it is quite windy and has numerous twists and turns.Mandi was reached by 0925 hrs covering a distance of 115 kms.Thereafter our next target was Barmana and Ghaghas where we had to take the turn towards Swarghat.Ghaghas is 57 kms from Mandi.Punjab border was reached by 1240 hrs and now we were officially out of Himachal – “The Land of the Snow Leopard and Dev Bhoomi.”
4. Punjab was all green and hot and by now we were just concentrating on reaching Delhi as soon as possible. From Kiratpur we sped towards Rajgad which is on the Punjab-Haryana Border and thereafter we reached Kurukshetra by 1600 hrs covering a distance of 416 kms from Manali.Delhi was still far as now we would also be facing the evening traffic of Delhi.Anyways we concentrating on moving as fast as we could.
5. Soon we were crossing Murthal and Sonepat and memories of the day when we were going towards Himachal sped through our minds for now we were going away from something magical .Delhi was reached by 2000 hrs covering a distance of close to 600 kms from Manali and the evening traffic made me miss all the more what I had left behind bad roads and steep inclines and no power all included and would gladly have it all any day.
6. Odometer for the day : Manali :57461;Delhi :58070
2. The day started by 0630 hrs and we were soon on our way. We took the NH-21 which would take us through Kullu and thereafter Mandi.We were planning you exit Himachal through Swarghat and thereafter enter Punjab at Kiratpur.
3. I will not be very elaborate on this post as the route is pretty simple to follow but yes it is quite windy and has numerous twists and turns.Mandi was reached by 0925 hrs covering a distance of 115 kms.Thereafter our next target was Barmana and Ghaghas where we had to take the turn towards Swarghat.Ghaghas is 57 kms from Mandi.Punjab border was reached by 1240 hrs and now we were officially out of Himachal – “The Land of the Snow Leopard and Dev Bhoomi.”
4. Punjab was all green and hot and by now we were just concentrating on reaching Delhi as soon as possible. From Kiratpur we sped towards Rajgad which is on the Punjab-Haryana Border and thereafter we reached Kurukshetra by 1600 hrs covering a distance of 416 kms from Manali.Delhi was still far as now we would also be facing the evening traffic of Delhi.Anyways we concentrating on moving as fast as we could.
5. Soon we were crossing Murthal and Sonepat and memories of the day when we were going towards Himachal sped through our minds for now we were going away from something magical .Delhi was reached by 2000 hrs covering a distance of close to 600 kms from Manali and the evening traffic made me miss all the more what I had left behind bad roads and steep inclines and no power all included and would gladly have it all any day.
6. Odometer for the day : Manali :57461;Delhi :58070
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| MOUNTAINOUS JOURNEY |
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| I DID WANT TO GO UP THERE TOO |
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| LOVE HIMACHAL AS A STATE - ITS A TREASURE TROVE OF SIGHTS |
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| RUPNAGAR LAKE |
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| BEAS RIVER |
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| IT WAS REALLY TEMPTING TO EXTEND THE TRIP |
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| GOOD BYE HIMACHAL |
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| WELCOME TO PUNJAB |
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| RANDOM |
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| PUNJAB - THE LAND OF CANALS |
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| THE RIVER BEAS FLOWS |
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| SERENE |
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