Northern India travelogue
Trip outline
Ladakh [Page 1] - Manali & Hampta Pass trek [Page 5]
- Chandra Tal [Page 10] - Dharamshala/McLoad [Page 12]
- Pakistan Border, Wagah [Page 13] - Amritzar [Page 14]
- Shimla/Rishikesh/Manali [Page 15] - Nagar to Jari trek [Page 17]
- Rishikesh [Page 22] - Corbett NP [Page 23]
- Nainital [Page 24] - Taj Mahal [Page 25]
- Delhi [Page 26]
Leh to Manali
Still with our new Italian friends, we took a jeep ride to Manali. It took us two days, we stopped in Keylong for the night.
It's a beautiful way... Starts with the Ladakhi desert, and then it gets greener and greener all the time. You have to go over
five high mountain passes.
The best part of the way was when Stanzin (Our excellent driver) decided to take a short-cut. He just drove through this brilliant wilderness...
In the first day we stopped for lunch in Pang - a really tiny town (er, it's actually just a few tents, really).
As we got closer to Keylong, the landscape turned green, with fields and villages.
Finally we went over the last pass, entered the Kullu valley, and saw Manali in the distance. We also saw a group of vultures (or eagles, maybe), hovering
a few meters above us.
