Himalayan Trek – Day 1 – Adventure Begins and off to Chandertal- 16 kms

We woke up around 6:30 in the morning. Sriram and Pranitha were already up and we could hear the the sound of their voices drifting from the other tent. For me it was time to answer nature’s call! That was an adventure by itself! Armed with tissues and baby wipes, I set out in search [...]

Himalayan Trek – Roadblocks Ahead – Day Zero – June 17th

The morning started on a lukewarm note mostly because we had nothing to do. We got up late and then went out to explore few more new restaurants on the Mall road. We found a particularly good Indian place for lunch and tasted for the first time something called as “Junglee Pulao”. Its nothing much [...]

Himalayan Trek – The Acclimatisation Trek – Day Minus 1 – June 16th

This day, we were to acclimatise oursleves walking at this altitude. We met up with Kaushal in the morning – this was our first meeting after all those telephonic conversations. After the general chit-chat, he suggested that we could walk up to Vashisht as part of the acclimatisation trek. It was a distance of some [...]

Himalayan Trek – A Rainy Start – Day Minus 2 – June 15th

The clouds loomed large as we alighted from the bus. There was good evidence of it having rained heavily in the last few days. The trip to our hotel, the Johnsons Cafe, was quick and cheap. It was on the most famous and the only big road in Manali – The Mall Road.
We did not [...]

Himalayan Trek – The Beginning

This summer we decided against a luxurious lazy vacation. Instead we were looking forward to some adventure. And we decided to go for a trek in the Himalayas along with Sriram and Pranitha! Of course, all of us were drunk when we made these plans!

(This is where it all started….Sriram, Pranitha and Sham at ZeroG)

What [...]