We took an awesome and memorable 10 day road trip (17th May 2019 - 27th May 2019) from Chandigarh to Amritsar via Himachal Pradesh. These are the notes taken every night from that vacation. I will publish them one day at a time for the next 10 days.
22nd May 2019 Day 6 : (Written today)
I missed taking any notes on Day 6 and I realise this today as I was tracking my emails to check out my notes.
From what I remember we woke up in Kulu today and most of the day was spent driving towards Bir. We had 2 options, to drive to Bir via shortest path or drive via Pandoh dam. We were told by locals that Pandoh dam is just a bridge from where you can see water and doesn't have much, however we chose that route anyways as it was a national highway.
Over our drive we saw a lot of tunnels being constructed through the mountains, and one can only imagine the economic impact the faster connectivity will bring to this part of India. The drives which are through the mountainous route of 30 km today may end up becoming a straight tunnel of approximately 10-12 kms in a few years. The construction work going on in all of Himachal forces you to keep the windows of your car closed as the fine dirt can cause real problem for your health.
We had lunch on the way and we were near Bir by 4.00 PM. We had a lot of time on hand so decided to take a detour to Barot. It had beautiful valleys and is still has less tourists going over there. Halfway through Barot we realised that we should go back Bir as we might be too late otherwise, so we headed back and made it to Bir by 9.30 PM. We had quick dinner, asked the Oyo Holiday Inn reception to arrange paragliding for us. We wanted to do that first thing in the morning after.
Signing off Day 6
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