Day 8 : Diaries from Summer Vacation 2019

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

24th May 2019 Day 8 

This holiday has been long and busy. The memories of the days are already merging together. I write this blog from Dalhousie where we just checked in to a hotel. 

I couldn't sleep well yesterday night. The moon and stars were visible from the wall size window of the room we had checked in to and it just kept me uneasy for some reason. As we woke up on Mcleodganj this morning, it was already raining. The weather was cold and we had a dull begining of the day. The tiredness was now catching up. We somehow managed to go for breakfast at around 9.15 am. The breakfast was usual chola bhatura and poha. After the breakfast we pushed ourselves to mobe and checked out by 11.00. 

The first stop was Bhagsu nag temple and waterfall. Reyansh loved the fall and walked all the way up and down to earn the binoculars he wanted to buy. On the way back he even raced with a traveller from USA. At the end of Bhagsu Nag I had to buy him a well earned binoculars. 

Afterwards we went to Namgyal monastery. It is the monastery near which Dalai Lama lives. The monastery wasn't as peaceful as we had seen near Kullu or in Bir but is significant as it hosts Dalai Lama. The market in Mcleodganj was very crowded and all we wanted to do was run away from this place due to congestion on the roads. Richa did some shopping and then we were off to Dalhousie around 5.00 PM. As we neared Dalhousie we realised that sun sets around 7.50 pm in this part of our vast country. The sky looked beautiful with various shades of blue as the night settled in. 

We reached Dalhousie at around 9.10 pm. It's a cantonment area followed by a tourist city. The cantonment was probably established as Lord Dalhousie was a Governer General of India and had established this city. 

All the hotels were full as it was a Friday. We somehow managed to get a room in Clarks inn and crashed for the night. Reyansh fell asleep at around 5 in the car and looks like he will sleep through the night. 

Tomorrow we would visit a local church and Khajjiar. We are still not sure if we want to stay in Dalhousie tomorrow night or sleep in Nurpur, which is on the way to Amritsar and has a small fort. 

Will decide tomorrow...

Signing off Day 8