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July is here and this time we spent the yearly holiday in Manali.
We were 5 on board so the Elantra seemed like the obvious choice for the trip.
Places not to be missed while in Manali.
1. Rohtang Pass
2. Solang Valley
3. Anjani Mahadev Temple
4. Dream Village Cafe
5. Gurudwara Shri Manikaran Sahib
We started on 10th July at 6:30 AM since it was a long drive ahead of us.
Stopped at Neelkanth Star Dhabha for breakfast. I won't recommend this place since it doesn't have much breakfast options.
Got a mileage of 13 kmpl on highway with Full load of 5 people + luggage.
Had lunch at Hotel Lakeview , Bilaspur. decent food with excellent location.
There is tunnel work going on after Mandi and 30-40kms of stretch is really bad. 6 hours of drive is not exhausting but this stretch exhausted us all. really really bad roads.
They are blasting mountains and creating 4 lane road. although 4 lane road from kullu to manali is excellent. you can easily drive 80-90 kmph. On mountain roads
Finally reached Manali after 14 hours and my father's friend recommended the hotel which was 6 kms from manali and it was truly exceptional.
We stayed in IDYLLIC MANALI. nice newly built cottages.
Apple , apricots and walnut tress everywhere
so there was this bridge we had to cross every time to get out to the main road from the hotel and i was really scared driving over it the first time especially at night. no lights plus the river's sound plus the metal sound of the bridge really scared me. after watching 4-5 cars going i was able to cross this bridge.
We were 5 on board so the Elantra seemed like the obvious choice for the trip.
Places not to be missed while in Manali.
1. Rohtang Pass
2. Solang Valley
3. Anjani Mahadev Temple
4. Dream Village Cafe
5. Gurudwara Shri Manikaran Sahib
We started on 10th July at 6:30 AM since it was a long drive ahead of us.
Stopped at Neelkanth Star Dhabha for breakfast. I won't recommend this place since it doesn't have much breakfast options.
Got a mileage of 13 kmpl on highway with Full load of 5 people + luggage.
Had lunch at Hotel Lakeview , Bilaspur. decent food with excellent location.
There is tunnel work going on after Mandi and 30-40kms of stretch is really bad. 6 hours of drive is not exhausting but this stretch exhausted us all. really really bad roads.
They are blasting mountains and creating 4 lane road. although 4 lane road from kullu to manali is excellent. you can easily drive 80-90 kmph. On mountain roads
Finally reached Manali after 14 hours and my father's friend recommended the hotel which was 6 kms from manali and it was truly exceptional.
We stayed in IDYLLIC MANALI. nice newly built cottages.
Apple , apricots and walnut tress everywhere
so there was this bridge we had to cross every time to get out to the main road from the hotel and i was really scared driving over it the first time especially at night. no lights plus the river's sound plus the metal sound of the bridge really scared me. after watching 4-5 cars going i was able to cross this bridge.
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