Manali!! Feels like "The World Is Just Awesome"

Wu..huuuu!!! I saw it, and Uttered, "The World Is Just Awesome"!!!

I’ve been there in December, and was quite chilly, Just a few degrees above freezing!!
Arrived at night;
being dissapointed after seeing shimla-over-hyped place, n was not much excited about manali..
It was the magical landscape that brainwashed the image, n for now i’m be a big fan
of it!!




Day 1: We saw the gr8 Hadimba Mata mandir, which was a km walk from the mall road. It’s history dates back 500yrs ago and the unique Buddhist style of architecture, drove us crazy!! A eve walk around the town is highly recommend.
It’ll just wash off all ur negativeness!!


Day 2- We headed to Rothang Pass..
It is 4000m above MSL, and the 51 kms journey is a real challenge for armature drivers..




While on road, it was surrounded with huge pine and deodar tress, but suddenly with one "U" turn, the picture change drammatically!!
Only deserted mountainous terrain, covered with snow.
Probably, Rothang is in the rain-shadow zone of Himalayas.



With lack of Oxygen, freezing cold and near about fingers feeling Numb, We managed to get at the top. We had to trek 2kms coz the road had got slippery due to heavy snowfall.. But we had to keep the Adrenaline Pumping and reached the top.

Due to bad weather, we had to cancel our skiing plan and had to leave early, but about all odds, the bad weather coming from Karakoram didn’t stop us.
We made a ice cake(Small Cake shape molded ice) and celebrated my friends birthday at the altitude (that’s Weird Isn't it??
Voila!! I had forgot Knife at my hotel, And as a move of Improvisation, we just used the Debit Card!!

While returning, due to bad weather, our driver drove at mere speed of 20-30kmph and it took us around 2.5hrs to reach the base!

Each turn we stopped, and looked around, the view was just Breath-taking!
All I Can Say, the mighty Himalayas and mother nature at It’s best!!