Day-XIII (26th July ‘09)
Keylong is the district headquarters of Lahul & Spiti, quite a big area and every facility is available except petrol. For petrol you need to go to Tandi, 7-8 kilometers towards Manali. I personally loved the Keylong-Manali route. This route shows so many varieties of roads that I really enjoyed it.
Riding Rohtang La was another experience and the worst roads with slush added some more fun to it. It was quite foggy and visibility was dropped sharply. From Rohtang onwards we got sprinkles of showers continuously. From Rohatang the hoch-poch of tourist started.
The road was excellent after Marhi but still there were some bad stretches near Gulaba. Nothing special to say about Manali, only had to spend a night there and had to buy tarpaulin sheets to cover the luggage because I got one of bad quality from Srinagar. We both were in no mood to go to market in that evening and it also started pouring. So complete rest time. Though, we got it next morning.
Route – Keylong-Manali
Total distance covered - 117 Kilometers
Road condition - Bad
Event of the day - Rohtang
Important places – Keylong (every facility available), Tandi (last fueling point before Leh/Manali), Rohtang La
Tourist interest points – Rohtang Pass (tryout mutton & rice here, you may like it)
Precautions – Be most careful in this stretch because of the steep slope at the edges, you will find mostly truckers that to IOCL tankers. Slush is the regular thing on both sides of Rohtang Pass.
Keylong is the district headquarters of Lahul & Spiti, quite a big area and every facility is available except petrol. For petrol you need to go to Tandi, 7-8 kilometers towards Manali. I personally loved the Keylong-Manali route. This route shows so many varieties of roads that I really enjoyed it.
Riding Rohtang La was another experience and the worst roads with slush added some more fun to it. It was quite foggy and visibility was dropped sharply. From Rohtang onwards we got sprinkles of showers continuously. From Rohatang the hoch-poch of tourist started.
The road was excellent after Marhi but still there were some bad stretches near Gulaba. Nothing special to say about Manali, only had to spend a night there and had to buy tarpaulin sheets to cover the luggage because I got one of bad quality from Srinagar. We both were in no mood to go to market in that evening and it also started pouring. So complete rest time. Though, we got it next morning.
Route – Keylong-Manali
Total distance covered - 117 Kilometers
Road condition - Bad
Event of the day - Rohtang
Important places – Keylong (every facility available), Tandi (last fueling point before Leh/Manali), Rohtang La
Tourist interest points – Rohtang Pass (tryout mutton & rice here, you may like it)
Precautions – Be most careful in this stretch because of the steep slope at the edges, you will find mostly truckers that to IOCL tankers. Slush is the regular thing on both sides of Rohtang Pass.
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