{"id":210,"date":"2016-02-26T03:20:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/?p=210"},"modified":"2017-09-23T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T08:18:43","slug":"indian-manali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/indian-manali\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Manali &#8211; Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Traveller is\u00a0back with another travel report. This time &#8220;India&#8221;!! We are going to find out the beauty of the &#8220;Indian Manali&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Again a family tour\u00a0abroad. This one is not an instant trip like previous foreign travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/beautiful-kunming\/\">China<\/a>. The idea for this trip was\u00a0by my father just after our Chinese trip. He always wanted to feel some snow and see beautiful mountains at the Himalayas. So we chose to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manali,_Himachal_Pradesh\">Manali, Himachal Pradesh<\/a> in India which is the most feasible in aspects of expenditure and less hassle to organize the trip.<\/p>\n<h2>Preparation<\/h2>\n<p>As I told you earlier, we were preparing for this trip since last year. We have contacted personnel from Indian tour organizing company called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacationlifter.com\/\">Vacation Lifters<\/a>&#8216; and obviously many others, who organize journeys to Manali, sightseeing and\u00a0accommodation at Manali.<\/p>\n<p>So we have booked 13<sup>th<\/sup> January for the onward ticket and 21<sup>st<\/sup> January for return ticket\u00a0without\u00a0any hassle at our national carrier\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.srilankan.com\/\">SriLankan Airlines<\/a>\u00a0for this time also.<\/p>\n<h3>Trouble<\/h3>\n<p>But as we had on the earlier trip, we&#8217;ve got a trouble this time also. Tour organizers asked for an advance payment. To do so they&#8217;ve given their\u00a0bank account details. Meanwhile, we found that they have another option to pay via Paypal. Since it&#8217;s familiar and hassle-free, we paid the advance payment via Paypal with an excess of 5% of the amount as they asked for as transaction charges. But they couldn&#8217;t get their payment via Paypal for some reason. So we have cancelled the payment. As time was running very fast we moved to\u00a0the first option, paying via the bank.<\/p>\n<p>We paid the amount via the People&#8217;s Bank, Sri Lanka to the Axis Bank, India as an international transaction before a week we&#8217;re leaving. Even on the\u00a0day before we are leaving, payment was not transferred to their account. But the travel agency told\u00a0us, not to worry but come along and let&#8217;s resolve it at India. The story begins with that.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 1:\u00a0Departure from Sri Lanka and arrival to India<\/h2>\n<p>13th January 2016 we left the island from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airport.lk\/\">Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayaka<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srilankan.com\/\">SriLankan Airlines<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/data\/flights\/ul195\/\">UL195<\/a>\u00a0bound <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newdelhiairport.in\/\">Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi<\/a>. We were agreed with the travel agent,\u00a0to\u00a0send an agent to pick up from New Delhi Metro Station which is the end of the Airport Metro line (Check following\u00a0links for more info on Airport metro fares and timetables <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delhimetrorail.com\/Airport-Express-Line.aspx\">Link1<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delhimetrorail.com\/Airport-Express-Timing-Fare.aspx\">Link2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.nipunadodan.com\\\/thetraveller\\\/indian-manali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:92075577}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 276px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"276\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 414px; height: 276px;\" data-original-width=\"414\" data-original-height=\"276\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"410\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"272\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Indira Gandhi International Airport&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?w=410&#038;h=272&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7118.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"410\" height=\"272\" data-original-width=\"410\" data-original-height=\"272\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" alt=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 410px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 410\/272;width: 410px; height: 272px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Indira Gandhi International Airport <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 206px; height: 276px;\" data-original-width=\"206\" data-original-height=\"276\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"202\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"134\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UL 195 in the sky\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;UL 195 in the sky&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?w=202&#038;h=134&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7063.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"202\" height=\"134\" data-original-width=\"202\" data-original-height=\"134\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"UL 195 in the sky\" alt=\"UL 195 in the sky\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 202px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 202\/134;width: 202px; height: 134px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UL 195 in the sky <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"202\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"134\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"269\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Indira Gandhi International Airport&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?w=202&#038;h=134&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7115.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"202\" height=\"134\" data-original-width=\"202\" data-original-height=\"134\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" alt=\"Indira Gandhi International Airport\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 202px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 202\/134;width: 202px; height: 134px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Indira Gandhi International Airport <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 207px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"207\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 207px;\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"207\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"203\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"271\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Delhi Metro Airport Express&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?w=306&#038;h=203&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7121.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" data-original-width=\"306\" data-original-height=\"203\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" alt=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 306px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 306\/203;width: 306px; height: 203px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Delhi Metro Airport Express <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 207px;\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"207\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"203\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"272\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Delhi Metro Airport Express&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?w=306&#038;h=203&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7122.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" data-original-width=\"306\" data-original-height=\"203\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" alt=\"Delhi Metro Airport Express\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 306px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 306\/203;width: 306px; height: 203px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Delhi Metro Airport Express <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>After having a nice flight for around three and half hours, we\u00a0landed at New Delhi Airport. There was a thick haze which is usual for Delhi and chilling cold outdoors. We boarded into Airport Metro and reached New Delhi Metro Station within a half an hour. Even there is a shuttle bus service from the airport, I must say Metro is\u00a0the most convenient and hassle-free method to get into Delhi city centre from the airport as their roads are insanely jammed by terrific traffic.<\/p>\n<p>We were chilling in the bitter cold for nearly an hour as our\u00a0travel agent didn&#8217;t show up (later they said they couldn&#8217;t find us) at New Delhi Metro Station. At last, we met Ms Kiran Verma, one of the directors of the travel agency\u00a0Vacation Lifters\u00a0which is established just one year before.\u00a0She gave us the bus tickets and the hotel reservation receipts.<\/p>\n<h3>Payments problem, again<\/h3>\n<p>As we discussed\u00a0about the payment, she told that payment has not yet transferred to them, so we have to pay the amount in full and they will return the advanced payment once they receive. At the time, we didn&#8217;t have any other option even if we go for another agent we may have to pay a lot more than the agreed amount with this agent. So we agreed to pay the full amount next day and we paid next day. Until to date, no information on the advanced payment has\u00a0done before. The bank says it&#8217;s transferred but travel agent says it&#8217;s not. Who knows&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Life in Delhi<\/h3>\n<p>Then she introduced us to this driver, with a sticker on his car saying he&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Ex-Military&#8221;, who is a nice and bit aged fellow dressed\u00a0like an Indian local working for the government in colonial era from films with that iconic moustache. As we instructed them before, he took us to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slhcindia.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=378&amp;Itemid=131\">Sri Lanka Pilgrims Rest<\/a>, which is governed by Sri Lanka High Commission in India, situated nearby to the railway station on <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/itcrFg\">No. 7,\u00a0Chelmsford Rd, Paharganj, New Delhi<\/a>. Even though the name says &#8216;Pilgrims Rest&#8217;, anyone who&#8217;s a Sri Lankan, travelling in India can obtain rooms at affordable prices starting from around 750 INR. But should note this down, rooms are very small and have minimum adequate space to move inside a room. Meals are not provided. You can find plenty of <strong>dhabas<\/strong> (Dhaba: eating place or restaurant in Hindi)\u00a0outside for meals. Our spot was <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/0xcCDW\">Rishi Vaishno Dhaba on Basant Road<\/a>, which is nearby the Pilgrims Rest. The only issue is they (most of the dhabas) starts breakfast after 9.00AM.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 2: Life in Delhi cont&#8230;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.nipunadodan.com\\\/thetraveller\\\/indian-manali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:92075577}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 276px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"276\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 414px; height: 276px;\" data-original-width=\"414\" data-original-height=\"276\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"410\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"272\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"278\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7141.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vendor preparing &amp;#8216;Bread Omlette&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vendor preparing &amp;#8216;Bread Omlette&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt; 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\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?w=425&#038;h=282&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7142.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" data-original-width=\"425\" data-original-height=\"282\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Entrance to New Delhi Railway Station\" alt=\"Entrance to New Delhi Railway Station\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 425px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 425\/282;width: 425px; height: 282px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Entrance to New Delhi Railway Station <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 191px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"191\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"187\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indian vendors having Sinhalese name boards to attract Sri Lankan pilgrims and other tourists.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Indian vendors having Sinhalese name boards to attract Sri Lankan pilgrims and other tourists.&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?fit=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?fit=620%2C935&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?w=187&#038;h=282&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?resize=450%2C679&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7164.jpg?resize=600%2C905&amp;ssl=1 600w\" width=\"187\" height=\"282\" data-original-width=\"187\" data-original-height=\"282\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Indian vendors having Sinhalese name boards to attract Sri Lankan pilgrims and other tourists.\" alt=\"Indian vendors having Sinhalese name boards to attract Sri Lankan pilgrims and other tourists.\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 187px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 187\/282;width: 187px; height: 282px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Indian vendors having Sinhalese name boards to attract Sri Lankan pilgrims and other tourists. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 934px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"934\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 934px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"934\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"616\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"930\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"282\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Delhi street markets\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;New Delhi street markets&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?fit=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?fit=620%2C935&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?w=616&#038;h=930&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?resize=450%2C679&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7206.jpg?resize=600%2C905&amp;ssl=1 600w\" width=\"616\" height=\"930\" data-original-width=\"616\" data-original-height=\"930\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Delhi street markets\" alt=\"New Delhi street markets\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 616px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 616\/930;width: 616px; height: 930px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> New Delhi street markets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Next day we walked and did some shopping through streets in Paharganj and went to see <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Delhi_railway_station\">New Delhi Railway Station<\/a> (NLDS). In the evening we were ready to leave for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manali,_Himachal_Pradesh\">Manali, Himachal Pradesh<\/a> by a tourist bus.<\/p>\n<h3>Journey to the Himalayas<\/h3>\n<p>A quick note on tourist buses. They have numerous\u00a0AC\/non-AC comfortable buses for long distance tourist transportation. Service is running by the private sector as well as government. Tickets are affordable. For Delhi &#8211; Manali\u00a0trip, journey distance was around 550km and the ticket fares starting from 800 INR per head. Our tickets were booked by the agent, at Lion Holidays (Pvt) Ltd which employed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volvobuses.com\/bus\/india\/en-in\/buses\/Volvo9400\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx\">Volvo 9400<\/a>\u00a0for our journey.<\/p>\n<p>Now the journey begins. We started from <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/WwElQW\">Majnu Ka Tilla near Kashmir Gate, Delhi<\/a>. Soon we joined the National Highway number 1 in India bound for Lahore, Pakistan. Meanwhile, we spotted a heavily guarded luxury bus from Lahore, Pakistan. As we got to know it is running\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: #f5f6f5;\">daily<\/span><span style=\"background-color: #f5f6f5;\">\u00a0<\/span>for the sake of passengers travelling between Lahore-Delhi and Police providing continuous escort for the whole journey.<\/p>\n<h3>Rescue mission<\/h3>\n<p>After about 45 minutes of a drive, we arrived Haryana Pradesh\u00a0border and all the tourist buses halted and paid the border taxes. Every other bus left, not our bus. We felt there&#8217;s something is wrong. My father went out and asked the driver what happened. Alas, the bus has\u00a0broken down and we have to wait for another bus comes. After an hour another bus came and picked up and\u00a0speeded up like crazy in congested NH1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.nipunadodan.com\\\/thetraveller\\\/indian-manali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:92075577}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 412px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"412\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 412px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"412\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"616\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"408\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"285\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The bus came for replacement while having halt at Ambala for a break\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The bus came for replacement while having halt at Ambala for a break&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?fit=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?fit=620%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?w=616&#038;h=408&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?resize=450%2C298&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7250.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"616\" height=\"408\" data-original-width=\"616\" data-original-height=\"408\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The bus came for replacement while having halt at Ambala for a break\" alt=\"The bus came for replacement while having halt at Ambala for a break\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 616px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 616\/408;width: 616px; height: 408px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The bus came for replacement while having halt at Ambala for a break <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>After hours of travelling, we came to halt at a dhaba in a border city called <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/vGZGzA\">Ambala, Haryana Pradesh<\/a>. We had some refreshments and soon we&#8217;re travelling again through a nicely built\u00a0city of <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/rFch5w\">Chandigarh<\/a>. After a short ride across Punjab, we entered to <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/QONC45\">Himachal Pradesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Narrow winding roads<\/h3>\n<p>A narrow winding road ahead, the driver doesn&#8217;t seem to be slowing down. The bus is swinging like a boat in rough seas. The time was midnight, we all tried to sleep. We found\u00a0bus took\u00a0another halt before Manali when we woke up. The temperature was dropping drastically. We were chilling and trembling all over. It must be around 0\u00b0 C now. After getting some rest for nearly another half an hour, we&#8217;re riding again.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 3: Finally&#8230; Manali, the Indian Manali<\/h2>\n<p>When the sun began to rise, we were passing Beas Valley in Kullu heading to the &#8220;Indian Manali&#8221;. What a magnificent view? <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beas_River\">Beas river<\/a> beneath those giant mountain tops covered with snow. It&#8217;s a lifetime memoir. Never had an imagination how will be this &#8220;Indian Manali&#8221; look like before the journey.\u00a0When the life began to start in the morning we reached Manali, the &#8220;Indian Manali&#8221;.\u00a0The hotel sent us a driver to pick us from the bus station. He was named Bashir; tall,\u00a0giant\u00a0man from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.nipunadodan.com\\\/thetraveller\\\/indian-manali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:92075577}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 255px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"255\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 170px; height: 255px;\" data-original-width=\"170\" data-original-height=\"255\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"166\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"251\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"287\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beas River Valley\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beas River Valley&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?fit=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?fit=620%2C935&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?w=166&#038;h=251&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?w=994&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?resize=450%2C679&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7753.jpg?resize=600%2C905&amp;ssl=1 600w\" width=\"166\" height=\"251\" data-original-width=\"166\" data-original-height=\"251\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Beas River Valley\" alt=\"Beas River Valley\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 166px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 166\/251;width: 166px; height: 251px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Beas River Valley <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 255px;\" data-original-width=\"450\" data-original-height=\"255\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"446\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"251\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"286\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Snowy mountain tips\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Snowy mountain tips&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?fit=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?fit=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?w=446&#038;h=251&#038;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?resize=450%2C253&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7287.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" width=\"446\" height=\"251\" data-original-width=\"446\" data-original-height=\"251\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Snowy mountain tips\" alt=\"Snowy mountain tips\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 446px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 446\/251;width: 446px; height: 251px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Snowy mountain tips <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our travel agent booked us a small but nice hotel called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silmoggarden.in\/\">Silmog Garden<\/a>&#8216; in Manali. We\u00a0can totally recommend them. The only drawback was they didn&#8217;t have Wi-fi. But you can still sneak into the nearby hotel&#8217;s wi-fi \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<h3>Local sightseeing<\/h3>\n<p>So it&#8217;s time to explore this little Indian Manali. We took our breakfast from the hotel. Actually, we had a deal with the hotel to swap\u00a0last day&#8217;s breakfast for the first day. After the meal, Bashir came to take us for some local sightseeing. Several temples located nearby the town, including <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hidimba_Devi_Temple\">Hadimabadevi Temple<\/a> and few others and a hot water spring. They took us to a place called &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.in\/Attraction_Review-g297618-d2711443-Reviews-Club_House-Manali_Himachal_Pradesh.html\">Club House<\/a>&#8216;. They charged us 20 INR per head to enter to the place. There&#8217;s nothing to see there. Totally AVOID\u00a0that place. Day&#8217;s tour ended up at nice\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.in\/Attraction_Review-g297618-d3202928-Reviews-Gadhan_Thekchhokling_Gompa_Monastery-Manali_Himachal_Pradesh.html\">Tibetan temple<\/a> located so close to the hotel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.nipunadodan.com\\\/thetraveller\\\/indian-manali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:92075577}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 429px; height: 286px;\" data-original-width=\"429\" data-original-height=\"286\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"425\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"282\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"295\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7419.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tibetian Monastery\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tibetian Monastery &lt;\/p&gt; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 187\/282;width: 187px; height: 282px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> People in traditional Himachal dresses <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 620px; height: 466px;\" data-original-width=\"620\" data-original-height=\"466\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 466px;\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"466\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"462\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"291\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7268.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hadimba Devi Temple\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Hadimba Devi Temple&lt;\/p&gt; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 306\/462;width: 306px; height: 462px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Hadimba Devi Temple <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 310px; height: 466px;\" data-original-width=\"310\" data-original-height=\"466\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"306\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"462\"> <img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.nipunadodan.com\/thetraveller\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/02\/DSC_7383.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"994,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beas Valley beauty\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beas Valley beauty&lt;\/p&gt; 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--smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 616\/408;width: 616px; height: 408px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Beas Valley beauty <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h3>First night in Manali<\/h3>\n<p>We returned to the hotel and asked them for room heaters. When we first contacted the travel agent we asked for this. Otherwise, they charge for room heaters 900 INR per night. Talking the truth that cold cannot be beaten by a\u00a0room heater. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Next day morning we&#8217;re heading for snowy mountains&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>As the post is getting longer and longer I&#8217;ll continue the rest of the story in the next post&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Traveller is\u00a0back with another travel report. This time &#8220;India&#8221;!! We are going to find out the beauty of the &#8220;Indian Manali&#8221;. Again a family tour\u00a0abroad. 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