The Whole Idea Of Road Trip : How it started!

View From our Hotel Room at Auli

White Horses at Auli

Roads waiting for us

It was August 2011 when I planned to visit Delhi and  Auli plus Valley of Flowers with few of my college friends.  As It happens with every trip, many of my friends just back out when I reached Delhi but to our rescue others remain firm on visiting the place. Due to many reasons we did not have the luxury to spend whole one week in Auli and Valley of Flowers but we had at least 3 days. We decided to cover just Auli and may be some other place falling near by. Trip turned out to be an eye opener for professionals like us who think that our whole world reside in the office/Our rented rooms... More than the Destination, we enjoyed our journey through the Himalayan terrain. It was amazing and quite energizing. Few of the Auli Pics are attached below....

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While coming back, We decided that we will again go some where next year. Everyone have the same destination in the mind i.e. Ladakh and Srinagar. Though it was quite early but we decided to make it possible as no one had any doubt about the trip being real fun...But at that time nobody even thought about how difficult and dangerous it will be. I returned back from Delhi after having lot of fun and got involve into our daily stuff,  just waiting for June 2012.

Around April 2012, we all talked on phone and it felt amazing to see that everyone were equally enthusiastic about the trip and were waiting for this time just like me. After few more calls the week has been decided as the first week of June 2012 as for many reasons.

The Fist thing we looked after waking up!

First reason was that all the passes generally get opened around 3rd or 4th week of May,  so even it get delayed then it will be opened by First week of June, for sure.

Second reason was that we wanted to go through the Himalaya when there are still lot of snow left  plus we were enthusiastic about experiencing the snow falls too. The hidden benifit of this was actually seen when we started the trip....We passed though many parts of the Himalaya which seems to be untouched for the season i.e. Snow on the way was just as soft as it can be...no foot marks ...no blackish trails...no human being to be seen for miles...it feels that its just us and the Mountains. It was just Amazing feeling!

Lovely View

The Fog Approaching Us

Nanda Devi

Third reason was very simple, Like all of you out there we also hate CROWD. Crowd means unwanted delay in commuting, unwanted waiting out side the tourist places, increased price of hotels and other facilities etc etc...Being the start of season, It was certain that we are hardly going to see too many tourists!

There were other strong reasons too but these were the main ones.

So at last....Leaves Applied...Leaves Granted....Tickets to Delhi bought...Cab Booked....Route decided...Option for Stay discussed...Waiting desperately to reach Delhi....  :) :)