Trip to Little Lhasa - Part III
We woke the next day with high hopes that we will be heading to view the mountaintop and the glacier, but to our dismay it was heavy raining till 8Am and hence had to drop the plan of trekking. At that moment we decided that we would head towards Dalhousie. Near Dalhousie there is a place called Khajjiar, which is a 1x1km stretch of grassland. We had to drive around 6hrs to reach this place, but it was worth it for the drive. At around 2.30Pm we had our lunch in Dalhousie and then headed to Khajjiar. The road from Dalhousie to Khajjiar is good. I have visited lots of hill stations, but the one I admired is Dalhousie.

We spent around 2 hrs and rejoiced the place. By 5Pm it started to heavy rain and we had to run towards our cab to start off from that place. This time we took the return route through Chamba valley, the road was not so good but still the view was ultimate. After an hour or two, one of our types got punctured and had to halt. The cab had an extra tyre but was not able to find any spanners, so the driver waited to get a lift to the nearby village to get the tools. By 8.30Pm the tyre was replaced and all along the route we were trying to fix the old tyre. By 12.30Am we were able to find a shop and it took us another 45mins to fix.

I should appreciate my driver for the way he drived through the hill station. The amazing stuff was he started to drive from Sunday morning 5Am to Morning 4AM with just a 2 hr rest at Khajjiar. After 4Am on Monday he took a 1hr nap and started off. I was dropped at my home by 10Am. For those 2 days we had traveled around 2000Kms, our driver had a good stamina to cover that distance.

Tips: Try to avoid driving a distance of 2000Km in two days.