Road Trip. - Himachal here I Come - DAY 4

Solan - Simla- Narkanda - Rampur - Sarahan. HIMACHAL FINALLY.

The day of indescribible Beauty.

We started our day early, were on the roads by 6.30 A.m, and going by the past experience we knew that we will not be able to cover many kilometeres.

the roads from solan to shimla were an absolute dream to drive on. it entices even non-drives to give a shot at the wheel!! two lane, well surfaced roads with nice bends and curves all along, made it just perfect!

We were passing by the town of Shimla, and the beauty of that town just literally blew us away. a tad overcrowded, but very unique. just before shimla, we had stopped at the tourist info centre at 8.30am. even at that time, the people were forthcoming and provided us with accurate info about weather and road conditions ahead.

Further ahead from shimla, we made a breakfast stop at Kufri, HOtel Kufri Holiday Inn. the breakfast was top notch, but what was NOT TO BE MISSED was the view of the snow capped mountain ranges in the distance, whilst having breakfast.

further ahead from Kufri, we proceeded to Narkanda, Rampur, and took a right for Sarahan. if we would have been on these roads just two days prior, we would have definitely not been able to proceed ahead due to the several, large landslides, the remnants of which can still be seen on the roads.

it was only due to the quick response of the HP govt in clearing up the debris, that we are enjoying this trip unhindered so far.

i must mention, the view of the sutlej is absolutely divine as we drove along the banks all the way from narkanda till we took a right turn for sarahan.

having exhausted our water supplies quickly, we took a chance and filled the fresh water flowing down a waterfall...so far, we are still completely ok!! no diarrohea, stomach upsets or any symptoms..id say we got fresh spring water!


Sarahan, is about 25kms off the main road from jeori. this destination is a 'shakti Peeth'; the famous bheemkali temple is a must to visit, not very grand though, the most famous hotel here is the hotel shrikhand, from where one can view the Shiv ling on the shrikhand mountain. The hotel is good but a bit on the pricy side, we managed to get a similar view from a
much more economical hotel a bit lower, Hotel jeevan jyoti sarahan.


Sarahan is also the base for the 19th indo-tibet battalian, whose training basecamp is scattered all over this tiny hill station. Sarahan was infact off limits to civilans until 1962.

yeah by the way pics attached.