Day3:
We knew that a wet weather system would set for 14th and 15th in the region and mentally prepared for a wet day ahead. It was as expected started with showers and visibility was quite low.
We have progressed 550 odd km in such a terrain in 2 days, a good achievement.
The more we progressed through the narrow gorges of Chandrabhaga, with low visibility and absolute remoteness and surging Chandrabhaga deep into the gorge, only word to describe the ambience was Mystic. Driving an hour, you won’t find a vehicle from opposite direction, so much was the loneliness. Suddenly the silence broken when we found couple of people around a HRTC bus stopped in the middle of the road. We enquired and found it was a punctured tyre and they never thought at that hour any vehicle could come from opposite side, so stopped the bus in the middle and started changing the tyres. We were frustrated but really didn’t had any option other than waiting for almost an hour.
We resumed our journey and it was really a fascinating drive across one of the loneliest road in the country, Waterfalls all around, clouds playing in the sky, little drizzle all the time made the whole journey really memorable.
Chandrabhaga Gorge:
A Waterfalls across the road:
Mystic Valley in other side:
Raging Water flowing across:
The Scary Road goes on:
The Waterfalls on the other side meeting Chandrabhaga through a glacier:
The valley widens as we approach from Tindi:
Then we faced another blockade just few km before Udaipur. It was a raging water crossing, simply scaring, locally known as daldal nala. You see and decide what you call it, water crossing, falls, river whatever but never can be a road. Big stones pulled in the force of water making it impassable even for bigger vehicle like HRTC Buses. A lone dozer was the only hope but somehow it was not starting, Now we started getting nervous. The dozer guy was frantically looking for a spanner to start it and to our luck, somehow our driver Vinkal had it with him. The dozer started after a try of almost 45 mins and started to clear the boulders and stones to make it passable.
There it is:
A closer look:
God always gifts us some wonderful moments whatever scary situation it is, see the smile, it gives you courage even in difficult situation:
The lone dozer is trying at its best:
Vista opened up more as we hit Lahaul Valley on Leh – Manali Road:
The Khoksar PWD GH in the evening:
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