Yatra of Confluences and Holiday of Identity

[CliffHanger]

A terrific travelogue with lots of beautiful pics and useful information.
Thanks for sharing!

[sanjaykaul]

Originally Posted by CliffHanger

A terrific travelogue with lots of beautiful pics and useful information.
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the wonderful words CliffHanger.

Originally Posted by rkbharat

what a wonderful log, pics and journey. Truly a bible for Yatra on road. I will keep notes for my trip there in future

Thanks rkbharat for the kind words. You Ladakh travel stories have instilled confidence in me and I am planning to take my swift most probably in August. Lets see what happens.

Originally Posted by Saurabh M

Fantastic travelogue and great pictures. The Garhwal himalayas are always a delight for a self-drive tour. You may want to put up a map of the places covered and the route taken.

Thanks Saurabh. Garwal has a lot to offer. One just needs to have time and energy.

Here are some travel routes taken


Day 1: Noida to Srinagar



Day 2: Srinagar to Badrinath Jee



Day 3: Badrinath Jee to Srinagar



Day 4: Srinagar to Dhanaulti (we made the plan to go to Dhanaulti after reaching Rishikesh and hence this route, else there is a shorter route from Srinagar to Chamba and would save lot of time i guess)



Day Last: Dhanaulti to Noida

[Night_Hawk]

Wonderful TL, Amazing pictures. What Camera are you using.
I am sure you would have done a micro level planning for such a great journey. Your TL will be a reference for a drive on hills. Thanks for sharing.
cheers!
NH

[ampere]

Reminds me of old journey as a kid 20 years back. We went in a bus from Haridwar (visited both Badrinath and Kedarnath). We also stayed overnight at Srinagar on the way. In that weather the hot daal and rajma and rice was something which I still cannot forget. (Not to mention the total strangers on the bus, who became good friends for a few days before we parted ways).

Amazing details there Sanjay!

[lordofgondor]

Wow, that's a great family holiday mate. The beauty of UK has been depicted by great pics and useful updates on road conditions. Those misty mountains look so amazing!

[rtandon]

Sanjay, this is a beautiful post with great details.
Reminded me of my trip as a youngster. We did all the 4 dhaams and it was great fun. I still remember 10 khubanis for a rupee at the "Gate" and lychees at INR 8 per kg.

I too have been planning a trip to Badrinath jee (ex-Mumbai though) but it has not materialized yet. Let us see when it happens. Sigh!

[Fordmanchau]

Sanjay,
Just read through your entire travelogue.
Great Pics and good details.It would surely serve as a reference for the trip to the hills of North.
The route information are good too.
Thanks for sharing. And a very happy belated Birthday to your son. He must have been very excited to learn so many new things.

[sanjaykaul]

Originally Posted by Night_Hawk

Wonderful TL, Amazing pictures. What Camera are you using.
I am sure you would have done a micro level planning for such a great journey. Your TL will be a reference for a drive on hills. Thanks for sharing.
cheers!
NH

Thanks for you kind words Night_Hawk. The micro level planning was there to some extents (Route and places of interest) but this time we went without reservations and that’s why we couldn’t do “Valley of Flowers”. Considering the distance we traveled, it was a big miss.

I used a Canon S3IS.

Originally Posted by ampere

Reminds me of old journey as a kid 20 years back. We went in a bus from Haridwar (visited both Badrinath and Kedarnath). We also stayed overnight at Srinagar on the way. In that weather the hot daal and rajma and rice was something which I still cannot forget. (Not to mention the total strangers on the bus, who became good friends for a few days before we parted ways).

Amazing details there Sanjay!

Thanks ampere for liking the details.

Gharwali Rajma is quite famous. We also bought a KG from a small place on the way. For the information of readers, you must get “Harsil’s Rajma" when in area (and if you like Rajma). They are supposed to be the best.

And very true, such journeys do result into ever lasting friendships sometimes.

Originally Posted by lordofgondor

Wow, that's a great family holiday mate. The beauty of UK has been depicted by great pics and useful updates on road conditions. Those misty mountains look so amazing!

Thanks. We did this journey right in time and found the best weather. The roads got closed (for a couple of days) a day after we reached home.

Originally Posted by rtandon

Sanjay, this is a beautiful post with great details.
Reminded me of my trip as a youngster. We did all the 4 dhaams and it was great fun. I still remember 10 khubanis for a rupee at the "Gate" and lychees at INR 8 per kg.

I too have been planning a trip to Badrinath jee (ex-Mumbai though) but it has not materialized yet. Let us see when it happens. Sigh!

Thanks rtandon. Char Dham is my dream too and lets see if we can manage that next year.

10 Khubani for a rupee and Lichi INR 8 for a KG? That’s dream price. In what year was that?

I am sure your Badrinath jee trip will happen soon. Jai Badri Vishal

Originally Posted by Fordmanchau

Sanjay,
Just read through your entire travelogue.
Great Pics and good details.It would surely serve as a reference for the trip to the hills of North.
The route information are good too.
Thanks for sharing. And a very happy belated Birthday to your son. He must have been very excited to learn so many new things.

Thanks Fordmanchau for liking the travelogue and wishing Soumil. He was very excited and didn’t want to come back. His argument was “there still a week for schools to start, why go home early”


A special Thanks to Mods for putting the thread in list of “Hot Threads” on home page.

[contactme27]

Excellent Travologue. I am planning for badrinath trip and your TV has all the info in place. Thanks for sharing

[raman.]

Excellent Travelogue Sanjay!!!

The details that you have mentioned would be very helpful to anyone planning a trip to beautiful Garhwal region.

Hope to see a Leh-Laddakh travelogue from you soon.