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Travel Blogs from Manali
To the hills
... It wasn’t too much of a surprise when a big down was followed by an even bigger up, the top of the next climb being over 2000m higher at the 3200m Jopek Jot pass. The heat of the lower elevation sapped the strength from our out of shape legs and it became apparent that we would be stuck between two villages for the night with not a guest house in sight. Just as a night camped next to the road looking inevitable we came across a fist for the day, a bus stop sticking out ...
Israel Central (again)
... travels. She's just arrived and now I'm starting to sound like the expert - telling her all the places to go in the north. She takes some of my advice as slurp chai, and as the rain comes in heavy. We go to help her look for some trousers to buy and wear to a Jewish gathering somewhere or other. I am the minority here! Her Hebrew is better well heard than my English amongst the locals! We split.
Later I eat at ...
Hampta pass - Kissing the clouds Sept 2011
... the falling darkness and a wind that was picking up. At the end of the second day, we were fortunate not to have experienced rain, and now the likelihood was remote at this altitude.
Dinner was a wonderful affair with the cook delivering hot rice, dal and vegatables and also tossing up the sardines we were carrying and making a nice masala dish out of it ! It was delicious. By 8.30 pm we were in our tents , resting in the warmth of our sleeping bags...it was -5 ...
26th Nov 2011
... ve grown up only since 1960 when the Dalai Lama had to escape the brutality and slaughter of the Tibetan people and heritage by the Chinese invaders (It's easy to get worked up about it here!).
The Dalai Lama was not about today, so no chance of a picture but it was nice to walk about the complex, spin the prayer wheels, enjoy the temples and get an over all feel of the importance of this place to ...
Efficiency in India, remarkable!
Hi everyone,
We are now a long way from the sweltering deserts of Rajasthan in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh!
We travelled all the way to Delhi then onto Amritsar accompanied by a carriage packed with Sikh Pilgrims! Amritsar was a massive surprise, it was packed with people mostely Sikh's who are the most friendly people we ahve come across in India. Although there was a lot of 'Hello good sir can we please have snap' they were always very ...
Location
Other places to stay in Manali
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Holiday Inn Manali
Prini, Manali Naggar Hwy., Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $145 -
Royal Park Resort
Naggar Road, Prini, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $51 -
Honeymoon Inn Manali
Left Bank, Aleo, Manali | 2 star hotelfrom $66 -
Silmog Garden
Model Town, Manali | 3 star hotel -
Hotel Snowcrests Manor
Beyond Log Huts, Manali | 2 star hotelfrom $44 -
Apple Country Resort
Log-Huts Area, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $96 -
Banon Resorts Manali
New Hope Orchards, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $77 -
Sarovar Portico, Manali
Club Road, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $60 -
Manali Heights
Log Hut Area, Manali | 4 star hotelfrom $57 -
Solang Valley Resort
V.P.O. Palchan, Manali, Distt.Kullu, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $172 -
The River Crescent Resort
2558-1, VPO, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $89 -
Hotel Ankit Palace
Aleo Naggar Road, Manali | Hotel -
Snow Valley Resorts
Log Hut Area, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $51 -
Sarthak Resorts
Khakhnal, Naggar Road Left Bank, Manali | 2 star hotelfrom $44 -
Hotel Snow Princess
National Highway, Manali | 1 star hotelfrom $51 -
De Vivendi Resorts
Naggar Road, Prini, Manali | 1 star hotelfrom $61 -
HighlandPark Manali
Nehru Kund, Manali | 4 star hotelfrom $150 -
Glacier Resorts
Hadimba Devi Road, Manali | Hotelfrom $45 -
Manali Inn
Rangree, Manali | Hotel -
Johnson Lodge
Circuit House Road, Manali | 1 star hotelfrom $70 -
Tourist Hotel
Circuit House Road, Manali | 2 star hotelfrom $16 -
Hotel New Adarsh
Behind Adarsh Restaurant, Manali | 2 star hotelfrom $22 -
Heritage Village Resort
Nagar Manali Road, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $44 -
Hotel Sitara International
National Highway-21, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $36 -
Hotel Vintage
Left Bank, Aleo Naggar Road, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $43 -
Piccadilly Resort
Mall Road, Manali | 3 star hotelfrom $100
