Dharamsala Guest Houses

... around in locally registered motorbikes and jeeps.  We ventured into interesting narrow lanes that were full of small guest houses, laundries, stores selling foreign foodstuff, trek arrangers, everything very well organised to cater to long term ...

April 1 (No fooling!) We arrived in this mountainous, quiet setting at Dev's Guest Houses about 3 km up hill from McLeod Ganj. It was a wild 4 hour ride. There is no way I could manouver these dare-devil drivers, pot-holed, narrow roads with cows, people, ...

... city still asleep.  Nothing was open and the only people around were a couple taxi drivers offering to take us to far away guest houses.  We shook our heads and followed an elderly Finnish woman to a nearby hotel where we camped out for a couple ...

... nbsp; The line-up was in one of the many dark, moist passageways between buildings, with steps leading down to more shops and guest houses. The notice on the wall stated that due to Dr. Dhonden’s declining health he was only seeing sixty patients a ...

... one road that only goes partway up the hill, and other than that, its all footpaths between the various cafes, restaurants, guest houses, and villager homes.  I'm really serious when I say Bhagsu is filled with Israelis.  Most places have ...

... sleep we'd had in the past days. After the rest we decided to walk down the hill and explore the lower parts of Dharamsala. We braced ourselves for a steep decline 3km down to the centre. The road was naturally very curvy as it usually is at elevated ...

... when I actually was. Its not pleasant feeling sick on a bus that you have to stay on. Sunday 4th July We passed through Dharamsala and got to McLeod Ganj at 7.30am. It was beautifully cool at an elevation of 1770 metres and had stunning views in every ...

Dharamsala/ McLeod Ganj - 6077 Ft Altitude The town is beautiful, the mountain scenery inspiring, my room is the best I have had yet (hot showers!!!), and the abundant good restaurants make this place a gem.  However, an inner itch for ...

... ll tell you, when you're worn out from the bus, the last thing you want to do is carry a massive bag around looking in all the guest houses to find the best deal. So you find a bad deal, which is what we did.. Mount View, a nice hotel but too expensive ...

... was not climbable. In a blind panic we quickly began to look for somewhere else to stay. The problem was that nearly all the other guest houses locked up for the night too. We were very lucky to find somewhere just as the manager was locking the gate. We ...

... in the alley and walked for a couple of kms, probably in circles until we realised we hadn’t seen any tourists or guest houses for a while, we had to ask for directions to an autorickshaw, and lucked out with correct information and we ...

... set of extremely deep steps and roads that were like rollercoasters, across a bridge and back up a hill until I found a patch of hotels and guest houses. I stopped in at a guest house to see about a room, and I was shown a small cement cubicle with no ...

... ;  I arrived in Mcleodganj around 8 am after a very long, very bumpy bus ride.  Took about an hour looking at different guest houses and comparing prices before settling on one with a beautiful view.     I sat down to a cup of tea ...

... of Sangla came into view, its the largest settlement in the valley and a mish mash of both old and new, containing basic guest houses, general stores, simple cafes, a village school and a couple of interesting temples. From here we got our first clear ...

... pink buildings cover the west bank of the area. Over 300 people live there and many people come to visit and stay in the guest houses. We were lucky to be referred and recommended by Shantanu's Mother, as it is very hard for foreigners to stay at the ...

... it's a really cool littlw town. mainly only a few streets big really. A guy met us off the bus and mentioned he ran one of the guest houses from the book - Hotel Mount View - and so we wandered off with him to go sort a room out. The hotel is cool and is ...

... trekking agencies, internt access, various shops, hair salon, many restaurants and even an ATM. There were no ATMs in Manali or Dharamsala at all, so when I saw it I nearly hugged it! The travellers here are a very different sort to those found in ...