Our Itinerary for McLeoad Ganj, Triund and Lehs Cave Trip
Blue Mountain Flowers at Snowline, above Triund, Himachal PradeshMegha has asked for the itinerary of my recent trip to McLeod Ganj, Triund and beyond. We are not big at planning anything but here is what we did.
22/05/2009 (Friday morning)- Leave for Chandigarh by Shatabdi Express from New Delhi, we had some work in Chandigarh otherwise the straightforward way is to go to Pathankot/Chakkibank by train and take a bus for Dharamshala/McLeod Ganj from there.
22/05/2009 (Friday afternoon)- tried to take a bus to Dharamshala but we were told we missed it by a few minutes and the next one was around 6.00 pm. We did not want to wait that long and asked for advice. The bus conductors told us to go to Jwalaji and take a bus from there for Dharamshala. We reached Jwalaji by 8.00pm and decided to stay there for the night is a ghastly Rupees 400 hotel.
23/05/2009 (Saturday Morning) Got up, ate Aalo paratha (flat Indian bread stuffed with potatoes) took Avomine (both of us have bad motion sickness on hill roads) and sat in a bus for Kangra as there were no immediate buses available for Dharamshala. After Kangra, we immediately got the bus straight for McLeod Ganj.
23/05/2009 (Saturday afternoon) With two big rucksacks we finally reached McLeod Ganj. Sesha found an atrocious hotel and I agreed to stay there! Did nothing. Sesha found a trekking agency but we were told that Indrahar pass route was not yet open because of snow.
24/05/20089 (Sunday) Lazed around McLeod Ganj.
25/05/2009 (Monday morning) Started walking for Triund. Reached triund sat there, literally soaking in the Dhauladhar range.
26/05/2009 (Tuesday morning) Walked up to Snowline. Stayed there.
27/06/2009 (Wednesday morning) Walked up to Lehs cave and above. Got caught in hail while returning. And then had to put our tent down for the fear that it would get blown off in the stiff wind.
28/05/2009 (Thursday morning) Walked back to Triund, sat there, it was the rainbow day.
29/05/2009 (Friday morning) Unfortunately walked back to the civilization (Mcleod Ganj). Stayed at a marginally better hotel.
30/05/2009 (Saturday morning) Lazed around Mcleod Ganj.
30/05/2009 (Saturday afternoon) Took a bus back to Pathankot.
31/05/2009 (Sunday morning) Unfortunately we were back to reality, Delhi.
Labels: McLeod Ganj, Trek, Triund
posted by Mridula at 9:15 PM
11 Comments:
if u dont mind me asking, it was a leisure trek trip that you went on with another friend shesha.. right?
that is super gud, girl.. i can imagine the wonderful time u must have had.. and you guys went without prior bookings etc? is the basic stuff available easily there? beyond Mcleod u guys were on foot for all those days? u set up ur tent on ur own? oh I ask too many questions but it truely sounds interesting and adventurous.. cheers to you for having gone for it.
I am glad to answer your questions :D
Sesha is my husband and it has been almost 10 years :D
We almost always travel without prior bookings for buses, we do not dare to do that with trains. I can't remember when we last booked a hotel beforehand!
We did walk after McLeod Ganj but we had a guide and a porter. But we did pitch our own tent. We try to trek at least once a year for sure.
ah.. now i know.. i was actually wondering about 2 girls setting off on such treks all by themselves.. it all makes sense to me now :)
I too got it now :D That where your sense of amazement was coming from.
@Mridula
The comments are as interesting as the post :)
Thanks for posting the itinerary :)
It sounds so great that husband and wife trekking together all by themselves, camping on the hills :)
Dont you fear the emgergencies that might prop up, just in case ?
I have traveled the Himalayas just once(with trekking group), but that was enough to fascinate me!! Keep trekking and posting.
agree with Megha. interesting comments. when i first read mindspace comment, i thought he is asking little more interesting questions (you know what ;) ) but then he clarified that his questions are not "as" interesting.
i have not given it thought but now wondering on only two people trekking all on their own. but its good that you had guide. have u ever did any trek without guide?
hey call me dumb or tubelight but i really am not understanding the (you know what;)and the comments being as interesting as the post part of the above comments..
and mindspace is a 'she' space guys!! enlighten me please for what you all are thinking, reading my questions in the first comment?
Mega we really do not fear and anyway trek with a guide.
Nilesh but you know the entire story anyway :D And yes Mindspace is she.
Mindspace i do do not understand what all of them are trying to say :D I wonder if they are writing in Greek!
Oops forgot to answer if we ever trek with out a guide. The answer is no if there is a slightest possibility of getting lost. But many a times for long stretch of times we do walk just with each other. One such time in this trek was through hail. The guide would run and find a shelter and wait for us to amble through :D
Thanks for mentioning motion sickness. Never crossed my mind! {oops!}
Hi!
You have a really nice blog - amazing trips and travels, very inspiring.
We're planning Mcleod this weekend.. How's the weather there? What would you suggest for escaping the maddening Delhi heat?
Also, would you suggest a trek to Triund with a rather hyper active dog? My wife and I have been planning a short and easy trek (we've never been camping) but only if its safe to take our dog along..
What do you think?
Akshay
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