2:50 PM - Om restaurant, Pooh Colony
We have had more than 100 kms after Bhawanagar. Till Powari, roads were hell, but we enjoyed it, the Tapri hydel electricity plant on Sutlej in between for 30-40 kms, I think, phew, what road it was.
Filled petrol of Rs 100/- at Powari, as it was rationed there, only Rs 100 petrol for bike and Rs 200 petrol for car. The check post people had also mentioned "Malling Nullah". And here at the restaurant in Pooh, the locals are also mentioning the same, just 3-4 kms after Nako, major land slides are happening and road is blocked for many days at Malling Nallah.
Ah, the only route towards Leh is blocked here.
Still kept on riding, and suddenly found our biker friends, en-route some 15 kms ahead of Pooh,whom we had seen in Shimla. We had never met them before then. And they said it " The road is closed ahead at Malling".
Discussed, thought over, no options actually, we returned to Pooh. Back to Tensingh's Om restaurant and hotel. It's a new hotel and freshly painted, so very clean and no flies or insects, etc. Good room and we settle down.
Plan to leave early at 5 am tomorrow. Want to cross Jalori pass now, to go via Manali route.
Let's see how it works.
Night Halt : Om Hotel - Tensingh
Food + Lodging - Rs 685/=
Trip : 140 kms for the day.
Route for the day : Bhawa Nagar - Tapri - Ribba - Pooh - Khab - Nako - Khab - Pooh.
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Some photos for the day:
Bhawanagar govt guest house we stayed in last night:
Posing on Kinnaur roads:
Sutlej river accompanies for 200+ kms never leaving roadside for a moment, the humungous flow sometimes so near the road level is so much distracting :
Posing with Sutlej backdrop
Red flag, where ever it used to be there, means landslide zone, wait till its gone or they clear it up
Suddenly after a urn , we saw this. It was making huge roar, huge and we just had to stop there. Pose, click and click for an hour or more, in front of the Kassang Nullah. Click on these photos to see the real Kassang :-)
Kassang going down in Sutlej
One of the mild water streams, Atul fell down in the middle of this one.
Me, crossing this stream, the water used to be bone chilling and used to fill in our boots in every crossing.
First views of snow capped mountains :
From inside of Om restaurant, where we had lunch. What a view from the restaurant, isn't?
Posing on Kinnaur roads:
Sutlej river accompanies for 200+ kms never leaving roadside for a moment, the humungous flow sometimes so near the road level is so much distracting :
Posing with Sutlej backdrop
Red flag, where ever it used to be there, means landslide zone, wait till its gone or they clear it up
Suddenly after a urn , we saw this. It was making huge roar, huge and we just had to stop there. Pose, click and click for an hour or more, in front of the Kassang Nullah. Click on these photos to see the real Kassang :-)
Kassang going down in Sutlej
One of the mild water streams, Atul fell down in the middle of this one.
Me, crossing this stream, the water used to be bone chilling and used to fill in our boots in every crossing.
First views of snow capped mountains :
From inside of Om restaurant, where we had lunch. What a view from the restaurant, isn't?
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