Bliss...continues

We had light vodka before settling in for the night. That was a must to brave the chill. Kids enthusiasm wasn't coming down till midnight. They had setup a Christmas tree and all of us with the Santa caps. Too good a time it was. Post all that fun and frolic, a straight drive of more than 460 kms, it was a tight sleep indeed.

Bham....Bham.....Bham.....Bham.....

Somebody slamming the door, early in the morning. What happened dude??? "Abbey saaly bahar to aa" said Jappi....and I could hear various voices from outside. Hurriedly, I just opened the curtain from the rooms window. The look outside was magnificent and larger than life.



In all the literature, I had read about Rewalsar, I never had gotten this idea about such a beautiful Padmasambhava sitting at a hill top.


Kids were also up and playing in the hotel compound area. Admiring the beauty of the colorful Guru Rinpoche, as they say.

A zoomed out view of the Padasambhava, showing all "bhav-bhangimayein".

We quickly freshened up and went out for a stroll. It had such a small town feeling and beautiful early morning character.



The town's population as per the last census is 1369, unbelievable, isn't. There are more people than that in single towers in Indirapuram, hey hey. After a refreshing tea at the local tea stall near Revalsar lake, we were ready for the day. We decided to get ready soon and then go to meet the legend of Padmasambhava over the hill top. Jappi still went further exploring the monasteries by the side of the lake while we went back to hotel to get ready.

Based on the dinner we had at the Tourist Inn, we decided to skip the breakfast there. We would rather have it on some road side dhaba en route.

The drive to the hill top was exciting, due to the steep incline it had and the views from the top...priceless.

Guru Rinpoche...sitting atop the hill.





The colors spread all across.








The views from atop the hill, all around were also out of the world.

The beautifully located Tourist Inn. See how wonderfully placed it is in that small town.



The small and revered Rewalsar Lake, all surrounded by temple, gurudwara and monastries.



After feeling the cool breeze from the hill top, we reversed our vehicles and started in the other direction, towards Mandi, on way to Manali. The road from Rewalsar to Mandi was broader than the last night one from Ner Chowk to Rewalsar.