We were not upto the mark, still started at 6 am from Pooh. Had tea at Spellow where the bullets crossed us. Then we crossed them back on the checkpost. And it did rain incessantly. Wear rain gear, remove it as it becomes hot, then again wear it.....this goes on.
We had thought of having lunch at Rampur, which is 160 kms from Pooh. But we rode well through the day through the rains as well and had lunch at Sainj ( 185 kms) from where we had to take the Kullu diversion.
Then, the Sainj to Aut state highway is fantastic, We had not expected that. :-) It kept raining all the time here and also we had the most fantastic views here. Valley's, people living there and looking at us strangely, kids waving all the way.
We finally started inching towards the Jalori pass. Just 6 kms before the pass, we stop, have many tea's and eat some. Bikes were also heated up. After almost half hour, I felt a little warm.
The last 6 kms was tough, more so as the visibility was also very very low. Still we reached there around 5 pm. This was good thing, so stopped there for almost an hour. Many cups of tea, eggs and photographs later, we started. The descent was the scariest I have seen in my life till now, although, this is the first pass of my life :-)
Finally staying at Nature's Lap Resort in Tehsil Ghayagi, Banjar, district Kullu which is aroung 10-12 kms from the pass.
Night Halt : Nature's Lap Resort, Ghayagi
Food + Lodging - Rs 850/=
Fuel : Rs 200/=
Trip : 250 kms for the day.
Some photographs for the day:
