{"id":22896,"date":"2014-05-13T17:16:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=22896"},"modified":"2014-10-30T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T10:42:01","slug":"day-73-mandi-to-bhuntar-himachal-pradesh-kanyakumari-to-leh-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/travel\/day-73-mandi-to-bhuntar-himachal-pradesh-kanyakumari-to-leh-cycling","title":{"rendered":"Day 73 – Mandi to Bhuntar, Himachal Pradesh (Kanyakumari to Leh Cycling)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beautiful scenic valleys, the Beas River, the Pandoh Dam and the Kullu Tunnel constituted my today’s ride. The weather was too awesome the whole way as it rained yesterday and I didn’t see the sun the whole day. Luckily, it did not rain as well while I was cycling. I was in touch with a person who posts about Manali to Leh road status on the Internet and I met him after crossing the Pandoh Dam as he was coming from Manali and I was going towards it. We had a good discussion at a tea stall about the opening of that road. I learned that this highway will not open at least before two weeks from now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Winding<\/a>
Winding roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Snack<\/a>
Snack time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were small, tented dhabas<\/span>\u00a0at places\u00a0beside road, where I had Maggi and omelette. The view there could beat any good view you can get from an expensive restaurant with a valley going on the eastern side and it looked like the Beas river was originating from there. There came a long and steep climb as well but it did not bother me much as I was already mesmerised by the scenery.<\/p>\n

\"Pandoh<\/a>
Pandoh Dam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it came to going downhill, the wind blew too fast it didn’t let the cycle speed increase. It so happened somewhere in-between that I was coming down the slope speedily and looked backward at a beautiful valley with palm trees on the other side of the river. When I turned my head and looked in front, I was about to smash into rocks, which could have resulted in serious injuries. But thanks to the disc brakes on my cycle, I was saved the ordeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Roads<\/a>
Road Carved Out of Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I entered the 2.97-km-long Kullu tunnel and it was quite dark at some places inside and water was dripping down through the rocks above. This ride was enchanting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"One<\/a>
One day more for Manali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I reached Bhuntar and started looking for cheap accommodation, asking at various places, when suddenly I happened to look at the pole of a gurudwara on the other side of the river. I could not believe there was a gurudwara in Bhuntar as well. Nothing more I needed. I was really happy and went towards the other side through a bridge. For the first time, I found an expensive gurudwara, where room charges were Rs. 300. I enquired for a hall and per bed price was Rs. 50, so I took that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View from bridge at Bhuntar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was something else on my mind. I thought of keeping my cycle in the gurudwara and going to Manikaran by bus and coming back for my further journey to Manali. So I asked the administration and they agreed. I knew my luggage and cycle were safe in the gurudwara. Then I left for Manikaran in Parvathi Valley, which is just 35 km from Bhuntar.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beautiful scenic valleys, the Beas River, the Pandoh Dam and the Kullu Tunnel constituted my today’s ride. The weather was too awesome the whole way as it rained yesterday and I didn’t see the sun the whole day. Luckily, it did not rain as well while I was cycling. I was in touch with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1285,"featured_media":22898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4474],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-travel","8":"category-unusual-india"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36726,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896\/revisions\/36726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}