Travelogue

23.10.11 we started very early in the morning as we had to board the 6.15 am Geetanjali express. So got up at 4 am, and we were out of the house by 4.45 am. We reached Dadar comfortably and in 15 mins, Geetanjali express arrived. We got into our compartment and into our seat. We were a bit hungry now so had our food, and promptly went to sleep. The train was chugging along. We got up at aroound 12 in the noon, and then on were trying to sleep but could not. Our destination was Shegoan, which was supposed to arrive at 2.30 pm. So we were playing games and passing our time, which quickly passed. The train reached Shegoan at right time. We got off the train and took an autorickshaw to the temple. The autorikshaw person dropped us near Bhakt Niwas, which is where all the pilgrims stay. As were also on a pilgrimage, we too decided to stay here. We went to the office which is at Bhakt Niwas bldg no 5. There we had to fill up the form, and was allotted a room in Bhakt Niwas bldg no

Travelogue of travel to Himachal Pradesh 1st November 2010. We started from Chakki Bank, got down there and took an auto rickshaw to Pathankot. At Pathankot bus stand we got a bus to Dalhousie. It was a 3 hr ride and we reached Dalhousie at around 6 pm on 1st of November 2010. We checked a few hotels and finally settled for Aarti Hotel (Garam Sadak, Near GPO, Dalhousie 176304 HP.  Tel 01899-242433 for our stay. It had a wonderful view of the valley down. The staff was helpful and it was fairly cold at that place. We unpacked our bags and got into warmer clothes. This hotel is on the thandi sadak, between Subhash Chowk and Gandhi Chowk. Gandhi Chowk is the place where all the market is located. We had food at Hotel Sharma. 2nd November 2010 The next day we got a bus to Chamba. The view of the surroundings while travelling was just stupendous. We were travelling alongside river Ravi, and saw pine tree forest, snow capped mountains and river Ravi gushing alongside.