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Jeep Safari in Lahaul  & Trek Chandrataal

Dalhousie-Chamba - I went to Dalhousie & Chamba with the college trekking team in the final year of my engineering course. We trekked around Dalhousie first and then to Chamba. We went by train to Pathankot in Punjab and from there went by road to Dalhousie. There was no destination for us, we would just explore mountains - it was not serious trekking.

We went to Khajjiar - a beautifull landscape centred by a small lake, near Dalhousie.

The real trekking experience came when we reached Chamba - famous for beautiful girls. We started to trek to a nearby hill through the forest and I somehow got lost. The three friends went ahead over the ridge while I trekked through the lower slopes. Finally we met at a village on the peak of the hill. The scene was absolutely mesmerising as clouds went through us and it started to rain. We took shelter in a village house. They were not used to visitors. They offered us food and we were gald to accept Dal-Chawal - it tasted good for two reasons - we were hungry, and, eating in some remote village is so exciting for me.

We then moved ahead to a higher mountain where, we were told, was an old temple. So we boarded a state transport bus, not from the door but from the back through a ladder to the roof. Some 50 people were already there on the roof of the bus. The bus moved slowly, overloaded and fighting hard the slopes of the mountains. We brushed many trees and had to duck whenever a large branch came hanging in our way. The one hour trip to the temple was something I can never forget in my life.

We returned to Chamba in the night and by then our accompanying teacher was worried. Any way, Dalhousie Chamba is a nice place, though there isn't any thing special about it, unless you are willing to explore the mountains.