Dec 2008 : Kullu

Travel Title: Year-End Trip to New Delhi – Shimla – Kullu – Manali, India (2008)

When: December 2008

About The Trip:

Purpose: Celebrating the New Year 2009 in Shimla & Manali, India.

Days/Nights: 5 Days 4 Nights

Arrangements: Travel Agent / Self-guided Tour

Route: Mumbai INDIA – New Delhi INDIA (1 night) – Shimla INDIA (1 night) – Manali INDIA (1 night) – New Delhi INDIA (1 night) – Mumbai INDIA

Traveling Method & Time:

Mumbai – New Delhi = by aeroplane (≈ 1 hour 30 minutes)

New Delhi – Shimla = in a hired tourist car (≈ 8 hours)

Shimla – Manali = in a hired tourist car (≈ 8 hours)

Manali – Kullu = in a hired tourist car (≈ 3 hours)

Kullu – Shimla = in a hired tourist car (≈ 5 hours)

Shimla – New Delhi = in a hired tourist car (≈ 8 hours)

New Delhi – Mumbai = by aeroplane (≈ 1 hour 30 minutes)

Details:

Kullu – Kullu is a small town in Himachal Pradesh, about 2 and a half hour drive from Manali (approximately 40km). Located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley, most part of Kullu is practically covered with pine and deodar forest.

Handloom Kullu shawls are the best thing one can look for when one comes to Kullu because the shawls are done by the locals and made of many natural fibers such as pashmina, sheep-wool, angora, silk, etc.

Image Gallery:

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

Trishla Shawl, Kullu

The locals of Kullu

Kullu (on the way to Shimla)

Kullu (on the way to Shimla)

Kullu (on the way to Shimla)

Kullu (on the way to Shimla)

Beas River, Kullu

Dry cow dung @ a village in Kullu

a cow in a blanket @ a village in Kullu

Dry cow dung @ a village in Kullu

Dry cow dung @ a village in Kullu