Once at Manali, we checked into a hotel, got fresh and were all set. Where did we go next… to the good old Chopsticks.. Yes I love that place, if you wondering why… Had a nice Chicken manchow soup, with ChillyGarlic Trout and followed it up with nice yummy tiny Gulab Jamuns from a road side vendor, and walked our way to our hotel room…
The Awesome ambiance at the CHOPSTICKS...
Humare Sharma sahab, while waiting for food thinking, only if the weather hadn't been bad we would be at the Camp1 sleeping now, to attempt the Summit next morning...
There are always two sides of the coin, the good and the bad.. But hey, have you heard of the "Third side of the Coin?" Thats the Chilly Garlic fried Trout Fish at the Chopsticks.. You only get that at Manali...
After your dinner at Chopsticks, don't forget to take a walk out in the market and spot the Gulab Jamun wala... Perfect dessert to the heavy dinner...
the hustle bustle of Manali Market
Next morning, we got our next days ticket cancelled and booked a return ticket for Saturday evening… Once we did our breakfast in chopsticks, we headed for a little Manali tour. First through the narrow markets of Manali then to the Monastery near by. Later had heavy lunch, once again at Chopsticks, and headed straight to bus stand..
Chilly Drying in Sun
The Manali Monastery
writing on the wall.. rather stones..
a cute baby was posing for his mum and family, but he was so cute, so cute, that we couldn't resist taking his few shots... with permissions of his mum of-course..
Vivek taking the right side...
the colorful markets of Manali..
prayer Flags..
All we got back from this trek was, few good memories, experience of trekking with heavy load, super food at chopsticks, trekking in dark, snow storm… Swollen muscles and painful knees, thighs, shins and shoulders…
Sometimes in future I would be back to capture, Shitidhar.. Only next time, I will try to get additional porter to carry our extra load, and better weather window.. For sure.. Till then
Adios… Good Bye and keep trekking..
Cheersss..
Tanzeem Patankar
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