Day 9 : Gushaini Jalori Narkanda Theog Kotkhai

We started in the morning from Gushaini and move towards Banjar and of course we got caught in the traffic in the Banjar market which is quite narrow. It took us some time to get out of the jam and then Kate Aarti sir had to meet somebody was waiting for us at his hotel in GB sorry just said hi and moved onto it the lorry pass there was a landslide on the way and get to stop for at least half an hour for the JCB to clear the the landslide the driver of the gallery + was a pleasant one as it always is the route to the pass in a full term AC and one actually enjoying the drive up to the Pass.

It was that the Pass that we realised that we still had a puncture in one of the rear Tyres. So we stopped for sometime at the Pass and put some air in the tyre and then slowly started making our way down to the town of Sainj.  We couldnt find a proper Puncture guy at Sainj so we decided to move on and find one in Narkanda. On away from Sainj to Narkanda as we drove along the Satluj we came to a point where the road was blocked by a big landslide we had no choice but to take a long detour and this added another 2 hours to our Journey. It was very hot at one point of time why we were at the banks of the Satluj river we recorded a temperature of around 44 degree Celsius.  We had to negotiate a narrow Road in order to get back to Narkanda soon we were back on the road which leads from Rampur to Narkanda on our way to Narkanda and as we climbed the temperature started coming down we had Lunch and then we decided to move.

Now the roads are wide open and very comfortable.  Showing an error of judgement I decided to just speed up date and was going elected fast typing. Android send it washed Yog and after Yog the distant towards chala is very steep but in the road is very good I just kept up the speed Scott without realising how hot it was at how much style of driving was heating up the brakes it was that I got a roll like this after a long time once in a while if you like breaking free so this was me breaking free. Vineet shella and after sometime I said leave realise that we had no brakes that time you were at the valley and on a plain Road so I just move the car to the side and use the handbrake to bring it to a halt not knowing what was going on first thought it was just a mistake but then after repeatedly pushing the peddler realise that we had lost all brakes so we went to the first mechanic on the way and told you what happened at the first question you ask does are you coming from tube yes we answered and he said this often happens to cars coming down from here because people tend to go fast and break hard and as a result the brakes it up and stop working you went to another mechanic and yourself told the same thing so we decided to cool off the brakes for sometime and there was a panchawala was over there we decided to get the perfect there and then. 

Day 10 : Kotkhai Chanshal Kotkhai

We had an easy morning and after a leisurely Breakfast at the Family Apple Orchards decided to leave for the Chanshal Pass, the last Pass in our quest across the Himalayan Passes. At above 12000 ft and close to the border with Uttarakhand the Chanshal Pass offers quite a different perspective on the Himalayas than the other Passes that we had done. Unlike other Passes it gives great view of the Garhwal Himalayas provided the Weather is clear and it also gives a view of the Kinnaur Kailash as well as the main Peaks of Spiti. And we had initially planned to vist the idyllic Villages of Dodra and Kwar which lay across the Pass. These Villages are a handful of Villages in himachal largely untouched by the outside world and the Villages still have a rustic charm of a Village as it existed like a hundred years old.