Way to find myself

by Ashwini Raman (India)

A leap into the unknown India

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Its a unexpected plan from Chennai to kasol for kheerganga trek. I just booked my journey from Chennai to Delhi in a train. As I love train journies meetings new people. It was 38 hours journey, I met too many old people in my compartment who talked so much about life experience. I was only 25 and was excited to know about each one of them. I reached Delhi and from delhi to kasol there was a bus late in the evening, which costed around 800Rs Indian money, 14 hours journey and I reached around 9.30 in the morning. Himachal people are so helpful, they are so polite. As I'm a solo traveller When I compare Delhi and himachal I prefer himachal, safe for girls. The food was extraordinary in a hotel called evergreen, Israeli food. The climate in February is cold and the rates of hotels are really cheap. You can rent bikes there. Kasol is a small village and special for Hair doing, anyone who go for kasol can try one of the saloon who is specialist for hair doing.Manikaran is the place nearby where you can find temples to relax. We can have a shock reaction seeing the natural hot water. I still wonder how that happened.We can have a hot water bath, it is believed that it will cure the disease in our body.You can walk from kasol to manikaran If you want to admire the nature. Its walkable around 4km.From manikaran to bashini is around 40 min travel, from where the trek starts. You can even rent shoes there. But it's really safe to stay in kasol and reach bashini in the morning as it is a 7 hours trek. There is two path one which goes to kalga and other to tosh.I was not able to reach kheerganga as it was too much of snow in February and it was closed. I went till kalga and stayed in kalga over night, and pulga which will make us understand the beauty of nature. Stayed inbetween the snow and I loved it. If you want to get away from traffic and admire the beauty of nature kasol is the best place. l May is the best time to go but you can't see the snow during May. There will be more people who will help you out.