Just back from a trip that I might as well call the best road trip to the hills till now. When we left home, the destination was Dharamsala.

Have uploaded pics from the trip at - www.djnavv.com/dharamsala/

After around 5 hours of an amazing drive, we reached Dharamsala, it was dissapointing. A crowded city, was definitely not what I wanted to “escape” to. So we decided to drive further on … to McLeodganj. The drive up to McLeodganj was even better. At McLeo (thats how its locally known as) we had lost around 80% of the “city” crowd. It was crowded alright … but tourists mostly and Tibetans. This is where the Dalai Lama monastry is. When decided to go even further, and lose this crowd as well. It was a “narrow” drive to Dharamkot. But thats the place you wanna be. Its mostly Israeli community there, with amazingly cheap hotels and amazing food.

Its a place like no other. Amazing place to stay. Amazing people. Amazing food. Amazing places to eat at !!

For those, who might wanna travel to Dharamkot … here’s my 2 cents:

Chandigarh
Mohali
Ropar
Kiratpur
Anandpur Sahib
Nangal
Metspur
Una
Amb
Mubarakpur
Chintpurni
Dehra
Ranital
Kangra
Dharamsala
McLeodganj
Dharamkot

Its a total of around 250Km, takes around 6 hours of casual driving - with stopages for eating et all.

At Dharamkot, we put up at Gagan Resorts, the room was for 600/night.
You can also get cottages at Dev Resorts for around 1500/night.
At BlueHeaven, the rooms are even cheaper … but weren’t available when we reached.

To eat check out:
Trek ‘n Dine (Dharamkot)
Friendly Planet (Dharamkot)
View ‘n Chew (Bhagsur)
Moonpeak Cafe (McLeo - especially for breakfast)
.. loads of other places .. but dont miss these

Will be waiting for other places you guys suggest …

I’d say this is not exactly a place if you wanna go out and “do something”
Its more of a place for those .. who like to do “nothing” … absolute chill out.

And for those who havent heard the latest … here’s a sneak