This is 1st episode of 16 day tour of Himachal pradesh, This episode is a combination of 2 days of journey ie Day 1 and Day 2.
We started our tour by visiting Paonta Sahib Gurdwara then proceeded towards Renuka ji. We were lucky that we got accomodation to stay at Himachal Pradesh Tourism Guest house at Renuka ji.
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24th sept was the date when we reached Renuka ji - Day 1 of our journey, that time Himachal tourism was giving 40 percent discount on hotel room tariffs.
Next day ie on 25th sept - we started from Renuka ji by visiting the lake and temple and went to Barog.
While visiting Barog i had 3 things or activities in mind.
Pathi ji - we met at Shri Ponta Sahib Gurdwara - Sh. Gurmeet Singh ji - 9736732013
A. Chachu da Dhaba - Famous for paratha, this is a popular shop in the Barog market.
B. Barog raiilway station : This narrow gauge railway station in between kalka and Chandigarh has a exit to the the longest tunnel of this route, so i wanted to see the railway station.
During our travel, railway service was not working, if you want to stay at a guest house in Barog railway station you can do your online booking from irctc website.
Approach road to the station is steep, its difficult reach here with luggage as you will need to walk half a km down from the main road, plus going back up if you are coming by road and planning to stay here in the night. So if you are planning to stay here overnight then you should reach Barog railway station by train only, this narrow gauge train runs between kalka and shimla.
C. Third thing i had in mind when visiting Barog was to see Barog heights hotel, i had got this reference from many people that this hotel is at height, many people travle here , live here for 2-3 days enjoy weather and beauty, so i wanted to see this place for myself.
Though room tariffs are slightly on higher side but the view is worth it.
In the night we reached Kasauli, this is a little less explored hill station, though not as popular as Manali or Shimla but the place has its own village like charm.
I realised that room tariffs of hotels and guest houses in Kasauli is slightly on higher side, plus availability of accommodation during weekends is a concern, so you should travel only with pre booking.
You should get your pre booking done at Kasauli if you are planning to stay at Kasauli.
We stayed at Kasauli residency home stay, this place is on the outskirts of Kasauli about 3 km from the market. Nice place, good staff, only small thing maintenance is needed, but that's ok..
In the next episode you will see activities we did in Kasauli then we went to Mandi, next episode is going to be more interesting as you will see this journey from Kasauli to Mandi and then to Parashar lake.
hope you enjoyed watching this episode.
This is the third time we are travelling to Himachal Pradesh, we have travelled to Manali and Shimla before and there are videos of the same on our RU-vid channel.
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Harish Bali
16 окт 2020
