Shimla & Manali Trip

We had Family Vacation to India's one of the most visited Place which is Shimla, Kullu, Manali, Manikaran and Chandigarh. Himachal is really blessed with Mother Nature in many ways. Living there needs special survival skills which will be big minus for visitors.I Planned for 8Days / 7 Nights.

I planned to visit during March because  

• Possible Less crowd due to exam time 
• No Snowing ( hard winter less than Zero Deg cant be tolerated so easily)
• No Monsoon (Roads will be closed anonymously due to rock fall)
• Non Peak Season ( Hotel, Taxi and Flights will be cheaper)
• Last but not the Least, Anniversary gift to my beloved wife
• But Rohtang Pass will not be opened (:( ) until June

Air Travel

AirAsia aired promotional offer for Jaipur and Chandigarh during August 2014. My wife is not interested to go Jaipur due to Hot climate. Just reaping the promotional benefit, finally closed the deal of  Total cost as Rs. 20000 for 3 persons which includes up & down from Chennai to Chandigarh via Bengaluru.

Boarding & Lodging

Goibibo aired their promotional offer for all Hotels across India with 45% discount. My Total cost of Hotel/Resort @ Shimla (2 Nights), Manali (4 Nights) and Chandigarh (1 Night) was Rs 19000.

During normal booking it would have been Rs.29000+.

Taxi for Local Sightseeing and Transfers

Since it is non peak season,I got a better deal of Total Rs 16000 which includes all transfer from my home. ( Home to Chennai Airport, Chandigarh to Shimla, Shimla Sightseeing, Shimla to Manali, Manali Sightseeing, Manali to Manikaran to Chandigarh, Chandigarh Sight seeing & Airport, Chennai Airport to Home). Travel partners are Great Himalayan Travels & Ola Cabs.

(PS: will share Photos and Tour Tips in next post)

Interesting Questions

Abhinav’s curious Questions

·       Why not Heroout?

ü  Abhinav asked Priya that “You are saying Hero & Heroine are acting in Movies”. But it should be HeroOut for Boy; because you are saying HeroIn(e) for Girl.

·       Why "no" Gents Finger?

ü  Okra also called Ladies Finger.

ü  Abhinav is little disappointed and asked Priya that “ why not Gents Finger as name for Okra? My finger also similar like yours.

Is Mosquito Wild animal?

Abhinav has in his mind as " Wild animals are meat eaters / blood drinkers / human attackers". It looks like His School / Me / Priya projected wild animal concept in this manner.

Courtesy: Google

So he asked me couple of days before " Is Mosquito Wild Animal?"

I replied him that why are you asking?

Because it drinks our blood.

I said "NO".

Then, "Is it wild Insect?"


I was blinking again. New Concept " Wild Insect" coined by Abhinav. Another Proud Moment.

Courtesy: Google

What is the difference between Wild and Domestic Animals?

·       Wild animals live without direct influence from the human whereas domestic animals live under the care of humans.

·       Aggression is higher among wild animals than in domestic animals.

·       Domestic animals are trained to obey the human commands but not the wild animals.

·       The number of wild species is much higher than the domesticated number.

·       Wild animals are pests of agriculture, but domestic animals are friends of agriculture.

·       Domestic animals are useful for various anthropogenic activities but not the wild animals.

·       Anthropogenic activities may be mostly problematic for the wild animals, but domestic animals do not usually get disturbed from those.

(Source: google)