Feet on the Wheels

Hello everyone, Hope you all had a great time reading my first travel story. Now here I am going to share my another experience with you all, a 3 day trip to Dalhousie and Dharamshala in the month of February. This was my first trip after 15 days of marriage. We were two couples I and my spouse, a cousin and his wife. We started our journey in the night from Agra to Dalhousie in our car. We had a few breaks in our journey to enjoy the sightseeing while long drive, cold but pleasant weather, relishing local food on the way.  Let me give you a brief description of these cities. Dalhousie is a hill station in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated on 5 hills surrounded by snow-capped peaks and had been a summer retreat for Britishers. Dharamshala is near to Dalhousie and has been the Dalai Lama's residence and is surrounded by dense forest. So while entering the state of Himachal Pradesh, we could experience some cold breeze coming from the Himalayas,

We planned a day trip to Somanathpura and Mysore from Bangalore. It was a sudden plan and we decided to visit with our car. We were four people, I, my spouse and my in-laws. In Somnathpura we visited Keshava Temple. It is a 12th-century temple of Lord Visnu, made of stone and around 140 KM from Bangalore. This temple is also known as Chennakesava Temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu Temple on the banks of River Kaveri. We started early in the morning for Somanathpura so to skip the city traffic and enjoy the mornings of city outskirts. Soon, we started to observe a lot of changes, the road spread out nicely, straight with no traffic, the people living in the homes beside the road seemed to wake up early, children playing in front of houses instead of holding any smartphone in their hands which is a usual sight in cities, farm fields where farming was in progress. It was my first time when I have observed the life of the people living outside Bangalore. I noticed their life is slow and simp