Day 61 (Wed 6 Sep) - McLeod Ganj / Mandi

A warm overcast morning as we left our hotel and caught a bus to Dharamsala.

Once at the bus stop we soon found another bus that would take us to Mandi.

Weather started to get very warm and bright as we traveled through valleys covered in tall pines and over rivers ( [1], [2], [3]).

Mandi is perched alongside the wide Beas river. As we approached we could see some splendid temples.

An autorickshaw ride from the bus stop took us to the centre of Mandi, from which we walked to our hotel. En route a procession passed close by complete with a colourful elephant.

Our hotel is a large rambling affair; apparently a rajas's palace of old. From the gardens we could see the moon rise.

As it was about 6pm we went to the bar to get a drink and some food. The unfriendly waiter told us that there was no food and then proceeded to a table of men behind us where he started taking food orders!!!! We were not impressed and so after a drink we headed off to the centre of Mandi.

The centre of Mandi is made up of a sunken shopping centre with a nice neat garden right at the bottom and lined with shops.

We went to the Treat restaurant and had a fine feed. Traipsed back to the hotel fairly tired.