Pune to Gulmarg & Back 7 to 21 Dec 2021

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hot steaming dinner was waiting,
Chicken curry off course.

 

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All happy faces.
bellies full
heading for the rooms that were already warm,
as the staff had put on the heaters before our arrival.

 

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12 Dec 2021.

in the morning we planned to leave early,

Just after Udhampur .

 

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We drove a bit more,
and just had to stop again to capture this view.

 

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always a please to drive through Chenani - Nushrat tunnel, and same time.

 

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A few km after the tunnel
the place is where we always stop for Breakfast after Udhampur night halt.

 

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at this dhaba, from the last time I was here,
he has expanded and made a sit out at the back.
So everyone started to bask in the morning sun,
and click.
Fun had started.

 

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Tunnel work still on.
road widening still on
many places landslides.
but we must continue to make this a 4 lane highway.

 

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life line to Kashmir and Ladakh.

 

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Just after Banihal town and the railways station,
we now turned left and crossed the river,
and got onto the new 4 lane highway,
stopped just before the tunnel for some tea,
a guy has opened a tea stall just at the right spot.