Manali

 This week I went on a three-day trip to Manali- it took 7 hours to drive there and luckily only 5 to get back. It was pretty cold but beautiful and we did fun things like paraglide (some of us just went up the gondola..like me, and some didn't do either), 'zorb' (rolling down a hill strapped to the inside of a ball), shop, eat, visit temples, and go whitewater rafting (but no paddling which I found weird..it was more like a tour).

On the way there we stopped for a bathroom break and snacks. At this hotel they were chopping fresh vegetables in the window for cooking. 

Kullu

On the way to Solang Valley on our first day.

Where I ate breakfast on the first day

At Solang Valley

Solang Valley

View from up the mountain after the gondola ride

Up the mountain again

At a Palace (can't remember the name)

View from lunch on the first day

View from the Palace 

From the Palace again

Sunset

Going to a Temple (again, can't remember the name...sorry!)

Men working on the Temple

This temple was in the middle of what I think was a national park- very pretty.

After whitewater rafting (this isn't us)

To the left is where we came down from the rafting tour. To the right is more of Beas River.

The most beautiful part of the drive home.