We started for Manali vacations at 1:30 pm 2nd May’2008 from Noida. It was a pretty hard drive via alternate route that we took via Shahabad - Panchkula - NalahGarh to Swarghat. There was lots of traffic between Panchkula and Nalagarh and virtually no road between Nalagarh and Swarghat. Stay at “The Hill Top” in Swarghat was pleasant.

Today morning we were scheduled to visit Prashar Lake, 40Kms from Mandi. But it looks like am bit unlucky. I was told at Mandi that the road is not in a good condition and since we were traveling with small kids we had to skip the Prashar lake trip and went straight to Manali (Himachal Pradesh). I am writing this from Manali “The Log Huts”.

Its really nice and we are enjoying with our kids! A good start to our Manali vacations.

My sister Manya turned 3 on 23rd Sept 2007. We had a great party in KFC, sector 18 NOIDA. She was looking sooo good. There were around 40 of her friends who attended the party and enjoyed. There was a Puppet show also along with many games.

The cake was a huge castle in pink and white. I got a blazing yo-yo and a pouch as a return gift. I really love that. Thank you Manya !