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Around a year ago I had read about a route from Rohru to Sarahan via something known as Daaran Ghati. Since then I was looking for a suitable time for this ride. I did nothing for last 2 months except eating, sleeping and sitting on office chair to meet the deadlines. The first week of June showed up on calendar along with lucky stars. Finally I managed to get a free weekend on 18-19 June. But I could not get even a few minutes for the Dark Knight. It was Friday when I put all my work on hold to get Him a basic health check up 
As Akram was also thinking of a weekend ride, both of us joined hands and started off at 3.45 AM.
Day1: June 18, 2011
Route: Chandigarh - Shimla - Narkanda - Baggi - Sungri - Taklech - Kareri - Daaran Pass 280 kms.
As I woke up, I smelt moisture in the air and so was mentally prepared for the rains on the way but it came as early as we crossed Parwanoo. Though completely drenched in rain, we kept on going. Crossed entire stretch from Shogi to Dhalli in almost zero visibilty due to clouds and fog.
As we were approaching Narkanda... The temperature kept of dipping and soon we were shivering out of cold. Just a few hours before I was sweated out like hell while just tying my back pack. We reached Narkanda around 9AM, As usual, we had a really long break here and grabbed couple of Parathas and a few teas, Changed shocks and purchased another pair of gloves. Then we started again and reached Sungri via Baggi at around 12.30 PM. A short tea break and we were good to move towards Taklech.
On the way to Sungri there were so many small roads bifurcating in between. Some of these were leading to Rohru through villages. Sungri is a beautiful small hamlet with a beautifully built PWD rest house facing green valley. Road between Narkanda to Baggi is in Bad shape and then onwards till Sungri is a mix of good and bad. Now Sungri to Taklech is quite a beautiful route and good road except a few patches. At Taklech the road bifurcates to Nogli (near Rampur, approx 20 kms, good road) and to Daaran Ghati, which is around 40 kms. Approx half of this stretch is bad but really interesting and scenic. Last couple of kilometers to Daaran Ghati are just stone laded with many steep climbs in between which requires permutation and combination skills to identify the best possible line of traversing along with pro-activeness to manage front wheel lock among the boulders and stone. We crossed Kareri village through the green fields and orchards and reached Saraikoti Temple at around 4PM. Saraikoti temple is one of the most famous temples in the region, some 2 kms before Daaran Pass.
A few kms before Shogi:
Between Narkanda to Baggi:
Under Construction road, On the way to Sungri from Baggi:
On the way to Sungri from Baggi:
Towards Sungri:
witnessed fog again:
PWD Rest House at Sungri:
Flowers at PWD RH:
As we proceeded towards Taklech from Sungri, witnessed this amazingly green route:
On the Way to Taklech:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Near Kareri:
Akram's Black Beast:
That's the traversed path:
A Waterfall on the way after Kareri:
A Water streem on the way, Between Taklech and Daaran Pass:
As Akram was also thinking of a weekend ride, both of us joined hands and started off at 3.45 AM.Day1: June 18, 2011
Route: Chandigarh - Shimla - Narkanda - Baggi - Sungri - Taklech - Kareri - Daaran Pass 280 kms.
As I woke up, I smelt moisture in the air and so was mentally prepared for the rains on the way but it came as early as we crossed Parwanoo. Though completely drenched in rain, we kept on going. Crossed entire stretch from Shogi to Dhalli in almost zero visibilty due to clouds and fog.
As we were approaching Narkanda... The temperature kept of dipping and soon we were shivering out of cold. Just a few hours before I was sweated out like hell while just tying my back pack. We reached Narkanda around 9AM, As usual, we had a really long break here and grabbed couple of Parathas and a few teas, Changed shocks and purchased another pair of gloves. Then we started again and reached Sungri via Baggi at around 12.30 PM. A short tea break and we were good to move towards Taklech.
On the way to Sungri there were so many small roads bifurcating in between. Some of these were leading to Rohru through villages. Sungri is a beautiful small hamlet with a beautifully built PWD rest house facing green valley. Road between Narkanda to Baggi is in Bad shape and then onwards till Sungri is a mix of good and bad. Now Sungri to Taklech is quite a beautiful route and good road except a few patches. At Taklech the road bifurcates to Nogli (near Rampur, approx 20 kms, good road) and to Daaran Ghati, which is around 40 kms. Approx half of this stretch is bad but really interesting and scenic. Last couple of kilometers to Daaran Ghati are just stone laded with many steep climbs in between which requires permutation and combination skills to identify the best possible line of traversing along with pro-activeness to manage front wheel lock among the boulders and stone. We crossed Kareri village through the green fields and orchards and reached Saraikoti Temple at around 4PM. Saraikoti temple is one of the most famous temples in the region, some 2 kms before Daaran Pass.
A few kms before Shogi:
Between Narkanda to Baggi:
Under Construction road, On the way to Sungri from Baggi:
On the way to Sungri from Baggi:
Towards Sungri:
witnessed fog again:
PWD Rest House at Sungri:
Flowers at PWD RH:
As we proceeded towards Taklech from Sungri, witnessed this amazingly green route:
On the Way to Taklech:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Between Taklech and Kareri Village:
Near Kareri:
Akram's Black Beast:
That's the traversed path:
A Waterfall on the way after Kareri:
A Water streem on the way, Between Taklech and Daaran Pass:
nature is too the heights
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