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Rain, Thukpa & Our First Mountain Day

  Day 1 in Manali: Rain, Cold & Another Hotel Disaster! Finally… Day 1 in Manali! Yeeeppie! 🥳🏔️ After such a long journey, I was finally here—the mountains I'd been waiting for. Honestly, just reaching Manali felt so good. We had travelled so much to get here, and now I could finally see the mountains with my own eyes. 🎥 Want to see how this day actually looked? You can watch my Day 1 in Manali vlog here: 👉 Watch the vlog on YouTube But of course, my trip couldn't begin that easily. 😂 Yes, I had booked a hotel. And yes… that turned out to be another bad decision. The hotel looked perfectly fine online, but in reality, it was a completely different story. So we had to make another last-minute hotel change. And this time, it wasn't exactly pleasant. It was around -2°C, it was raining, and I was already completely exhausted from the journey. We were standing there in the cold with our luggage, trying to figure out where we were going to stay. I was literally freezin...

Nepal Trip Cancelled?! My Mumbai Travel Story & IRCTC Waitlist Nightmare 💔🏔️

The Trip That Never Began | Mumbai to Nowhere 💔🏔️ 13th April. The day I was supposed to finally leave for Nepal. I had imagined this day so many times — the excitement, the journey, the feeling of starting something I had been waiting for. But the day had other plans. I woke up early, already feeling a little uneasy. At first, I ignored it, thinking it was just nervous excitement. But within some time, I started coughing… and then suddenly, I felt worse and even threw up. For a moment, I paused. Should I cancel? But then I looked at my packed bags. Months of planning… and I still decided to go ahead. (Looking back, maybe I should’ve listened to my body 😅) After getting ready, I did my usual prayers, took blessings, and left. There was still hope. I booked a bus to Mumbai — ₹950. The journey felt longer than usual, maybe because I wasn’t feeling my best. Still, the excitement of the trip kept me going. By around 5 PM, I reached Dadar. My train was at 10 PM. Which meant I had time — t...