I always wanted to go for a solo trip and nothing could be better than a mountain biking expedition in Manali. I was there for 7 days with a travel group where I made a few friends who were solo travellers too. It took us almost 4 hours to reach the Solang Valley from our hotel as it had an inclination of more than 1000m from hotel to the valley.

Tired of cycling 20 kms, we reached there and had lunch.We wanted to paraglide down the valley but since the trip was on an economical budget, I couldn’t do it. So I spent the time photographing my fellow travellers. And when it was time for us to leave, we were tired at the thought of cycling down 20 kms, but who knew how amazing even that would be. We covered the distance in less than 40 minutes overtaking buses, cars and even the Harleys. The highest speed was more than 60km/hr as recorded by a fellow trip-mate and we were way ahead of that guy who apparently was the last one to reach the hotel. Those 40 minutes were the best time of my life on the mountains where we could feel the breeze, the sound of the Beas river and the locals waving at us.