56 Dulhousie
Dulhousie, Himachal Pradesh 600km from Gurgaon, 10-hour pleasant drive Day 1 – Gurgaon to Dulhousie There are weekends and then there are weekends. This one is, thankfully, the second type. After a long gap which saw time effervesce and get reduced to ashes like camphor does, we find this longish weekend, where all dependant variables are within respectable limits – the kids have finished their homework / projects, the adults have no problem deprioritizing their work assignments, the weather is moderate, the world is marginally stable, and so on. So, we pack a limited set of supplies and needs, and at the crack of dawn hit the road, at 5:30am – which, by itself, is a domestic achievement. Crossing the city is a breeze at this time, and we are at the other end of Delhi before half the group is barely even awake. It is always interesting to pass through Azadpur Mandi – the wholesale fruits and vegetable market of North Delhi – at this time of the day, when the tra