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OMG! we're walking in a dump of snow!
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You may think you're seeing a foreign country, but it's not
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you won't believe this place is in India, we should be proud to call ourselves as Indians!
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In south India everyone's a** is also burning in summer's heat
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but in contrast, our pants also shivered in this cold winter at North
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you'll witness an unforgettable scenic beauty in this video
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it's the snowfall that usually seen once in every 10 years
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in -30 degree temperature why people live around here?
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as a tourists we're trying to uncover that so we're visiting this village
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- I'm coming for the 3rd time but this atmosphere is even new for me Sai!
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just allocate 20 minutes from your busy schedule for me
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I'll digitally carry you into this wonderful snowy adventurous trip
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how they're living here bro? - leave that aside, why they're living here?!
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how was your experience? - Ah, it was like...[SPEAKER NOISE]!
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don't forget to watch this video till the end and you'll enjoy it.
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[wind sound]
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...[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE]
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look here...! [SPEAKER NOISE]
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in our last video
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you saw our travel to the famous 'Ghost' village, Grahan
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it was so beautiful to witness as the path filled with snow, it was like once in a life time experience
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including my fall, I thought it would be easy
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but later I realised it was one of the toughest trek around here
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up there you can find only 50 houses regardless of your direction
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we wondered why they live in such cold conditions, so we asked the same to the local people
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even they don’t have the proper answer, still
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we must appreciate their courage to live in such conditions
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they're literally disconnected from outside world
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I was enjoying the sight of cattles and children going to school
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I fell down while climbing, but climbing down from here was too easy
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as you can see me!...[SPEAKER NOISE]
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when I thought about returning to home, I realised we had another village in our list
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it's Tosh village and it's very near from here
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we planned to visit there too
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We're the ones who witnessed three kind of weathers in three consecutive days. Snow fall, sunny day and rain respectively
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at present we're at the main bus stop of Kasol
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this is the view of the bus stand
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you can see taxis, buses, homestays, hotels and this wonderfull valley
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we're standing in the middle with these colourful umbrellas
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you may saw two that day but now we have three, we don’t have any choice in rain
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so we're planned to do trekking to visit another beautiful village
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butsince morning...I guess we had snow fall prediction for the day
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Isn’t it? - yeah snow is forming up there
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can you see there, but now at present we're facing rain
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we took a local bus from our stay to reach this bus stop
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from here we'll visit a village called Tosh
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I'm not sure about taxi or car pooling, we'll decide it here
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in this snow fall time, we too this taxi without any options
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now we're heading to tosh, usually 4x4 vehicles only reach tosh
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there is a place called parshani, which will be the starting point for the village
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we'll reach there and then we'll transfer to a 4x4 vehicle
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and from here for texi they asked
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1500 Rs as fair, and we can’t bargain that amount
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as snow fall also started we need to reach tosh by today
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so as we delay the weather gets even worse
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so 4x4 trip will costs 300-400 Rs per head from there
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to be honest the local drivers are talented guys
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as they can drive this small alto like a 4 wheel drive vehicle
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he drives with confidence even though the road skids well
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not only him, all local drivers are used to this conditions
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Brother left us and walked away in this snow
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this car is being pushed by 3-4 persons right now
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we alsmost reached the spot and they're struggling to pull.
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just need to walk for 200-300 metres to take that 4x4 jeep
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look how many cars are stalled, many stuck in snow and
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takes u-turn to ride down
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so people driving on bothways are understanding other's situation and drives on the opposite route
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look how snow falls on me
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if anyone wants rock solt let me know, I'll get Himalayan Rock salt for you guys!
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many cars are stalled on the top and
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I don't know how these people drived in snowy conditions
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we finally arrived at the 4 wheel drive jeep's pickup point
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before starting the trekking we need to buy the required things from provision/medical shops like this
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like snack packets, to fight the midnight hunger
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homestays serves dinner during 7-8 and they goes to sleep after that
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so beyond that time we can use these snacks
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we entered in a cafe, look at this window
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this view is awesome isn’t it?
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I can see sit out area like setup there for enjoying the outdoor
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I believe it was not functioning now
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I can't breath comfortably, can’t feel my hands and my ears are muffled
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so we ordered 3 tea and maggi so we'll have those while they're hot
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and that will recover our bodies for the trek
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it's so cold that my body and teeth are shivering
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I'm not sure from which source the smoke comes from? - Look here!
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everywhere I can see smoke
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this atmosphere gives the vibes of like smoking causes cancer
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we can't feel the warmth and the taste of the tea
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but we need to drink something and Brother's order(bread omelette) arrived
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our maggi will arrive soon
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we can go for two trekking from here, kheerganga trek, tosh and other one is...pulga?
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pulga...jeep driver is shouting the word 'Tosh' from outside
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as I said I expect them to charge 200-300 Rs for each person
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each shop here has heater like this and some are buring wood logs
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to get warmer, we're sitting around this electronic heater
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even tough I'm wearing rubber boots, it's so chill here
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they sell/rent rubber boots here, so for one day
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they charge 100 Rs and if you're not confident with your shoes
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you can rent boots/shoes, almost it's available in all shops
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you can choose winterwear and boots based on your preference
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we got two plates of maggi, one is ordinay while other one is added with egg
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prices also reasonable as he charged 500 Rs for everything we ate
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I'm wondering why it’s so affordable at this shop alone
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we had hot cup of tea with maggi and bread omelette, now let’s go for a four wheel drive
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for your attention, you’re seeing my younger brother at the video clip right now
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from Barsana to Tosh we need to travel 3 Kms
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for this we can either trek or ride on a four wheel drive like this
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as snow covered in our path, trekking is slightly danger so
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as per local's advice we opted this four wheel drive
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they will drop us in 10-15 minutes at Tosh village
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I wanted to make some content, but it looks like I'll become a content!
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Oh - Sai! do check if camera is recording
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it's recording - in this cold climate it will be hanged to work once in a while
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- we need to check that also
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look how thick the snow is
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after dropping from the jeep ride, you can find the homestay if you walked for a few minutes
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can you look there, it's the village
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[UNKNOWN WORD] is it the tosh village? - yes
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it was on another level of what we expected
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as you can see from the view it's totally different
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apart from our umbrellas all other things are covered in white snow
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we can see some cars parked here and there, look Himalayan is drowned in snow!
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if the snow fall continued at this rate till night
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it will be completely burried in snow completely
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for jeep ride they calculated 500 RS for each
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as brother said this will be stop working time to time in the cold
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hello!, cute buddy!
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forget about us, many dogs are here and I'm wondering how their fur withstand this cold
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I can't believe we're still in India
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wherever you go you can't find such diversity that India holds
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we have many languages, cultures and scenic beauties
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each place has it's unique identity and we can see that
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Take Maharastra as an example for monsoon, Rajasthan/Tamil Nadu for summer
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for winter Kashmir/Manali, our nation has everything
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you can experience, as I went to Pune during monsoon
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for snow there are Kashmir and Ladakh. Now I'm here at Kasol, Manali
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our country has everything at all different directions
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so we must feel proud about being an Indian
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my mind plays the song 'Pudhu vellai mazhai' right now
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he told that we may visit kheerganga tomorrow! -Sai!
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- this is the third time I'm visiting here and I'm witnessing this place like this today only
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- this is even new for me also!
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we had a tought in our mind and while seeing this atmosphere
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I'm feeling happy and at the same time nervous about our return
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- our arrival also faced many difficulties!
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you may saw the snow fall that happened two days before and this one is
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thrice than that, so a heavy snow fall
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we'll randomly select any homestay for our resting
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how they're living here bro? - leave that aside, why they're living here?!
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[SPEAKER NOISE] - why they're living here?
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- I thought this while brother was up there and he tells the exact same thing now
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as we sat on Agasthiyar hills do they balance here
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for the earth's weight?
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if they get's guests during season it's okay and what will be their revenue source on off season?
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- nobody knows the right answer
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if you know something, do comment so we can learn something
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that thing is bugging in our mind for past three days, what will be their jobs in this haigh altitude snowy place?
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how they built these houses? as there are so many guest houses available for us
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- not only now Sai, we're okay about this modern times. But in olden times...
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- why the people lived here, so you must ask about their history
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okay! - I want you to explain about the history of this Tosh village before tomorrow’s morning
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- otherwise I'll bring you to another trekking!
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no! I'll learn that here for sure!
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I need to check the camera time to time as it may get turned off due to cold temperature
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look at this bridge, it's the sole thing that connects the village from this valley
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as you can see this depth, the name is parvathi valley isn’t it?
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we're crossing the bridge situated in parvathi valley
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this connects the main road and the village
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as you can see this nice view, I hope it will be more clear in the morning
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to showcase the beautiful view of the valley completely
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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE] I'm scared to get on the edges as you can see here
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thick ice is staggering here
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so we may get slipped and fell off from the bridge
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we're calling it as villge, but it's actually looks like well developed town
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he is suffering from cold, fever so to get strength
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you can by gripe water, but this shop sells the gripe water for the adults!
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[SPEAKER NOISE] they sell in flavors!
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to keep the body temperature warm
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there are many shops available here, so don’t mistake us
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this way was steps actually but covered uptu 4 ft high in snow
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so we can’t see the steps
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brother is coming there and look how thick the snow is
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boys are playing with snow balls there, look
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I think they will hit on us too!
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I never experienced this kind of snow, bro this looks like a styrofoam
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in Kashmir it was watery
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it has that broken styrofoam’s texture as it falls
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if you can see, 'Holy place do not touch!'
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it's written on the board and brother told us that
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they do have some cultures and if we don't follow that
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we must follow, otherwise we may get fined. We must respect their beliefs
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it's a holy place so without footwear... no outsiders are allowed there
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to be honest...up there
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there is one hilltop cafe, which looks like the topmost point here
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we're going there...ah I'm in fear right now!
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he is standing like a gaurd...
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buddy, don't attack me!
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he is blocking the way and standing still
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he is a baddie...and makes us nervous, isn’t it brother?!
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we tought there was only two homestays
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but we saw many here, all are homestays only
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that blue colour one also homestay, that looks like the border for that
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based on your view and preferences you can stay wherever you want
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we also have provision shop nearby, it has essentials like soap, shampoo and rice
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it feels hard to walk here
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so we're carefully walking and I'm not sure how we'll go outside after the dusk
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that's the big question mark, all hotels do have electricity
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so no issues, I need to check for wi-fi
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so I can update my well-wishers about my status
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we choosed one hotel after doing random guess, it's name is pink floyd
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it's a guest house and restaurant is over here
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sorry for the awkward angle as I'm standing slantedly
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so I'm holding like this
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the most happening guest house is this only. They welcomed us well
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also the view of the restaurant made my mind to fix this place
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this hotel also provides the highest view point
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we're at the top floor of the pink floyd, this is the top view
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it's superb right?! - if tomorrow sun shines it will be...
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I hope that too so I can show the tosh from drone view
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and you can see everything covered in snow
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this is the room we're going to stay
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he is fixing the heater, it's the place for sitting and bathroom looks clean too
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so they charge 500 Rs per head
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that means we should pay 1500 Rs but
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he charges 2000 Rs as there are 3 beds available here and for heater we're paying extra 500 Rs
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so we need to speak about that and also need to finish the calculations
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so we can relax in cafe - we stopped there when we visited this place during quarantine
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we came via that way only - yes we stayed over there during our last visit
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- this is the entry point and I told about that pink colour cafe
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- is it drone? - you can see the full view
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it looks cool and I think that cafe also gives that full view
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it's awesome, I’ll zoom parvathi valley for you
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cafe of this homestay had great vibes
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they had good curated menu with reasonable prices
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night time power also not available and temperature was about -30 degree celsius
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I just wrapped the blanket and now I'm witnessing this beautiful sun rise
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while climbing down from the hotel brother placed his foot on the edge!
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while we planned to visit that home, this looks like shortcut!
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he is trapped in thorny plant, I’ll help brother!
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[SPEAKER NOISE] bro can you do it?
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left side is full of snow...- bro your drowning in it!
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- wait brother!
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his legs were like 'L' and now only he slowly regaining momentum to climb
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so while walking on corners
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we need to take our steps cautiously as snow was too dense
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as you can see here...be careful!
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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE]
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- bro it look at it...
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- my two legs are on different directions!
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how was your experience? - it was like nuts...[SPEAKER NOISE]!
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he may frustrated about my interview!
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are you feelig well - look how much stretchable my body is!
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- it was completely buried and looked like 'L' in shape
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careful brother! OMG!
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that sun rise was too good to witness
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we never felt the heat of the sun but happy about seeing the sun rise
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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE] Brother is celebrating his birthday tomorrow!
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I guess he is testing his flexibility at this age!
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- guys look at there we're doing a prank!
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the tosh village youre seeing right now is considered as the
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last village of India and the population of this village is
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about 600-650 people
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their main source of the income is these homestays
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this place is called as the hippie’s paradise. I hope you’re familiar with hippies
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the theme of the cafe also made in a hippy theme
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Kasol town's food and stay was cheaper than here
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we walked a bit for trekking and
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then we catched one alto to reach the Kasol town
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after reaching kasol we visited the famous hotspring temple Manikaran
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there are many stories about this temple and the
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Miracle about this place is, it's so warm compared to the surrounding places
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look how much steam it produces, a postive vibe!
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with this I'm finishing my Manali series
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see you guys in another beautiful video, don’t forget to hit subscribe
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stay tuned guys!, I'm Sailindiran signing off for Follow Jack!
