Just came to Mandi from Kullu by bus. Better to travel by the govt HRTC bus as they drive more sensibly. The private ones either drive exceedingly slowly (sometimes at 20 kmph all the way) or too fast - either way you end up feeling woozy.
Driving on the mountains is a little tricky. We have an 800 Maruti car. This is the best car I would say. Now how to drive properly in HP mountains? One is to stick to the left come what may - as most of the turns are blind turns. But staying on the left too much means you end up "swaying" the car also too much. What our STC Udayji told me was to ensure that the car is driven straight as far as possible. No matter how twisted the road is be on the left but not necessarily too much left. So you are driving mostly straightish - this reduces the swaying effect, which in turn makes the passengers less woozy or pukish.
Another thing -
1. don't go too fast (60kmph is fastest) - no matter wht car (or u may feel ...)
2. take ur foot off the accelerator during the turns
3. honk at the blind turns
4. take breaks
The following pics were taken in late 2010, when both of us were learning car driving on the mountains.
Driving on the mountains is a little tricky. We have an 800 Maruti car. This is the best car I would say. Now how to drive properly in HP mountains? One is to stick to the left come what may - as most of the turns are blind turns. But staying on the left too much means you end up "swaying" the car also too much. What our STC Udayji told me was to ensure that the car is driven straight as far as possible. No matter how twisted the road is be on the left but not necessarily too much left. So you are driving mostly straightish - this reduces the swaying effect, which in turn makes the passengers less woozy or pukish.
Another thing -
1. don't go too fast (60kmph is fastest) - no matter wht car (or u may feel ...)
2. take ur foot off the accelerator during the turns
3. honk at the blind turns
4. take breaks
The following pics were taken in late 2010, when both of us were learning car driving on the mountains.
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| thats our car behind (I have lost some weight since then) |
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| just a few km from Kullu on the mountainous road |
with Ramsaran ji - who spent hours training us with loads of patience. We learnt a lot about acceptance from him.
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