Planning Of Kinnaur Trip

In August, 2009 i was planning to go somewhere during my birthday as i was getting 4 days holidays. The state i zeroed-in on was Himachal Pradesh. As i have been to Shimla last year, this time i wanted to explore something interior of Himachal which is less travelled by Indians and thus a little bit less crowded. I remember pradeep's pics of 'chitkul', which is the last village on Indo-Tibet border. After browsing 'indiamike.com', i found that i can club this place along with 'Sarahan'. For more than 6 months i was in awe of the pics of 'Sarahan' Bhimkali temple and now atlast here i go.

So now coming to the trip planning. The below sites were of immense help:
1. IndiaMike
2. Srinivasan's Blog
3. Himachal Tourism Site - For booking of accomodation in Sarahan.
4. HRTC website - For detailed list of bus timings. Though the site may not be up-to-date, it helps in just getting a feel of the bus timings. As we are not travelling in a big group, we didnt want to splurge money on a private vehicle for the whole trip.

Few people on Indiamike advised me for a one night stop at Narkanda, but as per the suggestion of one of my colleagues i didnt. The reason is -dont waste one night in Narkanda and spoil the 4 day trip. Instead go to Narkanda in a weekend if you want, more over there is nothing in Narkanda in no-snow season.

Now this is the itinerary i planned (though it changed pleasantly later)
Day 0- Delhi - Shimla Volvo.
Day 1- Reach Shimla early in the morning. Catch a bus to Sarahan from Shimla Bus stand. This will be the regular bus and be prepared for a bumpy roller coaster ride in the hills. For Sarahan, we need to go via Rampur, Jeori. We can take any bus to Kalpa, Sangla or ReckengPeo and get down at Jeori and take another bus. Sarahan is around 170 kms from Shimla.
Do the trek to Bird Pheasantry, Attend arti in temple, spend time in and around temple.
Day 2- Check out and leave to Sangla or Kalpa. Most of the day in travel. Night stay.
Day 3 - Explore Sangla/Chitkul or Kalpa. Night stay.
Day 4 - Leave for Delhi. A very long journey.
Day 5 - Back to Office :(