A brief halt for food. We were on schedule. Ambala at the petrol station when checking tyre pressure we found that in one of the bikes, the tyre was getting cut due to hitting against a nail at every hump or pothole. In the meantime we finished our brunch too. Dodhara is really scenic with river flowing by the side. At this place we had first brush with what might have been in store for us. A river bridge had broken off and we had to wade through sand to get across to other side. Mandi it started pouring. Others joined out here. And he also has visibility issues in the night more when it rains. Then i understood he went in the wrong direction and went up straight towards dam. There was one guy among in this place who started a conversation with me. Mandi ki mod pe jao. To realise guys in these places are not crooks all that. The staff were very friendly here and made sure that everything was comfortable. Now we were a day behind schedule. Manali by night-fall. Here we were mid-way. Rohtang from people who were there before. Little sceptical but looked like possible. We were still not aware of the conditions completely.