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Himachal in Winter 6/ The snow-surprise of Khajjiar

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There would not have been a better start to the New Year. It was a total surprising scene as I opened the door of our room. The whole field has turned white, so as the roofs of the hotels and tables that are placed in the restaurants. A thin layer of snow everywhere.  But it actually didn’t snow in the night. As the matter of fact, there had been no snowfall since the past 15 days. The sky is also absolutely clear now, so how did the snow come?  As I was trying to figure out what was the exact reason, suddenly a thought of a natural phenomenon came to my mid. It’s called the ground frost. Since the temperature was below freezing point, the dew that fell whole night has frozen into snow. Let it be fake snow, for me it was the best start to the New Year.  We reached Khajjiar, from Chamba yesterday, 31 st December. Not many tourists prefer to stay in Khajjiar. They usually come for a day trip from Dalhousie, and return back as the day ends. But we ha...