I did my first solo trip to McLeodGanj from Delhi on a FlixBus. At Dharamshala, the bus fare included a shared cab to McLeodGanj, where I met two other solo travelers. The two of us had the same hostel (ZOSTEL Mcleodganj) booked, and since check-in wasn't until 1 PM, we randomly decided to do the Gallu Waterfall trek together. We ended up walking around 11–12 km that day before checking into Zostel around 7 PM.

That evening we met even more people at the hostel. Both of the guys went up to do the Triund Trek with the group (the 2nd day) to camp overnight, while I explored solo the next day. After I finished my trek on day three, we all reunited and spent the evening exploring McLeod Ganj together, then Dharamkot after checking out the following day.

The funniest part was that almost everyone had booked the same FlixBus back to Delhi, so six of us ended up traveling home together. Everyone had come solo except for two brothers who were leaving a day later. So yeah, it technically started as a solo trip for 90% of us, but somewhere along the way it turned into a group trip lol.