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Kumaon journey 2

Posted in The hills are alive on March 29, 2006 | 4 Comments »

This is the second part of my memories from a holiday in Uttaranchal a couple of years ago. Read Kumaon journey 1 first.
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Moving on half-heartedly from Kausani, we then made our way to Binsar. We had been warned that travel to Binsar included a steep incline on a one track road for the last [...]

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Kumaon journey 1

Posted in The hills are alive on March 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »

The hills are alive with the sound of… silence? Although calling the magnificent Himalayas ‘hills’ is rather like calling Mickey Mouse a rat.
Uttaranchal offers something for everyone… mountains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, wildlife sanctuaries, temples. You can stand by and watch from a distance and be awed by the breath-taking splendor of it all – [...]

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Different viewpoint, same view…

Posted in Maharshtra weekends, The hills are alive on March 22, 2006 | 3 Comments »

Matheran is said to have a purported thirty eight view points – all duly identified and named. When we reach there on a rainy Saturday expecting it to be empty (why did we think no one else was foolish enough to brave it all the way up in the heavy rain?), the place is jumping [...]

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