Come Fall In Love
Not Even the breathtaking vistas of the forested drive to Champawat District from kathgodam can prepare you for the beauty that greets you in Abbott Mount. After Long stretches of moss-covered deodar forests you finally reach Lohagat on the banks of the Lohawati river. Leave Lohaghat’s crowded bazaar behind and, 6 Km ahead at Marorakhan, …
The Caretaker of Askot Forest Rest House looked with puzzlemet at my arrival. ”Askot Sanctuary?” he scratched his head, ”that’s the forest behind us”, he said, pointing to a mountain path disappearing into a clump of trees below. The mountain range and the dark deep valley ahead showed no sign of habitation. ”It’s supposed to …
An Invitation to take a walk on the wild side can’t be extended in a mnore appropriate environment: Jilling Estate, spread over 50-plus acres of mixed deciduous forests, is the nearest thing to an idyllic Garden of Eden. And its owner , Steve Lall, a ‘ practical environmentalist and nature friendly holiday facilitator ‘, has …
Mukteshwar is a child of disease. Don’t get me wrong: it’s perfectly beautiful, quiet. healthy and enjoyable getaway, but it would not have grown beyond the hamlet that it was in the late 1800s were rinderpest not such common cattle disease at the time. For all you know, it might have remained unconnected by the …
