Come Fall In Love
District Pithoragarh Location Munsiyari is at 7,000 ft in the Johar Valley carved by the Goriganga River, in far north-east Uttarakhand, and is the confluence of a network of former trade routes that crossed the high passes and glaciers between India and Tibet Distances 109 km NW of Lohaghat, 232 km NE of Almora, 599 …
Almost as soon as you leave the plains of Kathgodam, the sudden cool air that breezes in through your car window brings wind of the paradise that awaits you in the midst of the mountains. Within a short while of your first sighting of the hills, you arrive in Naukucjiyatal, among the loveliest of the …
Kashmir’s loss is Uttaranchal’s gain,” confessed a former skiing champion of Kashmiri origin rather ruefully. And indeed, since most of us don’t fancy meeting one of Osama’s lieutenants on the slopes of Khilanmarg, let us be grateful to the Indian babu who decided to develop the little known pasture of Auli into a winter skiing …
As the road begins to snake up to the Pindar River Basin from Tharali, the lush aroma of the woods begins to tickle your senses. Villages with identical white houses appear sporadically amid lush fields of wheat and bright red Amaranthus. As you stare at the distant northern horizon, your gaze falls on a dense …
Sometimes you wonder if you have really left the city behind when you escape to the hills. Maybe it’s not quite right to wish that other tourists should disappear when you are one as well, but you know the feeling And if you’ve begun to give up on the hope of finding another place that …
BY experiencing Mori is easy with your eyes closed. Just breathe in deep the pine-scented air, and then open your eyes and feast on the sight of the grey river meandering across the valley. Once you’ve soaked it all in, count your options. You could give company to the Tons River as it lazily winds …
