For years, we had only heard about Andhra Bhavan, never been it – me, despite living in Delhi-Gurgaon for almost 4 years a decade ago, and Jayanta, all his growing up years!!! Somehow, the ‘plan’ had never materialised. And we left NCR a decade ago, ignorant of how good or […]
The reason we planned the Uttarakhand roadtrip last winters was for snow in Auli. In fact, we had booked Kashmir initially, but owing to the ongoing disturbances and curfews, we cancelled the Kashmir bookings, and went for Auli instead, thinking that the next best place for snow in the week […]
After Kausani (Read: Sight-seeing in Kausani), our next stop in the Uttarakhand road trip was Pokhari. Perched on the high hills of the Chamoli district, Pokhari is a little village….. Drive from Kausani to Pokhari It took us quite some time to reach there – almost 140 kms away, the […]
Well, there are plenty of things to do in Kausani, but you need to be young at heart to do them all. Especially, have a zest for life. From the fact that you have chosen Kausani to be your stopover in your Uttarakhand sojourn, I assume, you like going off […]
Going past Kathgodam, Bhimtal, Almora, Kausani is a little less than 150kms from Haldwani, and is a total of about 4 and a half hours’ drive. Owing to the long drive the previous evening, Delhi to Haldwani, and the chill of the December morning, we could manage to start from […]
We were scheduled to stay in Kausani for 2 days-3nights. And chose to stay at Ashritha. They have a view to kill for. I will come to that…. But first, the basics – we were travelling with friends and had been assigned our respective rooms on the 1st floor. Each […]
The winter round of the Uttarakhand roadtrip started from Delhi. Our friends were waiting for us at the airport with the Mahindra’s XUV 500 we hired for the trip from Zoom Car. This time round, you see, we wanted to drive. A big car, it kept us, four adults and […]
Not without reason they say that Himalayas have a way of claiming your soul. You could stay in its foothills, or miles away from it, and yet be drawn to it as if bound by a spell. This, we discovered, when we drove through the hills of Uttarakhand in the […]