About 40 kilometers from Hartola is a beautiful waterfall tucked away amidst lush green surroundings on the Nathuakhan-Orakhan-Dhokaney road. One has to take a left a few meters after crossing the Orakhan market. The road that leads to the waterfall is pretty good and has hardly any vehicles plying. There are a couple of maggi […]
by Dhruv Baruah
I have been to several temples across India, but Jageshwar Dham near Almora is a different experience altogether. A UNESCO protected site, the temples are also referred to as Jageshwar Valley Temples and are a group of 125 ancient Hindu temples dated between 7th and 14th century. In fact, as you approach the temples, suddenly […]
by Dhruv Baruah
The Diwali weekend of November 2007 saw us taking off to the hills of Bhimtal on NH 24. I was the only one of the lot to have gone there before. But that was on a hurried official trip by train to Kathgodam and thereafter by bus to Country Inn Resort. We’d stayed in pretty […]
by Dhruv Baruah
July 2014 Days 4 & 5 Route taken: NH 87 E – Kausani – Someshwar – Pokhra – Ranikhet (near Army Golf Course) Roads condition: Good, except for about a 2- 3 km stretch after Pokhra and 6-7 km on the Dwarahat road which is under repair 10.05 a.m.: On the 15th, after a hearty […]
by Dhruv Baruah
We had tea and toast and lazed around in bed till about 9.30. With no fixed agenda for the day, we thought of going a little easy on ourselves…already every inch of our bodies was aching from the swimming and walking. Deepa suddenly remembered that we’d been forgetting something very important – souvenirs. We quickly […]
by Dhruv Baruah
Then at around 9 we decided to begin the day. We had bought tickets for a conducted tour from the Tourist Hostel in Vasco the day before, and we had to be there before 10. A quick bath and we arrived at the designated place and waited for the rest of the crowd to arrive. […]
by Dhruv Baruah
For Deepa it was a second coming. She’d stayed there for a couple of years when my father-in-law (an army doctor) was posted there. For me – one who had never seen any water-body bigger than the Brahmaputra river (which is by no means small), it was restless anticipation. I had heard much about it, […]
by Dhruv Baruah
Recently we made a trip to Mukteshwar in Uttarakhand. Here are some grabs of this beautiful hill station:
by Dhruv Baruah
July 2014 Days 2 and 3 Sunday was off to a lazy start with a leisurely breakfast of poori-subzi. We decided to loll about and explore the place, taking things as they came. There was a slight drizzle and the clouds had decided to waft around us and in the valley below. Just the sort […]
by Dhruv Baruah
July 2014 Uttarakhand this time, we decided. We’ve done most of Himachal, so let’s give it a break. Not to say we won’t go back there, we will. But this time it’s Uttarakhand. So net surfing became the order of the day and our old friend TripAdvisor came to our rescue once again. (Over the […]
by Dhruv Baruah
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Ravi Uppal on About our village Hartola, Uttarakhand
Beautiful write up! Thanks. Came across today only about Hartola as a desirable place…