Pangot.. nature trails

Even before i start this blog i probably can rate it as 'interesting'... after all its about mountains, himalayan birds of various colours and types never seen before (they call them species), tiring 11-12 hours drive, heavy rainfall, landslides and what not! A trip to Pangot. A small village near Nainital. Yes its the Kumaon Valley. A trip to remember.

12th Aug'11:

11:00PM - NA & DK arrive at Delhi.

11:30PM - We reach my home. Have a bottle of beer with Gujju farsaan. I love farsaan.

12:30 - Finally we go to bed as we plan to leave at 4:00am in the morning.

13th Aug'11:
We hit the road at 4:15am.. from Gurgaon.. Delhi, Ghaziabad, NH-8 as we leave NCR behind.

After a long tiring journey we finally reached Nainital @2:30 pm. Encountered a massive traffice jam at Garmukteshwar where we lost more than an hour. And we took a small break at MacDonald before Garjaula.

The route we followed was Gurgaon - Delhi - Ghaziabad - Hapur - Garmukhteshwar - Gajraula - Moradabad - Kashipur - Ramnagar - Kaladhungi - Nainital. (approx. 290kms)

Road condition between Moradabad - Kashipur is really pathetic. I would not recommend this route during rainy season as you would encounter patches where entire road is submerged in water. The road is constructed in low lying area and waters keep flowing across.

The route between kaladungi and nanital offerssome great views as the mountains played hide and seek,

Enroute Nainital

Enroute Nainital

We wanted to have lunch and we landed up at Kumaon Mandal Hotel on our way. The food was excellent.

And then we resumed our journey to Pangot which is 15kms from Nainital. As we approched pangot the forests become so dense that even during day time it was quite dark.

Nainital to Pangot

And finally finally we reach Pangot at 4:00pm.

 

And i am back!!

Well.. there's a distinctive feature in the way i start my blog which i noticed while writing blogs almost an year back.. which is starting a blog with 'Well'... and since then i have been making concious efforts to start my blog by using any other word..

In any case it has been quite a long time since i have written a blog.. in Oct last year...i wrote i am short of ideas and i am unable to complete my blog.. then while on a trek near dalhousie i tripped, twisted by ankle and eventually broke my leg..got operated .. went on a long 07 week leave.. and booked single largest order for Nasik Panels.. truely the most happening October..

things have changed drastically in past one year.. gained lot of weight, made new frds.. infact beer buddies..Scam after scam coming out.. Anna Hazare becomes the Mahatma Gandhi of this era from nowhere.. by his cursade againt corruptoin..and wannabe Gandhiji's turned to fasting.. eventually generating a lot of news as well as controversy..  political babus landing in Tihar Jail.. a media hotspot nowadays...kashmir valley observing the most peaceful summers in lot many years.. atleast this is what is claimed by CM - Omar Abdullah... Mayawati's noida part finally innagurated.. india hosting an f1 event.. India winning cricket world cup at Wankhede.. pertol prices being hiked amost every month..and RBI hiking interest rates..watched cult film 'Gunda' for the first time.. and there are things which will never change Mr. Advani embarking on another rath yatra..Mayawati being targetted coz she is dalit... Outspoken Digvijay Singh making controvertial remarks every alternate day.. and as usual congress party distancing itself from his remarks.. a bomb blast - home minister and PM among the first to condemn the attacks.. blaming it on intelligence agencies.. and the list goes on..

enough of writing.. probably next time i have to come up with something worth reading..!!