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.