himalayas help

Ayeshanadia

hi guys,
is may a good minth to go up to the mountains, for some treking and spening time with mountains and isting some himayan towns. obviously as you can see this seems quite vauge. its because idont know where to go really im not sure where to start its so big, so any tips on this would be good, also with treking i just wanna do lite trekking nothing too hardcore as i havent got the right gear. so in may time im going to be in punjab and then about 8th/9th or maybe 10t may i will start heading more north. also if anyone wants to do tis with me that wouyld be nice as im a 21 lone female travelling and would also be safer. i wanna stay for about 2 weeks. preferably either a group of girls n guys or girls no offence lads its just cos my parents will screw.
then heading to callcutta but just to point out my plans are luqid and im happy to adjust them around.

also im not sure which forum this post will appear as im new to this site and dont really know ow it works. if its the wrong forum could you let me know. it should be in the himachel pradesh one.also whats a poll?is that like number of replies?

thankyou,
Ayesha.

vikramkyy

Hi ayesha how are you.
welcome to indiamike.
ayesha please let us know where you wish to go himachal or uttarakhand and whats your dates and for how many days you have with you ...
so that any member can help you.

Ayeshanadia

hi there,
basically i want to go to himachel and uttarankhand, i want to to somewhere where hindi is spoken as im currently learning hindi and wanna stay surrounded with hindi speakers.
i have 2 times in which i can go- either from end of feb to the end of march or from begining of may to mid-end of may. which time do your think would be the best to go. the way i want to travel is start in uttaranchal and then travel through uttaranchal to himachel pradesh and then travel through pradesh as far north as i can go. i have an idea of either renting with other travells and doing this trip together or using busses to take me through these two states. do you think about 1 month is suffient time for this? do you have any ideas about this? this plan is still very liquid and i would be happy to hear any suggestions to alter this idea in odrer to make this a better experience.
thanks for you help,
Ayesha.

delhiwala

Why don't you consider Landour Language School at Mussorie in Uttarakhand Himalayas.

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Ayeshanadia

because is too expensive, i dont need more lessons, if the local dialet is hindi that would be good, so i can keep remembering what ive learnt and stuff

Lucid

Yes, No school can teach you anything practically especially where language is concerned, if you do know few words.. you can learn so much from people on the road, i have met some foreigners who speak fluent Hindi and they did not go to any school for that.

Coming back to the topic.
May is a good time for the mountains, i would say in my opinion any time is a good time when it comes to mountains, but it does get really cold in winters..which in my opinion is fine..since there are so many people over the centuries who live in these situations, if they can... so can we ! and cold is bearable but the heat of north india is something which torments !

Uttrakhand, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir are all good to go in may, if 1 month is ok.. is very subjective to what you are going there for.. if you want to cover things quickly on the road, then yes and no.. depends where all you go in these 2 states.
For me Personally 1 month is not enough, the decision is yours to consider keeping your objectives of Himalayas in mind.
The small hikes will be possible in may without doubt.

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vikramkyy

hi ayesha
march and may both the months are good but may would be more better for himalayas..
one month is ok for both the places.
and hindi is a local langauge for himachal and uttaranchal.

delhiwala

Himachali dialect has generous sprinkling of Punjabi and accent is also so very Punjabi, so it's punjabified Hindi, rather I should say It's Punjabi with a smattering of Hindi.

At Uttaranchal you may like to go to Dehradun...

bArFaNi

In my view, end of feb to March is good months to travel in Himalayas because these are lean tourist season. You will be able to find cheap hotels and can interact with locals easily.

Once School exams are over by April, mountains becomes picnic spots for all the travellers from plains.

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Ayeshanadia

thanks for your help, i now have more time to spend in the mountains so i will just stay as long as i want to stay there but props no more than 3/4 months, but again everything just depends on everything.
Lucid-i was just wondering what places you recomend to go in himachel and utteranchal, my reasons for going are just to explore the mountains and be immersed in the communties living there and way of life. in fact i would even like to live in himachel for a month or 2, and really become 1 with the environment.s if you know any good places where i could stay and live with the locals for a while, that would be useful.
now im still undecided on when exactly to go im kinda thinking from comming starting from april time. i will be in punjab first. any indeas on the best way to get from punjab to himachel as i would probs better to go himachel first and then to to utterankand after.
In march i wil be learning punjabi, any ideas on where to learn punjabi in punjab?

vikramkyy

ayesha i like your idea to explore mountains ..i am from uttaranchal so i can suggest you some places in uttaranchal.

there is so much places where you can stay and keep in touch with locals and you can stay at near mussoorie(dehradu) and also you can stay near chamba(tehri) and uttarkashi ...
all the locals speak hindi so yoy can improve your hindi..

delhiwala

Punjab & Himachal are close, you can easily go to Himachal from Punjab. Moreover Punjab - Himachal - Uttaranchal is a logical route. Where will you be in Punjab ?

Ayeshanadia

ok great thanks for the route tip, i think i will do that then. in punjab going to go to Jalandah, Amristar, chandighar for sure and maybe other places but will decide once im there. it also depeneds on where i learn punjabi as i will be living there for howeverr long im learning for. im thinking of heading to the hymalayas round about may time, and staying up there for a couple or few months, just gunna go witht he flow really. but do you think may time is a good time to go, will most of the snow be gone?will i have to go really high up to see snow?
thanks, Ayesha

vikramkyy

thanks, Ayesha[/QUOTE]

ayesha may is a good time to exlpore himalayas ..
but if you wish to see snow you have to go hight-up like in uttranchal --you can find snow near gangotri,, badrinath,, hemkunt sahib,,valley of flowers.
but may is good time to travel.