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Sep 3rd, 2005, 05:09
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Pics of Chakrata (Garhwal), Ooty n Kodaikanal (South India)
Hi all,
I am posting a link to some of my albums. 1). Chakrata, Deowan and Kanasar in Garhwal himalayas 2). Ooty in South India 3). Kodaikanal in south India. I have also put some comments next to the pics in the Chakrata album. It is really a very beautiful place and not yet discovered by the city hordes yet ...  http://community.webshots.com/user/almoraboy3 Prashant |
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 10:25
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Nice pics, I like that cobra lily ;-)
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 12:33
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 12:44
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Chakrata looks lovely, what's the accomodation like, any budget options for around 300 rps!
And Mecasa thanks for the info I was wondering what the plant was! I thought it was some kind of pitcher plant. |
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 12:57
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Thanks for the open invitation
Apologies for my reaction in Babe-in-the-Wood's thread...
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 15:09
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I had written detailed comments next to all the pics - including the cobra lily. Didn't u get to see them??  Anyways, cobra lilies grow in the higher reaches of the himalayas. Animals usually don't eat them because they contain alkaloids and they look like a cobra. You can find lots of them in the forests near Chakrata, Ramgarh n Mukteshwar ... other places also but i have found them in these 3 Regards, P |
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 15:22
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Chakrata lies in the dehradun district at an altitude of 7000 feet+. Deovan (it means God's forest, pronounced as deb + wan) resthouse is 12 kms from Chakrata and lies at an altitude of 9300 feet. u can reach chakreata from dehradun via 2 paths ... 1) go via mussorie (kempty falls) 2) go via kalsi. in the second option, remember that the roads are one-sided. So therre are gates at kalsi and chakrata. they open and close at predefined intervals. so you should leave dehradun at around 7:15 am. then follow the himalayan foothills and turn right at kalsi. the gate at kalsi opens at around 8:30 am and then the traffic can go upto chakrata. u can reach chakrata well before lunch .in chakrata there are some small hotels and a small market. the town even has a cyber cafe now. but we stayed at the forest guest house everyday. one of them was built in 1870s and it was a real pleasure to spend one night in such an old house. u need to knoiw somebody who is a central government ermployee to bookit for you. for central govt employes n theri relatives, charges are 75 bucks per night. for civilians, it is around 500 bucks per night. if u go to the deovan rest house after chakrata, buy some vegetables from the chakrata market coz there is nothing availabe in deovan. the forest guards there @ deovan will cook it for u. |
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 15:23
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Oct 7th, 2007, 21:13
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I have just returned from Chakrata. Here are some of the PICTURES.
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Oct 7th, 2007, 22:09
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Nice pics, karnail.
Specially the "fields. " |
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Cobra lily
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Oct 16th, 2007, 13:02
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around 1 to 1.5 Kms. It can be done from Chakrata 5 KMs.
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Sep 5th, 2008, 23:18
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Update on one-way traffic
Any references to the one-way system between Kalsi and Chakrata are now invalid.
It was withdrawn on 26 Jan '08. More here: Road/Traffic Conditions in Uttarakhand |
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