Escape to Kumaon

bisu67

thanks for the info.do you know the distance between binsar to munsiyari,munsiyari to chaukari and chaukari to kathgodam/haldwani?

Piyush

Binsar to Munsyari(via bageshwar)....170km appprox
Munsyari to Chaukori 105km approx
Chaukori to Almora 110km
Almora to Kathgodam/Haldwani 85/90kms

bisu67

Can anybody tell me the distance between following places?
Nainital to Binsar
Almora to Binsar
Binsar to Choukari
Binsar to Munsiyari
Choukari to Munsiyari
Munsiyari to Almora
Munsiyari to Nainital

I am planning a trip in the following way,can anybody suggest a different shorter route?
Nainital-->Binsar-->Choukari-->Munsiyari-->Almora-->Kathgodam

Piyush

Nainital to Binsar 90km
Almora to Binsar 30km
Binsar to Choukari
Binsar to Munsiyari 180-190km approx
Choukari to Munsiyari 95km
Munsiyari to Almora 200-210km
Munsiyari to Nainital 260km

Almoraboy

Hello KS Sir,
i have finished uploading all of them finally
it was my laziness that caused a full 7 months to upload these pics (i should go into the guiness).

now, the status is as follows.

Part 1 - 13 remain the same.
What was earlier Part 14-18 have now become Part 18-22
What is now Part 14,15,16,17 is the new stuff.



Here is the link -

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2008/0...ai-temple.html


The new stuff are pics on the Chiltha mai temple.

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Trek blog over here

Almoraboy

Adding another permutation to Piyush's list >
Kathgodam to Munsyari - 299 kms
Kathgodam to Delhi - around 285 kms

Some pics of the road to munsyari can be found at -

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2007/0...home-page.html (this is the longer route, via bageshwar)

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/1...kend-trek.html (kathgodam to munsyari non stop)

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2007/0...-munsyari.html (this route is via chaukori)

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2008/0...nter-2008.html (leisurely road trip, seeing all the places in between)

Sadanand Kamath

Superb pictures Almoraboy. Thanks for updating. I was more interested in viewing pictures of Dhakuri-Chiltha Mai temple route. These pictures made me spellbound.

I had seen some of your pictures sometime back but due to very slow speed, I gave it up. Now, the speed is good so the pictures and descriptions .

If at all I make it to Dhakuri in coming winter, the credit should go to you and your pictures .

Sadanand

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Sirf ek kadam utha tha galat rahe shauk mein
Manzil tamam umr hame dhunti rahi.

[Just one wrong step on the way of the quest
My destination looked for me all life long]

Almoraboy

hello SK,

You guys might find me also up there in Dhakuri this winter

Sadanand Kamath

How's that?

You were planning for a winter trek to Bedni. Have you changed your plan?

Sadanand

Almoraboy

i will try bedni and dhakuri.
don't know for sure, depends on how much holidays i get and other things, like weather, etc.




dream winters = dhakuri, pindari, sundardhunga, kafni, bedni, ali, abbot mount, munsyari+khalia, chiplakedar, narayan ashram, chiyalekh, ruisara tal, dayara bugyal.

Am i getting greedy?

Piyush

aur shayad mujhe bhi.....Excellent pics Almoraboy...I am thinking of going to Tapovan this September...lets c...

wanderlust_vijay

I have been hearing about heavy rainfall during the last few days ? Can some locals/experts or people who have just come back throw some light on how bad the road conditions are ?

We are planning to travel from rishikesh to valley of flowers..

any help highly appreciated..

Almoraboy

hello,

you can get the latest news on kumaon and garhwal from the dainik jagran website.

one is the news website for the state ->

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttranchal.html

and there is a site for the local news (where they put a copy of the e-paper ont he net)

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/index.php?location=14 (haldwani edition)

manish_bit

Hi

I will be travelling to Nainital in November along with my wife. I want to know the following

1. Best possible way to reach Nainital from Calcutta. Taking a train from here to Kathgodam is a very long journey. If I take Rajdhani, I reach Delhi in the morning by 10. How best can I utilize my time and reach Nainital? Are there any buses in the morning from Delhi to Nainital?

2. How can I best utilize 4 days in and around Nainital

3. Is there any other place which I can visit in November and which would be better than Nainital. Considering I make Delhi as my base and come back withing 4 days

( I have seen the other threads in this site and have some idea but it would be great if someone can answer my above questions )
Tks
Manish

capt_mahajan

There will be buses throughout the day. Else spend the day in Delhi and take the Ranikhet express to Kathgodam or hire a car from Delhi for the whole trip.

Mukhteshwar/Almora/Jageshwar/Kausani/Ranikhet are excursions from Nainital but all depends on whether you want to spend most of your time in Nainital or outside (if outside, then a tour is better than staying put in Nainital, though it makes a decent base)

You will have to pick and choose since only 4 days.