Nainital/Binsar or Shimla/Manali?

mousourik · Jun 5th, 2008, 22:39

Thanks Piyush, but AB has posted several photos of the waterfall at quitty. check the link given by him - then report 5 or 6.

Piyush · Jun 5th, 2008, 22:50

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Originally Posted by mousourik

Thanks Piyush, but AB has posted several photos of the waterfall at quitty. check the link given by him - then report 5 or 6.

I remember there is a small waterfall at Quity also(right side of the road,if going from Thal to Munsyari)...its in between quity and birthy ..but the major waterfall is at Birthi..there is a KMVN rest house also...

Shyamal Mukherjee · Jun 5th, 2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by Piyush

I remember there is a small waterfall at Quity also(right side of the road,if going from Thal to Munsyari...

Oh I missed it Piyush. but Quity is a small village with wonderful hill/valley view. I captured one in Feb'08 the day after heavy snowfall. It is there in my gallery, Mousourik.
Shyamal

Piyush · Jun 5th, 2008, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Shyamal Mukherjee

Oh I missed it Piyush. but Quity is a small village with wonderful hill/valley view. I captured one in Feb'08 the day after heavy snowfall. It is there in my gallery, Mousourik.
Shyamal

Nice to see post from Shyamal...its a small waterfall..when I went in December I thought it to be Birthi waterfall...

Shyamal Mukherjee · Jun 5th, 2008, 23:16

Just going through the queries of Dipanjan in this thread. Actually I am very much in love with Kumaon beauties. I have seen both the areas of your choice. Still what comes to my mind is that:
Binsar, Chaukori,Munsiary are less populated. In fact Binsar and Chaukori has little. The forest, the roads with pines alongside and aboveall the himalayan peaks will compell you to go there a number of times. The weather in those region is extremely unpredictable even in last week of October. You may/may not be able to enjoy the beauty of peaks and it depends on your luck. The best thing can be done is to keep track about the weather, once the rain is over, go and enjoy, but I know this can not be possible for a traveller with family members.
Shimla is conjested, Manali is slightly less than that. But again they have their own beauties,perhaps can not be compared with words.
Shyamal

mousourik · Jun 5th, 2008, 23:21

Shyamalda,
yes, there was a photo taken at quitty in your gallery, but perhaps you missed the waterfall that i found in Almoraboy's blog.
btw, in one of my earlier photos posted in im on murshidabad, you commented that you were born and brought up somewhere nearby. what's that place ?

Shyamal Mukherjee · Jun 5th, 2008, 23:37

Ranaghat

I hope Dipanjan will not mind for deviating slightly from the thread topic

Shyamal

mousourik · Jun 5th, 2008, 23:40

although u're a probasi bangali now, shyamalda, i really envy your staying closer to the himalayas.

Dipanjan · Jun 6th, 2008, 12:00

Oh absolutely i dont mind at all!! Thats the fun of threads

Shyamalda will agree what 'adda' means to us, what is the range of topics that come up in adda over cha.
I have covered the garhwal region well, not the Kumaon though.... therefore it looks quite tempting... already had a word with KMVN office at ahmedabad.....
Almoraboys 'photolougue' was great, the road upto munsiyari reminded me of a remote place in arunachal.... Diwang.... a wonderful forested hill with 2 rivers, 1 from tibet and 1 from bhutan confluencing there.....

mousourik · Jun 6th, 2008, 13:57

Oh Dipanjan, u touched a very tender spot of mine. So many times i planned to go to arunachal, but ultimately couldn't make it for lack of partners. lemme see if it's possible in 2009.
and, i've never been to garhwal, so may not be the right person to comment. but kumayon is definitely very beautiful. birthi, munsyari - i'd love to go there again and again ....
it's my personal opinion - instead of manali,shimla,nainital it's better to choose other destinations in the himalayas. in the former three places, u'll find one species aplenty - homo sapiens. if u already have enough of it in ahmedabad, better go to other destinations.

Dipanjan · Jun 6th, 2008, 14:48

Yeah time to look for other species.... If u r planning arunachal.... include tawang and sela pass after winter.... its gorgeous!

mousourik · Jun 6th, 2008, 14:52

it will be in march - towards the last fortnight. don't know whether sangetsar lake will remain accessible then.

Dilliwala · Jun 8th, 2008, 04:28

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Originally Posted by Dipanjan

Puchoo tell me one thing. I am asking this precisely bcoz u r from himachal.... do we get good mountain views from manali, or is it only valley of beas? apart from rohtang, is manali by itself a beautiful location? when i say mountain i mean snow capped.... ooty kodikanal etc doesnt fall in 'mountain' category 2 me

Hotels (like kumzam, HPTDC) in the mall road gives better views or hotels in the loghuts or hidamba devi road would be better? any specific suggestion for lodging in manali?

Himachal has many nice hill-stations, but Manali is not one of them, on account of it being a 'valley-station'

. Manali is nice, but from there you see only minor peaks. And I would avoid it at Diwali time, Kumaon will be better.

Altho it CAN rain, you wud have to be unlucky in Oct not to get clear days in Kumaon/UA. It is generally considered the best month for clear skies.

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Originally Posted by mousourik

.......can you please tell me where this village quetee is? it seems that it must be between thal and birthi, may be just after thal. we went to munsyari from jauljibi side and came back thru birthi & thal. we missed quetee - what a waterfall! must have to go there again.

It must look a lot better on-screen than live.

I went to Munsyari and back in the monsoon last year and I don't remember a waterfall at Kwiti. But since Piyush says it's there, it must be.

Point is, it can't be as impressive as Birthi.
You wud have passed thru Kwiti shortly before reaching Tejam, when you went from Munsyari to Thal.

Piyush · Jun 8th, 2008, 10:34

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Originally Posted by mousourik

Thanks Piyush, but AB has posted several photos of the waterfall at quitty. check the link given by him - then report 5 or 6.

checked the link ...http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/1...op-part-5.html......

Picture no..3,4,5 are of the same small waterfall(AB writes it to be nala) which I mentioned previously..Its somewhere in between Quity and Birthy...or it may be in between Tejam and Quitty...
Picture no 6 and subsequent pictures are of Birthy waterfall.

MAS · Jun 10th, 2008, 01:53

hi piyush:I am planning to go to munsyari just after one week, in my santro car with my wife and son from Aligarh, U. P.. Please, let me know the best itinerary to the same place which may be feasible in ten day.
Thanks
MAS

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Jun 5th, 2008, 22:39	#16
mousourik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KOLKATA, INDIA Posts: 1,269	Thanks Piyush, but AB has posted several photos of the waterfall at quitty. check the link given by him - then report 5 or 6.

Jun 5th, 2008, 23:16	#20
Shyamal Mukherjee shyamal Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rawatbhata, Rajasthan Posts: 276	Just going through the queries of Dipanjan in this thread. Actually I am very much in love with Kumaon beauties. I have seen both the areas of your choice. Still what comes to my mind is that: Binsar, Chaukori,Munsiary are less populated. In fact Binsar and Chaukori has little. The forest, the roads with pines alongside and aboveall the himalayan peaks will compell you to go there a number of times. The weather in those region is extremely unpredictable even in last week of October. You may/may not be able to enjoy the beauty of peaks and it depends on your luck. The best thing can be done is to keep track about the weather, once the rain is over, go and enjoy, but I know this can not be possible for a traveller with family members. Shimla is conjested, Manali is slightly less than that. But again they have their own beauties,perhaps can not be compared with words. Shyamal

Jun 5th, 2008, 23:21	#21
mousourik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KOLKATA, INDIA Posts: 1,269	Shyamalda, yes, there was a photo taken at quitty in your gallery, but perhaps you missed the waterfall that i found in Almoraboy's blog. btw, in one of my earlier photos posted in im on murshidabad, you commented that you were born and brought up somewhere nearby. what's that place ?

Jun 5th, 2008, 23:37	#22
Shyamal Mukherjee shyamal Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rawatbhata, Rajasthan Posts: 276	Ranaghat I hope Dipanjan will not mind for deviating slightly from the thread topic Shyamal

Jun 5th, 2008, 23:40	#23
mousourik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KOLKATA, INDIA Posts: 1,269	although u're a probasi bangali now, shyamalda, i really envy your staying closer to the himalayas.

Jun 6th, 2008, 12:00	#24
Dipanjan Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 28	Oh absolutely i dont mind at all!! Thats the fun of threads Shyamalda will agree what 'adda' means to us, what is the range of topics that come up in adda over cha. I have covered the garhwal region well, not the Kumaon though.... therefore it looks quite tempting... already had a word with KMVN office at ahmedabad..... Almoraboys 'photolougue' was great, the road upto munsiyari reminded me of a remote place in arunachal.... Diwang.... a wonderful forested hill with 2 rivers, 1 from tibet and 1 from bhutan confluencing there.....

Jun 6th, 2008, 13:57	#25
mousourik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KOLKATA, INDIA Posts: 1,269	Oh Dipanjan, u touched a very tender spot of mine. So many times i planned to go to arunachal, but ultimately couldn't make it for lack of partners. lemme see if it's possible in 2009. and, i've never been to garhwal, so may not be the right person to comment. but kumayon is definitely very beautiful. birthi, munsyari - i'd love to go there again and again .... it's my personal opinion - instead of manali,shimla,nainital it's better to choose other destinations in the himalayas. in the former three places, u'll find one species aplenty - homo sapiens. if u already have enough of it in ahmedabad, better go to other destinations.

Jun 6th, 2008, 14:48	#26
Dipanjan Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 28	Yeah time to look for other species.... If u r planning arunachal.... include tawang and sela pass after winter.... its gorgeous!

Jun 6th, 2008, 14:52	#27
mousourik Maha Guru Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KOLKATA, INDIA Posts: 1,269	it will be in march - towards the last fortnight. don't know whether sangetsar lake will remain accessible then.

Jun 10th, 2008, 01:53	#30
MAS Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sir Syed nagar, Aligarh, U.P, India Posts: 53	hi piyush:I am planning to go to munsyari just after one week, in my santro car with my wife and son from Aligarh, U. P.. Please, let me know the best itinerary to the same place which may be feasible in ten day. Thanks MAS

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