Uttarakhand

My First Encounter with Mr. Tiger

By rex11277

guide took us on the another side of the road and we were shocked. At the first sight we could not understand what to do. Wow! such a beautiful creature of God. We scared as the tiger was just aprox 20 ft away from our Gypsy but he was calm and not in hurry.

Trip to Bhujiaghat and Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand

By Shadab Noor

We had the permit to enter from Durga Devi gate and our safari timing was from 3PM for 3 hours, while on our way to Corbett National Park we also visited the Corbett water fall which is small water fall situated within the forest area.

Winter Drive to Snowy Dhanaulti

By Sahil Sethi

Few days ago, one of a reader asked me that why have I stopped writing on Ghumakkar. I had no particular answer. She told that I should again start writing.

So here I am back again to share few of my short travel tales. Starting with one of the trip which I remember was Dhanaulti which I visited in Feb’14.

Rain Fury in Chakrata, Uttarakhand in June 2013 (Part III)

By Gaurav

By 7:30 in the evening the passage got cleared by JCBs, and as soon as the vehicles started to enter Damta the police authorities started announcing: Aap sabhi yatriyon ka Damta gaon mein swagat hai, apke bhojan ki vyavastha school aur mandir dharamshala mein ki gayee hai, kripya ghabrayein nahi aur bhojan grahan karein We were overwhelmed with this gesture of the authorities of this small village who were offering free food to stranded travellers. The local villagers also offered places for night stay to travellers at very nominal prices, and all the shopkeeper were warned not to overcharge any travellers for any food items. After having dinner at Sharnarthi camp, we also took the shelter in the house built over local Police Station.

चम्बा के चीड़ से धनौल्टी के देवदार तक

By Shivam Singh

धनौल्टी देवदार के पेड़ों के बीच बसा हुआ है | इस छोटे से हिल स्टेशन के हर ओर के विहंगम दृश्य आपके मन को निश्चय ही मोह लेंगे है | पूरा पार्क देवदार के पेड़ों से आच्छादित है जिसके बीच से चलने के लिए लकड़ी से रास्ते बनाये गये हैं | हम लोग उन टेढ़े मेढ़े रास्तों से होते हुए आगे बढ़ने लगे और साथ ही साथ आने वाले हर एक मनमोहक दृश्यों का आनंद उठाते रहे |

Valley of Flowers | The Wonderland

By Anupam Chakraborty

Truly it would have been impossible for us, to take a step without crushing a flower, had there been no stone paves deep into the Valley of Flowers. We walked deep into the valley; saw many flowers of different colours, pink, blue, red, white, yellow and many others. Every single flower, though tiny, is so beautiful and colourful that none gets less attention from the visitors. These flowers are all wild. They vary in shape and colour at different altitudes. The flowers in the valley keep changing in different phases of monsoon. So after every 10-15 days of interval, a new set of flowers replace the old flowers and the Valley gets a new look every time such changes are happened. But do not expect to see any big flower in the valley as they do not reside here.

ऋषिकेश में रिवर राफ्टिंग

By Shivam Singh

‘जय गंगा मैया’ की ध्वनि के साथ हम लोग राफ्ट लेकर चल पड़े | राफ्टिंग में सर्वाधिक आनंद पर्वतों के बीच से बहती तेज नदी के बीच एक छोटे से राफ्ट से बड़े बड़े हरे-हरे पर्वतों को देख कर होता है | ऐसा लगता है मानो मनुष्य न जाने क्यों गर्व करता है प्रकृति के सामने उसकी कोई सत्ता नहीं है | बड़े बड़े खड़े पर्वत किसी साधना में लीन साधु की तरह लग रहे थे | उनके ऊपर उगे पेड़ झाड़ियाँ उनके बढ़ी हुई दाढ़ी की तरह और चोटियाँ सर के चोटी की तरह प्रतीत हो रही थी | यही शांत, सुखमय वातावरण मानसिक और आतंरिक रूप से संतुष्टि प्रदान करता है | अक्सर चारों ओर देखने में, मैं एक दो पल के लिए भूल भी जाता था; की राफ्टिंग कर रहा हूँ | होश तब आता जब हमारे कमांडर आगे आने वाले रैपिड के लिए आगाह करते | शिवपुरी से राम झुला तक लगभग 16km की राफ्टिंग में कुल नौ रैपिड आते हैं जिन्हें एक से लेकर 5 डिग्री तक चिन्हित किया गया है | आगे आने वाले रैपिड का नाम रोलर कोस्टर था जो 5 डिग्री का था इसमे राफ्ट बाहर से घूमकर अन्दर की ओर तेजी से आती है | हम सभी लोग तेज से चिल्लाये | उत्साह दिखाने के लिए सबके अपने अपने चिल्लाने के तरीके होते हैं | वैसे कमांडर ने रैपिड के बीच में शोर से मना किया था ताकि उसके द्वारा दिए गये कमांड को हम लोग सुन सके |

The Road To Valley of Flowers

By Anupam Chakraborty

No human soul lives around the valley though it is not soulless completely! The valley remained unknown to the world until 1931, when arrived there like Alice in Wonderland, six British Mountaineers, who lost their way while returning from a successful expedition to Mt Kamet. Numerous wild flowers cover the Valley in monsoon and create a magical sight of a wonderland. Frank S. Smythe, one of the six British mountaineers, while mentioning about the Valley wrote, “it was impossible to take a step without crushing a flower”. They named it the Valley of Flower and thereafter the valley has become a popular place for summer expedition.

गणेशोत्सव का उत्साह और माँ गंगा का पावन स्नान … हरिद्वार।

By Arun Singh

अनायास ही मेरी नजर होटल की खिड़की से बाहर की तरफ गयी तो देखा की सभी लोग गंगा माता के मंदिर की तरफ बने घाट की सीढ़ियों पर पसर चुके थे, मतलब साफ़ है की माँ की आरती आरम्भ होने वाली है, हमने भी कमरा लॉक किये और सरपट दौड़े माता की आरती में शामिल होने को। ऑफ-सीजन होने के कारण किसी प्रकार की धक्का-मुक्की का सामना किये बगैर हमे मंदिर के पास ही आरती में शरीक होने का अवसर प्राप्त हुआ और जो दबंग पण्डे वगेरह अक्सर आपको आरती के समय दूर होने के लिए टोकते रहते थे आज वो स्वयं ही आरती की थाल हमारे हाथों में सौंप रहे थे माता की आरती उतारने को, हमें तो यकीं ही नहीं हो रहा था, खैर चलो छोडो। एक और महत्वपूर्ण बात यह थी की इस दरमियान ही मौसम भी करवट बदल चूका था और ग्रीष्म ऋतू अब शरद ऋतू का अहसास करवाने लगी थी, ऊपर से माँ गंगा की लहरों से उठती ठंडी हवाएं हमें बेबस किये जा रही थी वहीँ पर डेरा जमाये रखने को।

Nainital – The Last Leaf

By Nirdesh Singh

Sitting in a restaurant on the Mall Road, you feel happy. The early December air is nippy, fresh and clear. There are few tourists this time of the year. Sun rays reflect off the dark green water of the lake creating silvery ripples. Wisps of clouds float in the incredibly blue sky. Such blue skies are seen over Delhi for maybe two days a year. You have chosen to sit in the open sided area. The sun is soothing. You are almost in a trance. It seems life has receded leaving you in a glowing fuzzy ball of warmth. And then you see the tree.

Rishikesh – The Abode of Sagas…

By Mukesh Bhalse

In last post of this series I had described you about our visit to various temples of Haridwar which we had left last day…

Haridwar – A gateway to heaven….Part – 2

By Mukesh Bhalse

In the last post of this series I had narreted how we arrival to Haridwar and performed Ganga Snan at Har Ki Pouri. Now…

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