#TotaPoint #RanehFalls ... Khajuraho - What else can you see besides the temples. And thanks for endorsing Ghumakkar to Mr. It’s like one of my very dear and old friend in Mumbai, Perwaize Waris, runs an advt. These days I am carrying his Children’s Omnibus in my office bus. Regards Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Cable car is still very much there,though its no longer a maidan, but shopping bazzar and BHAIL-PURI wallas, but still very interesting place and people. This time we lost time because two points. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8834194653550774"; #Nepal #Ghumakkar. It wasn’t very cold but quite invigorating and bracing on the Mall on the first night. The Maharaja had other engagements and could not come, but his bodyguard attended Shri Nathji's function. Pls reply ASAP to mojowrites@yahoo.co.in. ONE:- there is a small tunnel on the way)I don’t recall the name) and it has temples on both sides, which were having some special festival celebrations and the place was jammed by hundreds of cars, bikes and busses parked right in the middle of the road, Dead stop! And passion for anything. Hardly anybody at that time to guide you, but we finally managed to go through, I think, Ghazipur, and turn right at Hero Honda showroom and got onto Delhi-Meerut Road. Hi Dinesh, Your trip to Goa and back with a timeline of a fortnight appears interesting. I’ll keep my memories, thanks. In those days Muss was free from the density of tourists it gets now. On my earlier visits, while walking up from the Library Chowk towards Dunsvirk Court Hotel “Dil Aaram” Estate of Chaudhary Hyder Husein of Lucknow. The name on the gate, with long drive- in says Ranjit Singh,O.B.E. If you can rise early and look down, the Doon looks like a starry sky while the sky is clouded up there. One needs to keep cool head in this kind of traffic-with bullock carts. Though the Covenant was signed on May 5, 1948, yet the administration of the PEPSU was formally assumed on August 20, 1948 by the Rajpramukh of PEPSU. It had collection of short stories. Go with positive mind and you will find newness and new beauty every time if you look for it. #Visual treat ahead! It’s all downhill. Thanks for the story and pix for Ruskin Bond. People who say what’s there to do in Mussoorie, perhaps, are not nature-loving and are not looking for”SAKOON”. Yash. Do you have high resolution images that you could send me as well as other images that you may have taken that day. #Ghumakkar. I returned to Mumbai in 1965 and spent next 35 years in Mumbai before returning to my home in Delhi in 2008. THEN, LOOK TO THE RIGHT. I hope in near future contemporary architecture finds new venues which is the fusion of past knowledge and modern technology. I read Ruskin Bond only recently. Will you kindly drop me a e-mail? As I had missed him last, I made sure to meet him this time, excited like a kid, and I was the first in long line of young kids& adults waiting for him. Rajeev, I am rather surprised that after years one still gets people coming to the post and enjoying it.I appreciate it. Thanks a lot, young lady, for your gracious words .I do believe Mussoorie is the Queen of Hills, having visited almost all of them. Nandan , I am grateful to you for the layout(praise from Bruce). Incidentally, you can see the Carlton Hotel on way to the Academy and try world best fish fries.). Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.In fact ,I have,in my collection, quite a few pics of the Maharaja Kapurthala and Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Gives detailed informtion about your experience. ( Log Out /  I have been to…. As everyone knows Kapurthala was a great Francophile. Here we learnt that we were on to Hapur and were told to take a u-turn and turn right at Lal Kuan after 2kms. #Alert! The Chateau Kapurthala was influenced by such prototypes,” Cynthia says. i am planning to visit mussorie around 13 dec, with my kid 18 month old. Sorry for the delayed reply. You can see the snow peaks range, a panoramic view from the vintage point of Dunsvirk Court Hotel: = peaks Gangotri, Srikanta, Jaonli, Kedarnathand few more. I was brought up in Mussoorie in the early ’40’s. Overlooks Doon Valley. But this time we, my son, granddaughter and nephew, found the back gate (entry for servants) wide opened, and walked in all of us, For the first time I saw the front entrance (which is not visible from outside because of long drive-in) and was wonderstruck! What are the places we must see in massoorie? The inscription is in Urdu-which was the court language, and it says that stone was laid in 1896, and the opening of the place was done by the Maharaja himself in 1899=–three years to complete, the inscription also gives the names of foreigners who made the map and who undertook the construction. Hello Yashavantha(have I spelt it right?) There is nothing much to talk about this subject also, except show some pictures that tell the story. We left Bombay shortly after to go off to London, which has other experiences , memories, and another part of life travel. I must,first of all, apologize for not noticing your comment earlier,as I visit this site rarely now.You have asked so many question,which I may not be able to answer.And probably you may have already visited the He was the bodyguard of the Maharaja of Kapurthala. But we make at least two trips to this place on long weekends like Republic Day, or any other holidays. I have been to Mussorie couple of times and it’s awesome. The way you have mentioned the nitty gritty of the trip is SIMPLY SUPERB. Then again, no signage, we missed the Meerut Bypass and went through the big city (cost us at least an hour), and even entering Delhi was a little messy, and we had to ask for the way–this happens to us every time we come back late at night. In May 2000, I along with my family was at Darbhanga which is a small town in northern Bihar. The walks around there are simply amazing. Sat Sri Akal Jatinder, I bumped into your blog while searching for information on Chateau Mussoorie and saw your wonderful photographs. Seasons greeting and Merry XMas. Being near the nature, the family gets a chance to spend 72 hours together, which hardly happens in the city when everybody is with the “bun and on the run”–rush-rush! UMA Wow, who would dare to do that! Doon Road at 12.25 became very sunny. Past Police Kotwalui. Stopped for an hour for some heavy breakfast and of course the wash. We left Cheetal at 10.20. We shot quite a few pictures from there and other points. you talked about RCwith soda(or without it), was quite acceptable ,this time being the New Year, and the liquer shops were crowded on the mall–not Punj but Firangs and Hep and very young crowds–mainly couples and well behaved. It’s declared as a “Heritage building” and it’s in a bad condition, even though it runs as a hotel and get some residents. Notice their behavior, next time you go. Thank you very much for your kind words and tip to visit Landour. Hakman’s Grand At Mall 4. Now retired and settled back in Gurgaon (close to Delhi), I find Delhi an altogether new place. Thanks again. Thank you for sharing. I visited Kempty Falls three years agop and had a nice cool dip, but I believe its dry now–I am not sure. Hills de-stress one from the school, coaching classes, office hassles, and nosy neighbors. to keep in touch.The pics , few more, in this post are from digital camera,which can be emailed to you, if you like. Bond. Looking forward to hearing from you by email. (I wonder how many Ghumakkars think of these things while travelling.). It’s a project called Binhar Heights some 38 km from Kempty Falls. //-->, Lansdowne is the best-known place of Pauri Garhwal region as it is the closest hill station to the national capital. Maharaja of Kapurthala “Chateau Mussoorie” Smile sometimes due to the humour in it and sometimes giving peace, and sometimes reflecting that I am reading such nice stories. Do you suggest to book a travel agent who can take us in and around massoorie so that we need not to run around to find out the places and modes of travel? Or go down on the Kempty Fall Road as far as Uyoulike. So you will have to climb up back! Please also share that how you found those books and which one is the best :), Manish,thanks,once again.I will certainly try to dig out logs & pics,about MacLoadganj,Delhouse etc though they will have no relevence since they are few years old trips.The60s trip got lost in transit while moving from Mumbai. The spirit of Ghumakkari, which is also about exploring and enjoying the mundane-ness of places, is flowing in your post. What can be better than recording the changes in place with time. Since my granddaughter had winter vacations, and my son had also got the week off, we decided to drive up to Mussoorie for the New Year and to spend the last week of the last month of the last year, and the first day of the first month of the new year at our usual place, Padmini Nivas at the Mall, Mussoorie. Each and every structure/building has a different story to tell, many memories attached and values contained. With fog coming down and the day break far away, quite dark, it looked like we were driving through a long tunnel, but with hardly any traffic, we hit ISBT, Sarai Kale Khan at 5.30 AM and were over the Yamuna bridge, when the visibility became nil and got into heavy traffic.

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