When the spring time
turned to winter
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| Red billed Blue Magpie calling in the hills of Uttarakhand |
Having
started with the construction work in Timila, I wanted to show the place to my
mother & children and as the weather had remained quite cold in the hills
during the month of March, 2014 we decided to visit the destination during mid
April and we chose 18th April, 2014 as there was a three day break from
School & Office that we got during the week ending with ‘Good Friday’
holiday. We started early morning for
Anand Vihar Railway station, as we were scheduled to board the ‘Shtabdi train’
for Kathgodam. As I found out on this
day, that the proverbs are coined by experienced persons and come true ever so
often, this time around the proverb ‘Morning shows the day’ came true, as we
started our journey by Taxi at 4.30 A.M early in the morning. It had started drizzling and by the time we
reached the station, the intensity had increased as also the wind speed and
almost everyone waiting at the station was forced to take out their light
woolens etc. This rain continued all
through the journey from Delhi
to Kathgodam. We reached Kathgodam around
12.00 Noon and as we alighted from the train, the cold winds lashed us fiercely
and we immediately booked a Taxi to drop us at Chilyanaula, Ranikhet. The road journey took us from Kathgodam,
Bhimtal, Bhowali, Kainichi Dham, Garampani, Khairna to Chilyanaula in Ranikhet,
where we reached around 3.00 P.M and had to ask for Room heaters during the
night, because of the intense cold after sunset. I have described the destinations many a
times in my blogs and would like my viewers to enjoy the journey through the
photographs, having detailed tags and enjoy the journey through my lens, when
the hills turned to winter during the spring time -
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| Desolate Kathgodam |
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| Monkey too huddled in the cold |
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| Headed towards Bhimtal |
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| Passing by Bhimtal |
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| Just past Bhowali |
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| Wet all around |
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| Just enjoy the view |
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| Stranded tourists in the cold weather - awaiting repair of car tyre - just ahead of Kainchi |
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| Going past Kainchi |
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| View of river valley near Garam Pani |
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| Naturally crafted stone toad |
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| A few more for company |
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Just past Khairna
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| Road headed for Ranikhet |
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| View of valley towards Ranikhet |
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| Dwarhat as viewed by 500mm lens from Chilyanaula |
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| Sunset over Chilyanaula |
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| View of Chaukhamba peaks at sunrise from Chilyanaula - shot with 500mm lens |
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| Oriental White Eye bird in Bottle brush flower |
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| Signs of Spring - Larkspur flower |
Here is a short video for the destination -
