Monday, March 18, 2013

The Untouched Beauty of Uttarakhand - Lansdowne

Ever wondered what is untouched mountain beauty ?? Whats so special about simple people and not having many luxuries to indulge in.. Here is a place to explore.. Lansdowne in Uttarakhand is a millatary training area, amidst pristine hills and a very small market square with limited material life.. My husband and me decided to visit the place and booked a stay in Blue Pine resort around 5 kms before Lansdowne. We drove for around 6-7 hours from delhi and reached at the day settled in for evening. Our first reaction to the place was silent and dull, not many luxuries.. We negotiated our way to the room on hill top, initially the ascend up looked very difficult to us but we braved it and the view from room's terrace more than covered up for it.. We were amidst mountains.. We asked a question to attendant, "Surendra, yaha koi ata hai?".. "haan sahab, subah chidiya ata hai.. ".. :D He wasn't joking, he meant what he said, his simplicity touched us and we settled into the peace and purity that the place had to offfer, what added the experience was the brilliant food that came our way, neatly so, one of the best food served; not many options, but what was in menu was prepared by the recipie every bit.. Our terrace had brilliant view of the balcony and at few meters ascend one could see the snow tip. We managed to sneak out to the city, visited the market square to taste the momos and local food. We managed to make a visit to the view point, which wasnt greatly hyped about, a very small and beautiful lake where one could spend some time walking up and experiencing the city. Manage a few walking trails to view the mountain life and visit a few temples. All in all, a place to get away from city hassle, but make sure you visit it during the weekday, weekends might be different with resorts all full as the stories had it.. :)

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