ALLURING UTTRAKHAND

 Let's roll back to last summers when the temperature crossed 40. Me and my siblings had summer vacations and all we kept doing was complaining about the hot and humid weather. That's when my parents decided to take a roadtrip to Kumaon hill stations and so in no time we packed our bags and left for the family vacation.

 

The next morning our journey began at 8 am in the morning. We were off to our first destination BHIMTAL. It is just 62 km from my place and took us almost 2 hours to reach. The journey was beautiful and we saw scenic view. Bhimtal is more of a day adventure place so as we reached, me and my siblings did water zorbing, wall climbing, air cycling and boating. it was very tiring so we decided to have lunch before starting our journey for next destination.

Our next destination was NAINITAL it is only 21 km away from Bhimtal and took us almost 45 mins to reach. Soon we booked a hotel near lakeside and took some rest later we decided to explore the Mall Road and have dinner there itself. We bought wood carved artifacts to gift our close one's and later ate at street side stalls then we came back and slept.

Next morning we woke up had our breakfast and went to see china peak via ropeway. we did some fun activities too. then we went to butanese market and had the most famous mutton momos, it was indeed yum! and soon we left for our next destination KAUSANI. 

Kausani is a hill station and Village situated in Bageshwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is famous for its scenic splendour and its spectacular 300 km-wide panoramic view of Himalayan peaks like Trisul, Nanda Devi and Panchchuli. Sunrise in kausani is worth watching so we decided to make a stay in kausani. We didn't do alot in kausani as it is very peaceful place so we had best food and drinks and relaxed.

Next day means Next destination and we were off to RANIKHET. it was almost 2 hour drive and we saw a lot of scenic beauty throughout our way. 

Ranikhet is a hill station in Uttarakhand State, northern India. It’s known for its views of the Himalayas. Hundreds of bells adorn Jhula Devi Temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga. Fruit trees grow on the terraced orchards of Chaubatia Gardens, with views of peaks including Nanda Devi along with the famous Ranikhet golf park. We had a lot of fun and later we left for our last and final destination JAGESHWAR DHAM.

It is almost 3 hour away so and the roads were little complicated so we didn't took a lot of breaks in between as we wanted to reach before it becomes very dark. We booked a hotel took  rest and next day we were ready to visit Jageshwar temple.

 

Jageshwar is a Hindu pilgrimage town near Almora in Almora district of the Himalayan Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is one of the Dhams in the Shaivism tradition.Temple City: Jageshwar is known for temple complex comprising of 124 large and small stone temples dating 9th to 13th century AD. Culture enthusiasts and historians visit the place to learn more about the ancient shrines and dynasties that built them. After paying visit we went to had food and then we left for our home.As these places are very near to my home we often take vacations to these places This holiday was very calming and was a nice escape to such a hot climate. Hope you enjoyed this journey, will be back soon with more journey stories.