"The mountains are calling... and I must go" - John Muir, naturalist and conservationist If it is indeed true that the mountains have a call, it was indeed a persistent one for me last year. Memories of trekking the Himalayas at Kashmir had hardly faded when I found myself looking at the mountain range from the other end in Assam. (Check out my posts from these trips, if you haven't already!) And close on its heels was this trip to Nainital, Uttarakhand, where, once again, I was awe-struck by the majestic snow-clad peaks of the Kumaon Himalayas. Ac'quaint'ances in Haldwani My stay was in Haldwani, a town in the Nainital district, where the mountains appear in the backdrop everywhere you go! Exploring Haldwani on foot on a typical North Indian winter evening, I found myself the comfort of a perfect c up of chai at ChaiLok. I would rate them 4.5/5 just for the ambience and their playlist! That's my Saunf-wali Chai in the pic below. Yeah, S...
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