Thanks Jim - my mom really enjoyed the beauty of the place but was super tired, had issues with her knees by the end of it. She's not real healthy for someone who's only 64 and the trip involved hardship - chopper rides, rides/treks on hand-held carriages for some of those remote spots. I had to arrange flight tickets so she flew back from Delhi to Hyderabad instead of the train ride.
She was actually was planning a trip to Kailash - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailash#Pilgrimage, but that didn't pan out. Anyway she has traveled so much in her life and she loves to travel - something I do as well. The flooding seems pretty serious - just read this article http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Uttarakhand/Over-130-killed-in-North-India-rains-Kedarnath-town-in-Uttarakhand-ruined/Article1-1078410.aspx On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:01 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com < no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > ** > > > Very cool pictures. Kedarnath temple is striking, with the peaks right out > the back door. Yamunotri reminds me of a little known Friendship Garden, > right next to a river, carved between two peaks, on Maui. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> > wrote: > > > > There's the Ravi effect, my mom just got back from a trip there - before > > the floods started. > > > > A trip to Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath & Kedarnath, her first - > > supposedly a cool thing Hindus should do in their lifetime. I'm fine with > > trips to the Sierra Nevadas and retreat back to the Pacific Ocean. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chota_Char_Dham > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...>wrote: > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > and you still think there is such a thing as the Marshy Effect? > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* Buck <dhamiltony2k5@...> > > > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > *Sent:* Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 PM > > > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Uttarkashi Flash Flooded > > > > > > > > > > Have our Brothers on Purusha been heard of since? > > > > > > Floods and landslides have killed at least 19 people and destroyed > > > buildings after heavy rain in North India. > > > > > > Fifteen people died in Uttarakhand state. Another four lost their > lives in > > > Himachal Pradesh, officials say. > > > > > > Footage showed a three-storey apartment building being washed away in > the > > > town of Uttarkashi. Reports said at least three people died - more are > > > missing. > > > > > > Another 40 people are unaccounted for in Uttarakhand. Casualty figures > are > > > expected to rise. > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22936533 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
