Nabha ji NW Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kashmir) are good places to visit, but not in December January if you have interest in photographing plants. Kashmir won't offer you even single flower during this period, and others yes a few at altitudes lower than 1000 m. I had visited Kashmir last year in June, and got little above 2500 m alt., so this year I am planning visit in July August to cover maximum alpine plants. Next year Perhaps April May to catch Spring flowers which are in plenty there. Andaman and Nicobars should be a good choice perhaps during this period for you, although I have never visited there..
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 Phone: 01125518297; Mobile: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > Hallo all, > > I was to come to India last winter, but had to change my plans. I shall be > coming to india for 4 to 6 weeks sometime bet. mid. Nov. 2011 and mid Jan. > 2012. > From 13. Dec. till 27. Dec. I have to be in Pune. > > As I have not visited the northeast (seven sisters) and northwest (Himachal > Pradesh, Uttarakhanda, Kashmir, Panjab), and Andaman and Nicobar, I would > like to do a short visit either to NE or NW or to the Islands. Friends of > ours who visited NE last year, told us that the infrastructure is not > optimum and one spends a lot of time in travelling from a to b and dosen't > see much. NW, I think has better facilities. > Also Andaman and Nocobars, I suppose. From the various posts I read here, I > think, many members have travelled to these parts. So I am asking your > opinion and advice. > > My questions are: > > Is travelling in NW a bit easier that in NE? How secure it is. > Certainly I am interested in the flora of the region, but would also like > to visit places of tourists interest. I shall be going there for the first > time. > Is someone arranging flora watching trip to NE or NW during the time, when > I am in india. > I also wish to do a flower-watching session in and around Pune. Is anyone > interested to guide and join me. It will be a good opportunity to get to > know people in this group with whom I am exchanging various informations. > What are other suggestions from you? > As you have better knowledge of the transpost facilities it would be a > great help to me, if you guide me in planning my route, suggesting places to > stay, etc. etc. > > I havn't fixed the dates yet. I also don't know yet, if my husband will > come to India with me. > Hoping to get your answers in the next few days so that I can plan > accordingly. > You may also write to me on my mail-ID [email protected] > > Regards > Nalini > > > >
