Thanks for giving the details in nice words Balkar ji. The places you mentioned remind me of my readers who write letters and send plant samples when my monthly Hindi articles appear in Amar Ujala and Krishi Amrit. Your coming posts on floral diversity would help to reply my readers in more better way.
Thanks again. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > A few days back we returned from the visit to Nainital Ranikhet Kausani. I > just to share some memories with all for information. > Originally this visit was planned for Gori Valley near Munsiyari town in > Pithoragarh region of Uttarakhand. Due to unavailability of some members > and other circumstances we converted this visit to Ranikhet Kausani etc. > We started our journey on 13th april 7:00 AM in morning from Delhi in a > hired Toyota Innova SUV. During First day travel of about 360 Kms upto > Nainital, we crossed Moradabad, Gajroula, Rudrapur, Haldwani and reached > Nainital in evening at 7;15 PM. In the way we shot mainly Clerodendrum, > Erythrina, Capparis, Operculina, Ranunculus, Delphinium and few yet to > confirm sp. > > Before reaching Nainital We also visited Bhim taal and Naukuchiatal. > Noukuchiatal area was much better in terms of floristic diversity as > compared to all the places we visited during this 5 day Visit. Both these > places were more peaceful than Nainital and Ideal for peaceful vacations. > Nainital is a bit crowded city and and Stay is also costly than all other > places we visited. > > During Morning of 14th April we shot many plants like Rubus, Clematis, > Velleriana etc from the periphery road of Naini Lake. After taking > breakfast in Nainital we started our journey towards Ranikhet. In the way > to Ranikhet naturural scenery was very beautiful. In ranikhet we visited > Chaubtia Garden, a must see place having 100s of acres opf apple gardens > and also other members of the same family. finally we reached Kausani and > stayed at Hotel Grand National. > During next day (15th April) we visited Baijnath, Bageshwer and Binsar. > However we could not visit binsar national park due to fuel and Time > problem. Binsar Park daily closes at 3:00 Pm and visitors are supposed to > came out by 7:00 PM in evening. One can also stay in Binsar in KMVN Hotel > there inside the park. The entry fee per person there in Binsar Wild life > Park is 150 per person. > On the 16th april we went towards Chaukori via Baijnath and Bageshwer. > This place is most beautiful and smallest I think There are 3-4 hotels > only, with reasonable rates varrying from 1000 to 2500 per room, including > best stay at KMVN Hotel in 990. Himalaya is picturesque from this place. > After this we went to Thal. Thal is in the way to Munsiyari and and have a > great diversity of ferns. Thal is a junction place from where we can go to > Munsiyari Almora Pithoragarh and Bageshwer. > In Kausani we also visited Tea Gardens and they were very beautiful. > On 17th we started backward journey from Kausani at abot 8:00 Am and > reached Delhi at about 9:00PM. > Overall This visit was a memorable one and successful as we visited so > many places during this visit and shot more than 100 plants out of which > many were new to me. > Thanks > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
