A wonderful travelogue including the pictures. 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 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
