Binsar
- 17th of August
- Mukteshwar - Sitla - Kwarab Bridge - Almora - Binsar
- 65km
Early in the morning, we attempted Chauli Ki Jaali a second time. We decided not to walk, but instead, take our bikes as far as they would go. We left the bikes at the gate of a large house, and walked on from there. The Jaali was still thickly shrouded, and the view, such was it was, wasn’t one. A couple of pooches stayed with us all the way, from the KMVN to the Jaali and back. Fruitless again, but maybe not for Sandy "MGR" Menon.
Four legged friends at Chauli Ki Jaali. - Courtesy Prashi
On the way back, a very pretty twenty-something girl stepped out of the house, and asked for some of the spare petrol that my RD350 always moved around with. Chivalrous sons-of-Raleigh that we are, we obliged, and were treated to some tea, biscuits, chips and half-an-hour of her company. Prashi and I feasted on the former, while Sandy took full advantage of the latter.
Some macro shots taken around the guest house at Mukteshwar
Remember this dialogue from the movie Ghost-busters ?
| Dr. Peter Venkman: | This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. |
| Mayor: | What do you mean, "biblical"? |
| Dr Ray Stantz: | What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. |
| Dr. Egon Spengler: | Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes… |
| Winston Zeddemore: | The dead rising from the grave. |
| Dr. Peter Venkman: | Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria. |
Well, I dunno about forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes and all that jazz, but we did see dogs and cats living together. The two dogs which accompanied us to the Jaali place were playing with a tiny kitten. Maybe it’s the start of something, as Dr. Venkman claims, of biblical proportions!
Cats and dogs living together! Mass hysteria !!! - Courtesy Prashi
More macro shots around the guest house - Courtesy Prashi