Usha's Odyssey

In our many visits to north India, one more visit we made was to Munsiyari. From Almora we went to Chakori, a govt. managed holiday spot. Chakori has individual cottages and separate building for meals. We all used to pull out our chairs to sit to gather and enjoy surrounding in the evening. After breakfast we left for Munsiyari. Munsiyari is a scenic hill station and gateway to the Johar Valley located at an elevation of roughly 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) in the Pithoragarh d

Simla 1st Visit. When my daughter was in first year of college, her friend whose family had moved to Chandigarh from Singapore invited Sonali to visit. We decided to make this family trip to Simla suggesting that she should also join us. We stayed at their home for two nights. Very friendly people. Her mother made sure to cook vegetarian food. This was my first visit to Chandigarh, designed by famous Swiss-French architect, La Corbusier. Our friend took us around to see the

Our first visit to Kabini was many years ago, when the establishment was small and life was simple. The rooms were built in a rectangular arrangement, and each morning a cup of tea or coffee would be placed outside our room. There was a peaceful atmosphere that made the stay particularly enjoyable. My memory is during very first stay it was a person who had retired from wildlife place close to Nepal His name was Colonel John Felix Wakefield, affectionately known as “Papa Joh

Our journey When my daughter left for USA for further studies, we first went to Nainital. We flew from Mumbai to Delhi by Plane. An Interesting Episode - On reaching Delhi we decided to travel by bus from Delhi to Nainital. There we met two German ladies travelling by the same bus. We tried to help them but they were familiar with where they were going, Ranikhet was the place where they had come to work at Hindu temple. So when we were travelling by car we stopped to meet the

Me and my husband went to Mussoorie along with my sister and two more of her friends. We all stayed at a bungalow owned by a lady from Mumbai. The present owner of Hotel Padmini Nivas is from Worah family (managed by Mrs. Harshada Worah), who purchased the heritage property in 1964 from Maharani Padmini Kuverba. Originally it was purchased as a summer family getaway, the property was converted into a family-run heritage hotel in 1979. The family-run hotel has not changed the

His Holiness the Dalai Lama The main attraction to go to Dharamshala was to be able to see him and hear his lectures. So after Palampur we came to Dharamshala. We two of us stayed in the city down below, in a private house probably owned by someone who had worked in Military. Our room was on ground floor. Garden around was colourful. There was a circular pond in the compound with rows of flowering greenery. Lovely birds use to come and sit there. Rest of the group had booked

We started our trip to Palampur. We flew to Chandigarh and took a taxi to Palampur. Palampur holds a special importance because it offers a perfect blend of unspoiled nature, slow-paced heritage, and soft adventure, without the typical commercial chaos of other hill stations. We passed through Yol Cantt (a prominent, historic military cantonment town) which sits directly on the primary highway connecting Dharamshala and Palampur. Our stay was planned to stay with a family w

In year 1984 we had gone to Shrinagar in Kashmir, for conference of Indian Society of Cardiology. The meeting was held on the edge of Dal lake at a convention centre, put up on a small patch of land projecting in the lake. Surrounding was beautiful. At the end of meeting, plan was to go to Ladakh. Along with us were my daughter and her friend - both around 16 years age. From Shrinagar we hired a local taxi to go to Leh. Sonmarg to Kargil On the first day we drove up to So

Even before I went to Japan we all knew about the tragedy that happened in Hiroshima. We also knew who was responsible for it. My second visit to Japan was in 1982. We went to Tokyo and Osaka. My husband who was Cardiologist had learned about this new Technology that we call Echocardiography. In 1978 when we went, there was a “ World Congress of Cardiology “ to attend which was held in Tokyo at newly built hotel named New Otani. There he had a chance to interact with doctor