An uneventful train journey which got delayed by about 2 hours and an hour in a taxi driven by a maniac brought us to the doorsteps of the Mussorie. First glimpse of the town & I was majorly dissapointed. I expected the town to be facing the greater Himalayan range. Somehow I had missed the fact that it actually faced the Doon Valley.
Taking a rick from the Mall (taxis are not allowed on this stretch) we reached the hotel and faced the next round of disappointment. The room was pathetic. The single window was in the same level as a road which winded up next to the hotel. Result being we could not open the curtains at all. In a hill station if you cannot open the curtains and relax with the view then half the fun is lost. Though we asked for a change, the bugger at the front desk said that there were no rooms available. This after we had specifically asked for a room with a view in our reservation. Well, we threatened to check out and surprise surprise, a room materialised out of nowhere.
I'll not write anything more. Rather the rest of the travelogue would be through pictures that we took over the next 2 days.
Taking a rick from the Mall (taxis are not allowed on this stretch) we reached the hotel and faced the next round of disappointment. The room was pathetic. The single window was in the same level as a road which winded up next to the hotel. Result being we could not open the curtains at all. In a hill station if you cannot open the curtains and relax with the view then half the fun is lost. Though we asked for a change, the bugger at the front desk said that there were no rooms available. This after we had specifically asked for a room with a view in our reservation. Well, we threatened to check out and surprise surprise, a room materialised out of nowhere.
I'll not write anything more. Rather the rest of the travelogue would be through pictures that we took over the next 2 days.
Mussorie town from Gun Hill
Dusk settling over Mussorie
The Greater Himalayas...absolutely majestic
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