Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Diwali weekend of November 2007 saw us taking off to the hills of Bhimtal on NH 24. I was the only one of the lot to have gone there before. But that was on a hurried official trip by train to Kathgodam and thereafter by bus to Country Inn Resort. We’d stayed in pretty cottages and had pool-side meals. The location of Country Inn is pretty good. We decided to drive up in our car and on the morning …

Finally, there it was… Gangaji ka pul! We all let out whoops of joy as the bridge came into view. The hordes were making their way to the sandy bed to perform puja, apparently. We sped on and soon found ourselves back on the highway again. Next agenda was … FOOD. Romy and Pranjal attacked their plates with relief and vigour. Our joy proved to be short-lived though. Our next set of woes started at Rampur from where the apology …