Awesome Kurt, really looking forward to hearing about this ride of yours. The teaser pic is simply marvelous. Bring it on buddy.

Concluded a recent trip to Tehri this weekend! The highlight of this ride, in particular, was getting drenched in snowfall for a good hour in Theog, and wheel spin on black ice, kilometer after kilometer

A teaser:




Travelogue writing will be delayed owing to sudden increase in official work! Kindly bear with me as I too am looking forward to sharing "especially" this experience of mine.

Added one more done by Shamik. Please check first page and here: http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/1...ts-kumaon.html

wow! awesome man had to move in that direction...

I am getting live feed from a friend who is in Theog right now. The highway is blocked beyond Theog, and is currently snowing there, as they speak!

Man, thats good!!!!

Yes, Kurt heard about it from a friend who stays up there. It is GOOD news, no-doubt but this gloomy weather doesn't leave much to photograph (which is my sole purpose). However, if not now, I'll be visiting some-place in Himachal (or even higher up) in a few days' time.

Yippee!!
Heading out to himachal on this extended weekend. This is great news. Just hope that it doesn't rain too much.

It is snowing crazily in Himachal. NH-22 blocked at kufri and then at Nakanda. Plan your trips to Himachal accordingly.
Snowfall breaks dry spell in Himachal Pradesh

"Dukhti nas pe haath rakh dia"..in office all such damned/interesting/social sites are blocked..!!

Only medium left is viewing here..so will wait till evening..

@Inder: I will surely put up more photographs, by the evening. However, if you want more pictures of Chaukori, instantly, then, you get onto one of those "damned" social networking website called "Facebook" and search me out, or something!

Fabulous pictures Aryan, we would really like to see more of this place(hope u dont mind putting up some more)..

And, also thanks for sharing some info abt the place..!

Wonderful! Now waiting for the dedicated log in the tourer section

@Aryan - Very nice pics...More plz...

Okay, here is my little informative guide, if you may call it, on Chaukori followed by a few photographs.

Text and Photographs Copyright: Aryan (Bobby) - xBhp.com

Chaukori is a tiny village, located at over 7,200 feet above sea level, in the Pithoragarh district. Located among the lofty peaks of the western Himalayan Range in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand, it is a brilliant little village to spend some quiet time.

To the North of Chaukori lies Tibet and to the south is Terai. The Mahakali River, running along its eastern boundary, forms the Indo-Nepal international border.

Chaukori's elevation is 7,200 feet, with a spectacular view of the snowy peaks of Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot and the Panchchuli peaks. It is approximately 10 km from Berinag, another little hill station.

This past long weekend, I was there for photography purposes and simply to chill. Here are a few photographs of Chaukori, as seen from my lens. If you guys want more photographs, let me know, and I'll oblige.

Route: Delhi - Hapur - Gajraula - Moradabad - Rampur - Rudrapur - Haldwani (250 odd kms.)
The route, once hills star is: Haldwani - Almora - Bageshwar - Chaukori (230-240 kms. odd)

From Haldwani, you can either catch a bus, which takes about 8 hours to drop you to Chaukori, or you can take a shared cab. If you do plan to take a shared cab, please bear in mind that you would need to change the cab at several places, as there is no one cab that goes directly to Chaukori. However, you can hire an entire cab for Rs.2000/- which would directly drop you to Chaukori.

You can continue on to Munsiyari from Chaukori, which is around 100 odd kms. from Chaukori. My initial plan was to stay at Chaukori on 23rd and move onto Munsiyari on 24th, but I absolutely fell in love with the place, and skipped Munsiyari for this time.

Thanks dada surly I'll not grow over-confident