Next day morning we took a bus to Nainital at 5.30 am. The conductor was nice to explain us all the peaks we saw and also we reached Nainital via Kausani. Actually we had to get down around 20 kms before Kausani and jeep. We checked into youth hostel for 60 bucks per head. Then we checked out the famous Nainital Zoo, especially the big owl and the Siberian tiger. Well, there was one more interesting thing,there was this guy a big fat one shouting and howling at all the animals. The Siberian Tiger which came so close to the rails of its cage walked back to its small pond at the back and sat down as if it was watching some comedy show live. Damn, it must have missed some good beer....lol. Then in the night we checked out the Tibetan market. I really loved the Tibetan people. They were so nice. Jana had some momos to eat. We met a Tibetan girl in a bag shop while checking out a bag that looked like our backpack. She was cute, polite and lovely. Well, we are two jackals and we are brothers !! lol. We loved her so much that we stopped on our way back to apologize for not buying anything from her...lol(that was Jana's Idea, but i loved it ;) ).What I am talking about, read from first or read the last entry.
Nainital has Youth Hostel which is pretty cheap for tourist destinations, 40 Rs for members and 60 for non members. It was pretty clean compared to other government maintained institutions
I bought some honey for my dad and Jana some honey and ginger essence for home. Next day we just went around to a small park, came back to the hostel, picked our backpacks and left for Ramnagar via Kaldungi. Ramnagar is the last rail head for Jim Corbett National Park. We had reservations for the night train to Delhi.
We reached Old Delhi by 5.30 in the morning. Jana and i woke up. Jana has to shit everyday morning, first thing (hahaha). We though this was the train's last stop as we had checked the time table. Jana hit the bathroom while i kept an eye on the luggage. Surprise, the train started moving. One guy who was inside the train told us that it was going to Shajahanpur. The train stopped near the KrishnaGargh station for signal and we hopped out. We bought two local train tickets for Nizammuddin and waited for the 6.30 local. Unlike Mumbai where a local comes almost every 5 mins the 6.30 local was first and came 15 mins late. In Mumbai local stops only 30 secs in a station and here its stopped for almost 20 mins. We reached Nizamuddin at 8.00 and I bought my newspaper. After almost 6 days. I really cant live without newz. lol
Our Mangala express arrived, we boarded, made new friends and we started. At Gwalior some sports guys also boarded and we all had some fun. Especially enjoyed playing with the 5 year old Anamika, the little girl who was sitting in the opposite coupe. Everybody was enjoying playing with her. We had a good sleep that day night. Next Day morning We reached Kalyan Station(a suburb of Mumbai). Jana's holiday was over, I was to continue my journey to Kerala to meet my grandma and parents after almost 2 years. I met my relatives who had come to pick Jana and we bade farewell. 10 days were over and we didn't even notice it and so was my Jana's first and my first Himalayan trek. Pindari was still large in our minds and hearts.
I will be finishing my post on my Pindari trip with a photo gallery, suggestions, budget and itinerary post. Which may help you to plan a trip to Pindari
The travel pics
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