Hi,
(before the 2014 year ends, lemme attempt a blog for journey did in Jan14 !)
I had to visit
Dehradun for some official work in Jan14 and took the opportunity to explore the area. I started my trip from Mumbai to Delhi for few meetings, and then from Delhi to Dehradun, all by flight. The airport at Dehradun, named Jolly Grant, is about 25 KMs from the city.
I had booked my stay in
Hotel Madhuban. This hotel is quite an old n reputed property in the city, spread on a large area. Overall the hotel didnt upgrade itself to latest concepts, and the room quality was just ok. The taste of food was good. My room was attached to a large terrace, which I could just step out and enjoy the fresh air.
I had few local friends there, so had a good company. One of the afternoon, we had some free time and watched the film "Jai Ho". That evening my local friend suggested to eat at
Ashnan Paratha, which is located bit on the outskirts of Dehradun, ahead on the Rajpur road. On the way there, we saw lot of food stalls across the road. At Ashnan, my friends ordered chicken n moghlai parathas, and I had a veg paratha - it was really yummy and tummy-filling. More info :
https://www.zomato.com/dehradun/ashn...taurant-jakhan
The next two day I had some official meetings in the day time, and evening used to hang around with friends. Dehradun is a lovely city, and quite fast on the development path. One evening we went on the outskirts and had delicious momos and soup at the food stalls.
I had extended my stay for two days and planned to visit Mussoorie. My friend got his car and we started by 10.30AM. The drive was a superb one, hilly roads with lots of curves. Just few days back, there was reported lots of snow and we expected a lovely weather there on top.
Few pictures en-route :
Thats my friend driving:
After about an hour's drive we reached Mussoorie and parked our car in the parking area.
We did find some remains of earlier snow fall: