Above: I couldn't help it...so I googled and stole a picture to give a sampling of what we saw...
Today we headed off around 8 in a rented taxi to drive up to Mussoorie. For the uninitiated Mussoorie is a hill station located among the Himalayas. The drive up was steep and curvy but the views were AMAZING. Dehradun down below as we climbed above the clouds and it was all just so much to take in. Before taking us to Mall Road in proper Mussoorie our driver took us to Kempty Falls which is another 15 kilometers past Mussoorie. The fall was sorta joke w/people bathing below...disgusting to be quite frank-would rather not think abt the hygiene conditions!!! The drive to Kempty however gave us our first glimpse of the ranges on the other side...we were driving among the Himalayan ranges :) Post-Kempy and a pathetic ropeway ride we headed back to Mall Road which is the center spot of Mussoorie. We walked quite far down Mall Road which is full of shops and restaurants and most of all PEOPLE!!! Throughout the entire stretch of the road however there is a constant view of the Dehradun Valley below as well as the surrounding mountains...Farah and I both found it breathtaking and it was totally worth the time and trip to Dehradun!!!
Public Health Aside: Indian people (my people) are the nicest and warmest people one can meet but they are extremely lacking in terms of hygiene and common decency. At Kempty the water was absolutely disgusting w/trash strewn all around and yet people felt perfectly fine stripping down to the minimum to bathe in the Falls water. At Mussoorie we had the same experience...such a beautiful spot which people have managed to make parts of dirty and filthy. Nonetheless in all fairness it must be said that Mussoorie is one of the cleanest places I have visited anywhere in India...there seems to be some form of an effort to keep it atleast semi-clean...
Before I start...I am a fool and left my camera USB wire back in Delhi and so cannot load pictures...writing abt Mussorrie w/out pictures is as good as not mentioning it at all...
Today we headed off around 8 in a rented taxi to drive up to Mussoorie. For the uninitiated Mussoorie is a hill station located among the Himalayas. The drive up was steep and curvy but the views were AMAZING. Dehradun down below as we climbed above the clouds and it was all just so much to take in. Before taking us to Mall Road in proper Mussoorie our driver took us to Kempty Falls which is another 15 kilometers past Mussoorie. The fall was sorta joke w/people bathing below...disgusting to be quite frank-would rather not think abt the hygiene conditions!!! The drive to Kempty however gave us our first glimpse of the ranges on the other side...we were driving among the Himalayan ranges :) Post-Kempy and a pathetic ropeway ride we headed back to Mall Road which is the center spot of Mussoorie. We walked quite far down Mall Road which is full of shops and restaurants and most of all PEOPLE!!! Throughout the entire stretch of the road however there is a constant view of the Dehradun Valley below as well as the surrounding mountains...Farah and I both found it breathtaking and it was totally worth the time and trip to Dehradun!!!
Public Health Aside: Indian people (my people) are the nicest and warmest people one can meet but they are extremely lacking in terms of hygiene and common decency. At Kempty the water was absolutely disgusting w/trash strewn all around and yet people felt perfectly fine stripping down to the minimum to bathe in the Falls water. At Mussoorie we had the same experience...such a beautiful spot which people have managed to make parts of dirty and filthy. Nonetheless in all fairness it must be said that Mussoorie is one of the cleanest places I have visited anywhere in India...there seems to be some form of an effort to keep it atleast semi-clean...
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