ON WHEELS TO MUNSYARI

Kisi ko ghr se niklte hi mil gayi manjil ,koi humari tarah umar bhar safar mai raha :by ahmad faraj

So during one night at the foothills of shivalik that is my home at haldwani we four friends namely vijay ,manoj, devendra and prahlad decided to go out for a vacation to get rid of the hectic lifestyle and to get away from the workaholic situation and we all decided to go to the beautiful and serene location of munsyari on a bike trip but at the starting of the journey our one friend Mr. Vijay Aka Kabir singh(pahadi) as usual opt himself out from the plan. So the next day on the 2nd of the nov 2019 we 3 musketeer started our journey from haldwani on our RE350, PULSER 220. It was the starting of winter and me(Devendra) and manoj packed our bags and left the city hustle by 6 oclock in the morning we fill the tank of the bike (pulser 220 ) and than our journey kick started enjoying the beautiful and picturesque hills .We crossed the beautiful and livid lake of Bhimtal first and than we stoped for a tiny breakfast at Garam pani and i would tell you all if you are not from uttarakhand than have your breakast at garam pani with a cup of tea and pakodi raita is always the realm of the dishes.After having our breakfast we headed towards Almora as the third musketeer(prahlad) has to meet us there. So we reached almora around 1 o'clock.And from there we routed to Bageshwar The beautiful Valley situated at the confluence of saryu and gomati river.We want to visit the famous Bagnath temple but it was late so we decided to move ahead as planned and than we had our lunch at kanda the dhabba is at prime location and surves good local uttarakhandi cusins like Bhatt Ke Dubke and bhatt after eating heavily we move ahead and then the beautiful chaukaori came into picture ,Chaukori is located in Berinag Tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, India.[3] It is situated 10km away from sub-district headquarter Berinag[4] and 86km away from district headquarter Pithor;agarh.[1] Chaukori's elevation is 2010 m with spectacular panoramic views of the snowy peaks of Nanda Devi, Nanda Kot and the Panchchuli group and i must say one should stay a full day at chaukori .The place gives immense view of the himalayan range and there are hotels and resort easily available.Although we did not stay there we just stayed for half an hour and than move ahead to next stop that is Thall it is also a valley which is historically very promising in trade culture of tibet and uttarakhand .Moving from there we reached Nachni and birthi falls which is amazing we ate maggi there and the sun is about to set at last we ride on our bike for the last trench to reach munsyrai as we go along the roads are narrower and at one point the road is so damaged that our bike is on the verge to slide but anyhow i managed to ride that through ,it was difficult to ride because it is dark and the road are having broken patches and water is ruuning through them but all and all it is quite well of a ride. We thoroughly enjoyed that and we reached munsyari around 9:50 pm.After reaching at munsyari we are desperately searching for two things first a suitable hotel as we have not done prebooking and secondly an Old Monk,so one goes to look for the wine shop and the rest two ran to find a cheap and best hotel for the stay and luckily both the things happened and the hotel we stayed is pandey lodge it is a very nice hotel with good aminities and so after enjoying with the monk we rest our day and gone to sleep. The next day when i woke up early and the removed the curtain and what i say is magical i can see the mountain range is so close that i can touch that and the panchaculi peaks are seeming so close to us although they are not ;) It was pure magical and stunning and so soothing and calm all around it was the blissful morning that i ever had in my life.So we had our aalo ka paratha and chai and acchar in the breakfast and we headed towards the khuliya top for our next adventure

As you can see in the photo we have parked our bikes and locked it porperly and we started our journey towards the khuliya top .The trek is phenomenal the terrain is quite magical and the path is of gravel and not of concrete and little bit of slippery also but we are enjyoing our way towards the summit .We have to take rest after every 15 or i guess 20 mins of walking because it was that much hard for us to walk continusly half way after reaching the place the steepness increases a bit more and we found the first sign of snow .We were so excited to see that.

After that we continued our trek our legs have been so heavy it feels like we cannot walk now suddenly we saw two shops there where people are resting and having there lunch it gives us a ray of hope to continue this pleasurable trek. We reached there already people are having parathas and enjoying the food, we rushed to the counter and we have given our order and then we were roaming around and we found that there are camping site also around the shop and after inquiring from the shop owner he told us that people also do camping there and at the top of khuliya top also although we didn't do camping but next time may be we will definitely go for camping.The view from this site is so mesmerizing and picturesque that sari bukh mar gayi we are just enjoying the serene beauty of the nature as if we are in some fairyland kind of place.

So after having lunch we started climbing the last trench of our trek however all the other people get back from mid point only but we and one lovely couple continued our journey as if we have made a commitment to our self. The snow is very much on the ground there and it is pretty much difficult for us to walk as we don't have trekking shoes also and our shoes are sliping very much on that snowy path although we maintained our speed and slowly and steady we are now very close to the summit .

So after slowly and steadily we reached near to the summit or you can say the bugyal area. When our eyes saw that mesmerizing scene we were so excited and the three of us yelled in excitment and we started running towards the fresh snow and rolling over it.The bugyal is fully covered in snow that to fresh snow and we stayed for an hour and we did the push ups that you can see in the above Instagram video and we also rejoice our visit there by relaxing and enjoying the panoramic view and playing with the snow.We sat there for a while and just enjoyed the quietness of the nature.For the information of the reader camping can be done at the summit also but for that you have to contact the local camper or local guide for that.

So after spending quality time there we descended our way to the base keeping all the memories in our mind we were so happy that we have chosen right time and right place to go on a track.Then we headed back immediately after resting for a while and we sat on our bike and then we stopped at Thall for the night stay and the next day in the morning we reached bageshwar at around 9:00 o clock and we bowed our head in front of Bagnath bhagwanji and thanked god for this trip .We stayed there for nearly an hour. After that we get back to our homes even though we don't want to.

All in all the trip is pure bliss,exciting , mesmerizing , scintillating matlab jitne bhi adjective use kar lo utne kam hai and i must say that one should must visit munsyari that too in the month of november.