When was the last time you visited a hill station and actually felt alone with the mountains? For most travellers arriving in Mussoorie in the spring or summer, the answer is probably never — the town’s famous promenade sees an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 visitors on peak weekend days, according to local tourism estimates. But … Read more
What would you do differently on your next hill-station trip if you knew that the most dramatic view in Mussoorie was not on any printed tourist map? That question has a concrete answer for the thousands of visitors who arrive each year at this Uttarakhand hill station — and most of them leave without ever … Read more
On a clear March morning, a retired schoolteacher from Dehradun named Prakash Rawat stood at the stone boundary wall of the old Cloud’s End Hotel and pointed northeast. Behind him, the Mall Road crowds and their honking taxis had vanished entirely. Ahead, a narrow dirt path disappeared into a stand of oak and rhododendron, its … Read more