Nainital Road Trip

Day 3 - visit to zoo - lions and leopard

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Wild but beautiful animal.

Day 2 - Hanuman garh

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Huge statue of lord Hanuman ji. Jai

Day 2 - eco cave garden nainital part 1

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On a very serious note, if you are an adventure lover, eco cave garden' in Nainital cannot be missed. It has got couple of natural caves.
The process starts with the easiest cave and as you cross the next level becomes tougher. Trust me the last one is cluster phobic slightly... But you cannot afford to miss it.... Of course, old age people are not recommended to go into these dark cave.

shopping time - tibetan market

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Women with us saw shops and they were immediately on a shopping spee. All kinds of shops here and reminds me of Delhi's sarojini nagar market.
Lets see how much these ladies shop...

Day 3 - visit to zoo - lovely deers

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So calm

Day 2 - bheem tal

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Another lake. Center of the lake is restuarant and aquarium.

journey halted due to rain

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Soon after lunch the rain has halted our plan to go to Nainital zoo. We are at CCD and waiting for the rain to get over.

Day 3 - we are heading towards zoo in nainital

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Lot is heard about the animals at Nainital zoo especially Siberian tiger. Lets go and explore.
The way towards zoo is taxing because it an uphill task. Looks like going to vaishno devi darshan

Day 2 - sat tal - lunch at 'kwality restaurant'

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Quite hungry... Having lunch at 'kwality restaurant' at 'sat tal'.
The restaurant is famous for it kadi chawal and sweet cheer. We have ordered kadi chawal, rajma chawal and butter paneer masala. Mouth watering....

Day 3 - visit to Nainital zoo

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Marching towards zoo... We took a cab from the mall road which drop us 700 meters away from zoo hill. Apparently, the cabs could not crawl any further.
We were expected to pay for the cab, pay for zoo entrance tickets and also climb steep hill.... But at the end, it was worth the effort.
One good things about the zoo that we noticed was that the environment for the animals and birds was made very real.... Good job done.
The zoo is actually on hill and as you climb, you see various animal and birds.

Day 2 - khurpatal lake - fancy dress photgraphy

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One can get their photos clicked in fancy dress - usually traditional mountain cloths. Lot of couple opt for fancy dress photos at khurpatal lake.

Day 2 - road on mountains

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On our way to sat tal..... Roads and pakhdandi on mountains.

day 1 - lunch at sher-e-punjab

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Lots to eat here at sher-e-punjab restaurant.
We have ordered lot of things from here... Very hungry... Actually missed the breakfast because of hotel search.
Our order:
-lassi
-chicken and veg soup
-paneer tikka
-roti with butter chicken

Day 2 - sat tal - innovative ways of drying cloths

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After my boating expedition turned into swimming. We dried my cloths by hanging them on car windows. Actually we were getting late to go back to nainital from sat tal and could not afford to sit under the sun to dry my clothes.
They were completel dry in 20 minutes.
It is rightly said - mans need leads to innovation. :) I am loving it....

Day 3 - back to 'sakley's' for breakfast

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The food at 'The Sakley's' was so good that it forced us to start the day 3 breakfast with them again. The ambiance etc is nice and we gonna stay here for some time.
We have ordered:
- scrambled eggs
- butter bread toast
- grilled cheese chicken sandwich
- veg burger
- pan cake with vanilla ice cream
- latte coffee
- espresso coffee

yummy....

Day 3 - time to go home. Night view of lake

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Last lake view.

Day 3 - visit to zoo - white peacock

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Amazing...
Apparently only the male peacock has big feathers...

Day 2 - nainital tourist map

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Clicked this photo at the 'eco cave garden'

Day 2 - breakfast at cafe-de-mall

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Before we start our today's journey, we are stuffing ourselves.
We had coffee, masala tea, bread omelette and hole bhature.

Day 3 - lunch at 'annapurna'

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Sad food. Eat at your own risk.

Day 2. Khurpatal lake view point

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Small lake but looks good - Khurpatal lake

Day 2 - Naukuchiatal ( lake with 9 corners)

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Yet another lake - Naukuchiatal. A lake with 9 corners.
It is also called as dancing water lake because water keeps jumping.... Dont know why? Its a natural lake wit spring water.

10. Arrived at nainital

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Beautiful place. Looking for hotel now.

Day 3 - visit to zoo

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Beautiful birds

Day 1 - dinner at 'machan'

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Looks like 'machan' is the most happening place in Nainital. Huge queue outside to get in. It smells great from outside.
Finally after 10 minutes of wait we have got a table for four and we have ordered a lot.
- Fried rice with prawns
- manchow soup
- pizza
- assorted vegetables in schezuan souce.
- more to come.....

Mast food... Try it.