Weekend Getaways near Delhi

                Visited Chamba, Uttaranchal with a group of about 50 people for a leisure group. Started in the night on two 27 seaters and the driver was good but the roads not too good, still we were there in about 8 hours, which is good time. The Delhi-Haridwar Highway is being four laned and you have to constantly switch between single and double roads, but I think things will be much better shortly as construction is complete. The route is via Merrut, Muzzafarnagar, Haridwar , Rishikesh and Narendernagar. We were staying at the Classic Hilltop Chamba , which is literally at the top of a hill and at least 200m above in height from the Mussoorie-Chamba road. The first thing that strikes you as you hit the place is the wonderful view of the snow capped peaks of Himalayas giving you and almost 180 degree view of these wonderful natural precipices. You can see Yamunotri, Nanda Devi, Gangotri and more. The view...

Fresh snowfall at Manali 9 Dec 2011 2011- 9th Dec- First snowfall of the season reported at Manali . Snowfall also reported in other parts of North India including Srinagar, Kufri and Narkanda. 2009 -After a long dry spell this winter when most hill stations went without snow it snowed quiet heavily in hill stations of Kufri , Mussoorie , Chamba , Nainital , Kanatal and Shimla . The hills and trees in these hill stations were covered with a white blanket of snow giving a beautiful look. So if you are planning to take a break this weekend these places will make for a ideal weekend getaway. Below are some links with more details. Snowfall at Shimla, Kufri,Narkanda End of Dry spell at Shimla Mussoorie, Nainital receive season's first snowfall Dr R.Anand, Around Delhi