Recently I had a chat with my friend who resides in a beautiful but a lesser known hill station called as “Pithoragarh”. He was obviously talking about his hometown and telling me about it. So, you might imagine that why a city so beautiful is not so popular among Indians, that’s because it takes 7-8 hours to reach this city from the plains that is Haldwani and the journey is not only lengthy but also tiring and troublesome, even some people who stay there find it difficult. The city, situated on the border of both, China and Nepal is only 180 Km. away but just compare the time taken to the one in plains and you will come to know. Actually the main path starts after crossing almora from which they descend into a valley and then climb up round and round on the top of the mountain on which it is situated. Not only this, a truck or a trailer takes about a week’s time to reach the main city. Isn’t that awful??
I sometimes imagine, if living there is so difficult, then why the heck do people stay there? Well, you haven’t noticed the weather and surroundings there, which is probably like heaven. There is also a river going through the city which makes it even beautiful. There is a construction of an airport going on there though a helipad already exists. The kumaon people here are all self sufficient and almost no poverty exists, unlike the plains. This also obviously leads to a lesser crime rate which is negligible, and even if any crime occurs at any point of time, the news of it spreads like wild fire throughout the city and people all over protest or take action against it. This I think makes you feel like a part of family from which the people are so bounded with. Though less of Indian tourists are found here but Englishmen can be seen here and there. They, I feel have an access to almost any kind o geography, Haha.
Anyways, do tell me if you live there or have seen the city and tell me your views about it. Though I haven’y had the courage to go there but have a longing feeling to see this beautiful city as soon as I have time!!
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