Hey Nitin,

 

Thanks for the reply. I appreciate that.  

 

I taught in Gorton Mission School, Kotgarh for two years form 1990-92. I enjoyed my stay and love the place. I used to go for walks after the school hours and trust me har morh par nazaara pehle se haseen hota tha. I never had enough of the beauty of that place. I walked to Bhareri Dhar to catch the bus for Shimla and the walk was for more than one hour and very steep uphill. Do people still catch the bus from Bhareri Dhar or the bus service has increased?   I enjoyed the walks in the whole area of Kotgarh and Thanedhar upto Mailan and Veer Garh. Starting from Kotgarh I climbed Hattoo peak twice. But I never felt tired as the beauty of the area, the fragrance of pines, tall standing trees on very steep slopes, view of Saltuj way down in the valley keep you fresh. It was year 2000 when I last visited that place.

 

I still remember enjoying tea at Negi's hotel at Narkanda. Is the hotel still running?

 

I miss Kotgarh...I am sending you a picture which I clicked from the varandah of my friend's house in Mailan (Kofni). You can see Narkanda, Kumarsen and the whole area of that side. Let me know how do you like that pic. This picture was in three frames.

 

Just see whatever you can do to send the pics...It has been long since I used Webshots.com. Last time I uploaded my pics on that site when I was in India. I used to email them the pics from Outlook Express and that was faster. Afterwards when those are posted on the site, you can edit your pics. And then I used to send the links to my friends. I do not know whether you used Webshots.com or not.

 

What do you do? Are you in Narkanda?

 

Take care,

 

Richard