Bird’s eye view : Around 110 km travel today to Mukteswar, dropping to 7,500 ft, slightly lower than Binsar. We travelled to Almora, which we bypassed and took a slightly longer route via Lamgara, since we will be going to Almora anyway later on. We left at 7.30 am and reached at 12.30 pm, just before lunch. Apart from the initial 6 km return road inside the forest, the highways, both national and state, were excellent. Leaving Binsar (7.30 am): Simba Jungle Lodge had been a nice stay, except, as we said, for the exorbitant price of food. We were planning to have breakfast somewhere on the way, after we hit the highway again. The descent of 6 km to the gate of the wildlife sanctuary was as perilous as ever. While ascending, we had run the risk of getting stuck in the ruts if we slowed down. While descending, the car tended to skid on the loose soil if I braked too hard on a slope. So we made it down slowly, driving on tiptoes as it were. We saw one family looking at the tra...