Bird’s eye view: We have now started a period of short drives in the Kumaon region, where we are hanging around and enjoying nature in different places (viz Mukteswar, Almora, Ranikhet, Kausani etc), rather than rushing from point to point. After having chilled at Mukteswar at our friend’s beautiful house for two full days, today we travelled to Almora, less than 50 kms away, where we will spend two nights. Almora is at 5,500 ft, slightly lower than Mukteswar. We left in a relaxed mode at 9.30 am and clocked in at 12.30 pm. The route was half village roads and half highways, the weather clear, though hazy. Last two days at Mukteswar: I had not blogged separately, since we were not travelling the last two days. As mentioned earlier, this school friend of mine has a beautiful house in a village in Mukteswar. Although his wife was away at an unexpected conference, he played super-host and super-chef all on his own, and we spent hours talking about everything on earth. Having spent most of...