Choukori

We broke journey at Chaukori,  while on our way from Jaageshwar to Munsyari.

We left Jageshwar in the afternoon and reached Choukori by evening.  It had been raining with heavy storms too.  The power lines had snapped and it was 2 days since they had electricity. 

Reading about Chaukori in the various travel blogs, I had assumed Chaukori to be a small town.  From what I saw it is but a small village.

KMVN is an accomodation option ,  but once again , hardly the best.  There are two buildings, the new one and the old one.   Do opt for the new one. Or probably the little cottages that dot the place.  The  old building , we were to find out later, is a disaster with  faulty plumbing, old furnishing,  insects.    The staff at the resort were not very welcoming either.  

Chaukori had seemed like a good place to unwind, relax..do nothing.  No crowds, no stores or shopping activities to distract you.  A clean room, a clean  bed and bath, and simple food is all that I sought.  We had booked a family room for four at Choukori. We had been allotted a room on the ground floor. 

The food as at all KMVN resorts was simple, limited in variety, but  served piping hot.  So have no reason to complain here. 

When closer to the Himalayas, you feast your eyes on the sights afforded by the snow capped  mountains, the pines.. your ears , to the silence... your nose to the fragrance of the pines..your skin to the very welcome nip in the air.  The other sense organ  - the tongue and the taste buds,.. we were willing to compromise on.  And there is always the daal khichadi to fall back on. The resorts dish up a yummy one.

In Chaukori, there is an ashram a small distance away from the KMVN resort,  a couple of pleasant walking tracks and a decent view of the snow capped mountains.  Go with no expectations and one is easily satisfied. The family was a bit restless though, with nothing to do,,, How could they forget ..that is exactly what a vacation is all about  !!  There is enough beauty around to keep you engaged... lots of birds...various species.. I take in the cacophony they raise with their chirping... the sight of them swinging on cables in pairs.

The power has not been restored .  The generators had worked for 2 hrs in the evening and by 10 pm, the resort was silent and dark

In the night as we strolled outside the resort, the sky is liberally speckled with stars.  Vacations are times when one can freely indulge in innocent pleasures like these....takes you back to the unsullied times of the childhood.  The children too are charmed by the sight.  And it is a happy family which retires for the night.

the rose tinted view... through my sun glasses!