Ali Bedni Bugyal : Mythical Meadows
The summer temperatures were breaking all the records , even at places where its too early to be summer. Its been two years since covid , I haven’t had a chance to trek in the Himalayas , desperately needed to be in mountains before another covid wave hits us. As usual the go to place was the Indiahikes website and in no time I had successfully registered for Ali Bedni Bugyal trek. Rishikesh : The lost city I had very fond memories of Rishikesh from my previous trek visit , hence had planned to land in Rishikesh two days before. A convenient flight to Dehradun and shared cab with fellow trekkers whom I met on pre paid cab counter was the end of luxurious travel , Google map was showing dark red “ This is usual situation on weekends sir , I will drop you as far as I can but then onwards you are on your own” our taxi driver added to our agony. Driver was right , we had to be dropped at the start of the main city itself , long queues of vehicles were ahead of us moving at snails pace ,