Photo Essay – A drive across 3 states in North India

Earlier this year we had to travel to Dehra Dun in Uttarakhand for some personal work. But instead of directly flying there from Mumbai, we decided to take a train to Delhi and then drive down from there to Dehra Dun. The entire drive takes about 5 – 6 hours, depending upon the traffic in some small towns etc but we didn’t take the main highway. Instead we drove through Uttar Pradesh via some old village ways (narrow bumpy meandering roads) amidst canals and fields and towards the end in the mountains. These rustic views had a beauty of their own and made me realize that there are numerous beautiful sights even during a seemingly non-descript village drive, all I had to do was pay attention 🙂

I have put together this short photo essay post to share some of these amazing sights via pics, that I had taken with my iphone camera through the day. These were taken in a moving vehicle hence the errors 🙂

Love the light bursting through the dark clouds –

The canal that kept us company for a long time –

Canopy of Trees all along the way –

The Poplar trees that I have always read about in all the litrary books 🙂

The narrow bumpy village roads –

The Mountains that started towards the end of the journey –

The massive jungle at the entrance to the hills –

Moving so fast that the trees make their own continuos painting –

And ultimately my favorite, the setting sun –

So the next time you want to travel, ditch that flight and take a car for some beautiful sights and the local sounds 🙂