DAILY PHOTO: Monsoon Mussoorie

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DAILY PHOTO: Boulder in the Green

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BOOKS: “Road to Mussoorie” by Ruskin Bond

Roads to MussoorieRoads to Mussoorie by Ruskin Bond
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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This is a collection of essays about Bond’s home of many years, Mussoorie, along with — as the title suggests — the areas one comes through traveling to – and hiking out of – Mussoorie. The book ventures from a straight up travelogue into ghost stories, local gossip, autobiography, and municipal history. It enlightens the reader on the White Woman of Mussoorie, on the death of its cinema, and on the town’s historical involvement in colonial licentiousness.

I enjoyed this short book. It’s humorous and offers one a feel of hill station India.

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DAILY PHOTO: Flower Market

DAILY PHOTO: Urban Jungle, Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: Granite & Greenery, Uttari Betta

PROMPT: Travel Plans

Daily writing prompt
What are your future travel plans?

For the balance of this year: Uttarakhand (India) and Laos are the biggies, and then a number of shorter, closer, and more impromptu stops.

DAILY PHOTO: Hari-Hara Betta