Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Trip Report: 06May12; Delhi - Chattbir Zoo --> Chail --> Delhi

While we had made plans to go do the Sunday shooting at Purana Qila, Akshay Lamba  came up with an excellent idea of making a short trip outside Delhi.

Very quickly plans to visit Mahendra Chaudhary National Park and then onto Chail was mapped up on the Google Map. The estimated driving time to reach Chattbir zoo was around 5 hrs and it was best we left in the morning.

6th May - 10:00 hrs - Onwards to Chhattbir, via Sonipat, Panipat, Ambala.
The drive towards the outskirts of Delhi (near Azadpur) was very quick and we hit NH1 exit well within the hour and half from home.

6th May - 13:00 hrs - The drive between Delhi NH1 right upto Karnal is now pretty smooth, and we were doing a comfortable and safe 100-110 km/hrs on the highway.  Lunch options started hitting us from Panipat onwards - we had Nirulas on the left, passing by a very large establishment of Pind Baluchi on the right and followed by Haveli. We were pleasantly surprised to see several (atleast 4) outlets of Cafe Coffee Day and Barrista peppered upto Karnal. Ofcourse, Murthal's Parathans are very famous, but none of our team entourage wanted a vegetarian food. Surprisingly, in Murthal ALL the Dhabas are vegetarian or Vaishno. Finally at the intersection of Karn Lake (@ Karnal) we took a U Turn under the flyover to hit the Savoy Food court.

6th May, 16:00 hrs to 18:10 hrs: Mahendra Chadhary Park. Did I tell you that the main attraction of the park Lion Safari, has been shut down for maintenance for more than one month - upto 15th May 2012. Cars are no longer allowed into the complex.  Chattbir Zoo.

6th May, 18:30 - 19:00.  Click here, to see snapshots at Tunnel 16

6th - 7th May - Complete set of images can be found here

Alok Sinha


1 comment:

  1. Chail is heavenly! The lush Deodar trees, rejuvenating ambience, refreshing quietness, melodious breeze take the travelers along a magical journey. Chail relaxing in the lap of nature provides emotional rejuvenation to the honeymooners, leisure travelers, trekkers and every nature lover. There are different kind of Chail hotels available for visitors.

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