day 2 : bhimtal-bhowali-nainital (23 apr 2011)
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nainital:
start climb to nainital (1940m), abt 11km, mostly ascent with 2km or so of downhill. good quality road till you reach nainital. binoy+am reach by 9 and waiting in hotel everest. jd arrives 10+, boating on shikara.![](thumbs/i2206w_boats-colour_thumb.jpg)
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along the promenade: colourful boats ready to go; strawberrys and blueberries; sugar-candy-floss seller;
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boy selling chana
rowing the shikara - binay and amit on nainital lake, amit on oars. video by jd.
sAt-tAl
then we take the road down to sat-tAl where we have a (very late) lunch, and binoy and i also do some canoeing on the lake.![](thumbs/i2230_3178w_mickey-smetacek_thumb.jpg)
mickey smetacek, avid tinkerer at age 16. has no intention of appearing in any college entrance tests; his ambition is to be an inventor. "i have several inventions already!" very very refreshing...
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map for day 2 rides: bhimtal - nainital - bhowali - sAt-tAl * [ day 1: bhimtal-naukuchiyatal-bhowali]
* [ day 3: bhimtal-ramgarh-mukteswar]
* [ day 4: mukteswar-bhimtal-kathgodam]
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amitabha mukerjee for the bumpy trail bicyclists. sep 2011. feedback: mukerjee [at] gmail