Nainital Finally

After about two months of driving...

We woke up in the morning with plans to go see an ancient temple and Almora, a hill station. Nanital, the hill station we were staying, has a beautiful lake in the center of town. We decided to have a walk around the lake before moving onto our planned activities for the day. The air was cool but still nowhere near how cold it is in the bay area. It was odd seeing the same Indian garb and markets in a setting that I associate with the west: mountains and a lake. Walking around the lake, my dad got his first taste of Indian markets and bargaining. He also tried his first street food- samosas.

Near the end of our walk we came upon small temple/shrine thing on the side of the lake. It was bright yellow and red and smelled like incense. There were bells hanging all over it. The trail around the lake ended with a gravel cricket field with a beautiful white mosque in the background. Sports and religion- we combine the two in the US.