The far side of mussoorie

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The Far Side of Mussoorie November 29, 2013

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The Far Side of Mussoorie

November 29, 2013

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Looking back at Mussoorie from the far side

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Looking back at“our house”--the green roofedplace immediatelybelow the TV Tower

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Rooflines and turrets on a pallace of the Maharaja of Kapurthala

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Is this Chaukhamba, which we saw from Chandrashila? Childers Lodge and the new “Lal Tibba” in Landour are in the foreground.

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From “Chaukhamba” to Oaklands Cottage under the TV Tower. Our Landour ridge stretches to the left of the tower.

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Nag Tibba to the left and Bandarpunch to the right

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Some of the remains of Sir George Everest’s Mussoorie home.

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Another angle on the Everest home.

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A view that Sir George would have enjoyed—minus the houses on the near ridge.

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A little more of Sir George’s view.

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Bandarpunch and Nag Tibba, as Everest would have seen them (through binoculars) from his garden.

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Looking toward the Everest House from the “Cloud’s End” Road.

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There it is on the near ridge, where the two ridges meet

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Our trusty “Unicorn” steed.

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Forager

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A final view of Bandarpunch, still waiting for the winter’s first snowfall. Can you see Kala Nag just behind the higher peak?