A 2.75 day trip to Nag Tibba and back to Hyderabad.
On the weekend of April 21, I had no other plans. I thought of a whirlwind trek in the Garhwal region of the Himalayas, so that I could get back to work on Monday morning. Nag Tibba is a little known weekend trek, and starts from Pantwari village, around 2.5 hours ahead of Mussorie. From Nag Tibba (3022m), one can see several snow-capped Himalayan peaks including Kedarnath, Bandarpoonch, etc. The trek starts from Pantwari the first day by noon, and reaches Thath by evening, to camp overnight. The plan for the next day is to reach the summit, descend back to Pantwari, and reach Dehradun by evening. That meant my plan was to drive to the Hyderabad airport on Friday, April 20 after work, catch a flight to Delhi (2 hours), catch an overnight bus to Dehradun (8 hours), join a group in a bus from Dehradun to Pantwari (3 hours). I would repeat the same journey back on Sunday, April 22 afternoon, and reach work on Monday, April 23. It was a hectic schedule but possible....