Oaklands Cottage View -- November 10

We're living in an apartment at Oaklands Cottage in the small community of Landour, which is just above larger city of Mussoorie. Oaklands Cottage is situated almost at the highest point in Mussoorie, at an elevation of over 7,000' (2,100 metres), We are right on the top of the ridge, and the views from our yard, to the north and to the south are spectacular. This morning dawned crystal clear, and we took some pictures before breakfast.

Looking south and down to Dehradun and the Doon Valley at 2200' or 670 metres.

Mussoorie's bazaars along the top of the Mussoorie Ridge.

Looking north and up to Bandarpunch ("Tail of the Monkey") at an elevation of 20,722' (6316 meters). Bandarpunch is a defining landmark, and we get a marvelous view from our yard when the air is clear. We've used an image of Bandarpunch we took on an earlier visit to Landour in the header of our blog. Here are three more photos of this beautiful mountain that we took from our yard this morning.

This final shot, showing Bandarpunch in its context, was taken from the road just below Oaklands Cottage.