Enthralling Trails

When first mine eyes beheld that famous hill The sacred Engelberg, celestial bands, With intermingling motions soft and still, Hung round its top, on wings that changed their hues at will. William Wordsworth   That morning we woke up in Mulhouse , our guide told us that the place was synonymous to Chumbi Valley , which is a valley in the Himalayan divide. Chumbi Valley is a valley in Yadong County ; it is on the south side of the Himalayan drainage divide, near the Chinese border with Sikkim , India and Bhutan .  Wikipedia   Mulhouse is a city in France that shares its borders with Switzerland and Germany . We could not understand the borders for the reason that we travelled without any hindrance. The tourist visa and other charges were paid in advance, a few motorized toll arenas were seen and as we crossed the Rhine river we were told we had entered Germany . Mulhouse is famous for its museum, but we had planned to vis

Hurricane Harvey lay down unrest in Houston and Texas leaving the beautiful cities in ruins; it destroyed buildings, boats and homes. The rescue team put in all their efforts and saved their animals and people. It was just about the time when the world had begun to forget Typhoon Hato which had triggered one of the worst floods in Hong Kong . Close behind was storm Pakhar that hit Hong Kong and Macau . The people in these areas are fewer compared to the populated Bangladesh in South Asia , where the recent floods killed more than a thousand people.  The monsoon was consistent in India this year till the torrential rains hit the over inhabited city of Mumbai , the industrial capital of India . It began with steady rains for a couple of days and finally culminated into floods bringing the city to a standstill. The city of Mumbai is densely occupied with people representing every family in India . The pictures of the floods hurled me two decades back. The situation was n