They were six in all, standing in wait for us at the resort gate, located a rung below the main road. They kept waving at us, we reciprocated. After ten hours of strenuous driving from the glorious Corbett National Park on stretches which were nothing but dynamite blasted mountain paths strewn with dust, rubble, stone and poorly clad workers who labored at the site, the sight of smiling faces and our cosy resort situated on a ridge, overlooking verdant valleys, terraced fields and the distant mountain range, now covered in a swathe of mist and fog, brought the color back to our faces. We were in Pauri, located at close to 2000 metres above sea level in Garhwal, Uttarakhand, on a mission and in the safe hands of the six resort employees. When Jan and Lois
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