Cherry blossoms – or the Sakura, as the Japanese call it – are something all travel bloggers have on their bucket list. We do too. Although we are yet to go to New Delhi, we had an unlikely yet beautiful encounter with cherry blossoms on our trip to the quaint village Nallai Malli in Adalikhal, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand (UK) Northern India.

We were driving to Nallai Malli from the Anand Vihar after an early flight. Half asleep in the car and dreaming of the cozy bed awaiting us in the flat, we suddenly saw delicate pink blossoms out of the window. Could it or could it not be? Cherry blossom trees? Was our mind playing tricks? Nope, there they were, in plain sight. Jogging down memory lane, we remembered a story by Ruskin Bond called ‘The Cherry Tree’.




