Monday, May 6, 2024

Day 3: 31st December, 2016 (Thimphu)

WHY do we travel? :) Not everyday do you wake up to such a view: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP64WuLAdF5/ Multiple times during the trip, I found myself being completely overwhelmed by Bhutan’s beauty: it...

My Bhutan Diaries – Day 2: 30th December, 2016

Why do we travel? :) The Bhutan trip was our attempt to get out and run away from a schedule, a routine, a time table. So when we heard...

My Bhutan Diaries – Day 1: 29th December, 2016

Why do we travel? :) I didn’t have to try and wake up that morning, because I hadn’t slept the previous night. Yeah. I’d put myself in a Passport...

My Bhutan Diaries: Pre-Bhutan Prep

Why do we travel? My friend, Madhuri and I have always dreamt about running away: not from, but to the unexplored, the uncertain and the unconnected. (Cliché much?)...

Magical Paro

The beautiful town of Paro in Bhutan, casts a spell on you, the moment you set eyes on the terrain. We were there in November 2015, when...

Road to Tawang….

Tawang is a small hill station in the Himalayan mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Situated at an altitude of 2,669 meters, it's a place of chilling winters,...

Universe is a balance of sins and beautiful things

I Woke up early on a sunny winter morning to explore the beautiful Nameri National Park. (Nameri National Park is located in the foothills of the Eastern...

Humble and Happy in Himachal

There is a reason why the first snow fall embraces the mountain who stands tall with its highest peak and patiently awaits its coming. But we often take perseverance and...

Man and nature unite!

How often do we see man made miracles and natural elegance join hand in hand? Well, you have to visit this place to witness it for yourself.In...

Sundakphu – A Place Above the Clouds

Sundakphu, 3636mt above sea level, is a nature's paradise, a place above the heavens. The soothing view of the sea of clouds beneath is a treat for...

“The Annapurnas” Official Trailer (the vlogumentary)

This is a teaser for the vlog series "The Annapurnas" It is the story of Chris Ball and Ryan Purvis, two great friends that trek for 3...

A Journey Through The Alluring Emptiness – Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 – THE GUIDING LIGHT EN ROUTE KAZA, HIMACHAL PRADESH 5TH SEPTEMBER 2016 MONDAY, 20:00 HRS   … CHAPTER 1 – LOST AND FOUND …     “Reaching Kullu doesn’t seem feasible now…I don’t think I...

So Mo- The Tibetan boy at Namtso Lake

His name is SoMo. I met him while on a trek to Namtso Lake in Tibet.  I had wanted to travel to Tibet for years and when...

A Journey Through The Alluring Emptiness – Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1  –  LOST AND FOUND KAZA, SPITI VALLEY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2016 THURSDAY, 14:00 HRS.         How the hell am I going to make it? Is it even...

The Land of the Dawn Lit Mountains

When does Kaziranga ever disappoint? The drive to Tawang, Arunachal from Dhemaji via Tezpur, Assam was one of my hardest yet most rewarding ones. The 8 districts spanning...

Nepalese yak and Chulu West.

It was early December, the temperature was low and the wind was high. It was my second time around the circuit in three years and with my newly...

Your time as a caterpillar is over; stretch your wings and fly

As a child I grew up with the dreams of becoming "Materialistically successful "! When those uncles and aunties would ask me what I want to do...

Kedarkantha Trek : Changed into a tougher goal than it is!

  Kedarkantha Summit : Our Trekking Journey ==================================== They say that - When the going gets tough the tough gets going..!! Myself, along with a traveller friend of mine, reached Sankari...

My Travel Diary: Palchan

Moving from Kasol, Palchan is around 86 kilometers by road. Palchan village is located in Manali Tehsil of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is situated...

Kuari Pass – A Gateway to Heaven

Sigh! I breathed heavily once again and wiped the beads of sweat off my face. My bag-pack was getting heavier by the minute. Lack of preparation for high...

An ode to BRO (Border Roads Organisation)

"Life is a Journey. Complete it" - read, one of the captions of a yellow Milestone on the roads of Ladakh. I was besotted by this profound line...

Nubra to Pangong Lake via Agham-Shyok

Pangong Lake and Nubra are two gems on Ladakh’s crown while what used to make it tough was crossing KhardungLa top for Nubra and to come back...