Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Reflecting back at Zero point, North Sikkim.

I visited Sikkim in the end of October 2016. It was a remarkable journey. I had visited Sikkim as a very small kid with my parents, but...

Tibetan Refugee

Pokhara, Nepal: the refugee camp hosts plenty of Tibetan people, most of which are old people, spending their life just selling their handmade products. You can easily...

In the lap of mountains lies HEAVEN

In the arms of nature where you can forget the very existence of the stressful life of cities, in the mountains of Himalayas, in sirmour district of...

Chitkul – Himachal

Drivers of Himachal road transport corporation are known for their courage. They drive in the remote area on roughest terrain to make sure that they are connected....

Jispa morning rays!

The year 2017 marked my first ever road trip to the Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Being raised and having lived in urban areas, we...

Serene Chitkul Lake- Kinnaur Valley

This image was clicked at a place named the "Chitkul Lake". Chitkul Lake is situated at the heart of  Kinnaur Valley. The Chitkul lake can be reached...

Kauri Pass

Lord Curzon's Trail, a reminder of Lord Curzon's efforts as Viceroy and his extensive trekking through the Garhwal Himalayas has opened for us a spectacular route to...

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...

Masks

Masks Pictured here are masks from the Kaza monastery, that children wore in a Chaam Dance on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's birthday. Chaam dance is a...

Dust of snow

No one around, not even a sound to be heard For a moment, its just the snow and me I smile, I feel so free I wander, at snow, the...

Tosh ! Himachal

          From : Swaroop Lal

My Bhutan Diaries – Day 4: 1st January, 2017

WHY do we travel? :) We had a slight glimpse of the world we’d come from, when we walked down from our room that morning, for breakfast. The TV...

The Beauty of Lhotse

In the middle of the night, I wake up to start my adventure for climbing Island Peak. My body is shivering and my head is hurting, but I knew that it...

Guru Padmasambhava.

Statue of Guru Padmasambhava, the Indian Tantric master who brought Tantrism to Tibet in the 8th century. He visited numerous Himalayan localities, performing miraculous feats, taming demons...

The sleeping Buddha – Kanchenjunga from Sandakphu

This is the view of Kanchenjunga from Sandakphu. It was totally worth trekking 28km in a day for this view.

Pin Parvati Trek

Within minutes my 110-kms walk through the Pin parvati hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond...

The pilgrimage to Sagarmatha

The night of 20th May 2017, I would say was the life-changing night for me. I was sitting at Everest camp 4 at a height of 26000ft...

Road to Tsorku Peak

We are a group of students from the National University of Singapore. Together we set out to conquer Tsorku peak in Langtang Valley (5749m), situated just behind...

Gurudongmar Lake – Sikkim

At an altitude of more than 17000 ft, Gurudongmar is one of the highest lakes in the world. It lies in the north side of the Khangchengyao...

A Lakes Story

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My Nepal Story – from ABC to EBC – Part I (Chapter 2)

After the first exciting full days on our trekking tour around Annapurna we got used to daily trekking routine - with packing stuff - the fortune (or...

The Himalayan Night Sky

The magic is in the stars. The urban jungle is hostile to such beauty which eludes us because of us. These childhood memories can only be relived...

“Paradise on earth”

It really feels like heaven on earth here. Gulmarg is one of the beautiful destination, situated at a height of nearly 4200 m above the sea level....

Julay Ladakh

  It was the most awaited ride, after a months of planning  me and my brothers from another mothers we jumped out and started our ride on August...

Frozen rivers and mountains surrounding Leh airport. Roof of the world!

The partly frozen Indus river meets another frozen Zanskar river. The Indus river is the longest that flows through India and the country is named after the...

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...

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...

Mighty Mountains

This is the beautiful Himalayan scenic view from a village of Jaunsar, named Lakhwar in Uttrakhand. It is an unexplored masterpiece of nature and the image describe...

Young At Heart

I took this photograph last year on my way to Bijli Mahadev Trek- A famous Shiv temple situated at a height of 7800 feet. While on our...

Breathtaking Journey to Everest and Beyond

A team of Teton Gravity Research were on Nepal to film a movie. Mary Ann Potts and her brother Jeremy Jones who started in the movie were...

The Village – In Valley’s Hand

Back when we're on the trekking expedition of Chanderkhani Pass in Himachal (2016), we've seen spectacular views of mountains and valleys. The expedition was from YHAI (Youth...

The Valley

This image was captured, when I was on a trip to the Himachal Pradesh. Well, to talk about this image this has been captured when I was...

Being Himalyanistic.. the beginning!!

Mountain calls everyone, but only few who choose to go further carrying their souls to hear the heaven on earth. When I saw the mountains first ever, the...

Beautiful Pobitora

Located in Morigaon and at a distance of about 50 km by road from Guwahati, Assam Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary boasts of Nature and Wildlife. It is home...

Touching the snow capped peaks

As a child growing up in the hustle and bustle of Delhi, all our weekend getaways ended up being in Himachal Pradesh. But with time I got...

Amazing View from Sirki River

This photo was taken on a very sunny afternoon at Sirki River. My mother and I had travelled to Dambuk village in the Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh...

Mountains are calling- Rohtang Pass

We often consider adults when it comes to choosing holiday destination. It might sound weird but have you ever thought a four year old can also get fascinated...

Stoked in Stok Kangri

“Are we there yet?” I asked Sam while gasping for breath. “I don’t think so, but keep on walking even if it’s just little steps”  replied Sam....

The beautiful Dhauladhar range

The Dhauladhar range is the southern branch of the Outer chain of mountains of the marvelous Himalayan range . It rises from the Indian plains to the north of Kangra and...

Flags of Prayers

It was My first time in Nepal when I amazed with these vibrant-colours flags hanging on above at most of all alleys in Kathmandu, and that was...

She and her mountains

Location: Tosh , Parvati Valley , Himachal Pradesh  She was little so were the pinecones She was naughty so were the jackals in the night Beautiful were the Orchids so were...

Nature’s Best

This image was captured when I was on a trip to the 3 beautiful valleys "Lahaul, Kinnaur & Spiti Valley". Well, this image was captured when I...

Triund Trekking

The best view comes after the hardest climb

White is the color of Peace

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