Trip to the land of Gods – Hemkund Sahib, Valley of Flowers, Badrinath and Mana Village….Part 3
Badrinath and Mana Village Day 6 – 6 Sep 2010 It was 7 am and i got up with the sound of the alarm…
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Ladakh Odyssey – Part 1 of 4
This series is about my bike trip to Ladakh & Nubra Valley in year 2006. Its long time since I did this trip but…
Read MoreFrom Samosas to Shortbreads
I am not sure how the present train of thoughts possessed me. Maybe it was the incessant wailing of the kids on board. Maybe…
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Nainital – The Heart of Kumaon – A Photolog
The New Year has started . After being one of the winners among the Ghumakkars of 2010 , I am really excited to share…
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Trip to the land of Gods – Hemkund Sahib, Valley of Flowers, Badrinath and Mana Village….Part 2
Valley of Flowers Day 5 – 5 Sep 2010 After the adventures of the previous day, we had a long day ahead of us…
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Regent’s Park: Taste of London – Food Festival – Day 11
Today was father’s day. Our plan was to go to the Taste of London festival with Honey (my mausi). She was coming to London….
Read MoreGhumakkars of the year – 2010
It is that time of the year when the team at Ghumakkar gets down to choose the ones who took us to travel the…
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Little Waltham (Chelmsford) – What a Village! – Day 10
Today our plan was to visit Paul & Janet (Liz’s parents) at Little Waltham. They had invited us over for tea. Little Waltham is…
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the BAY OF BENGAL Trip; happy ending
(29th June, 2010) Huhhh :(…. the hugely anticipated trip was coming to an end very fast as our Racing Instincts took over and we…
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Romford, Canada Waters – ‘Huh, Algerians’ – Day 9 –
Today our plan was to go shopping, & after that we were to go to Aman’s house in Canada Waters for the England Vs…
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Off the beaten track.. Dhanaulti
The grandeur was so vast and limitless that it never appeared Earthly. As if it was a symbolic display of cosmic truth. The mist seem to be representing the world that we live in. We are the tiny drops that constitute that mist, so very attached and absorbed in that haze. But up there a blessed energy awaits us. Only if we have the courage and awareness to unbound from this ocean of mist and set our selves free.
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Trip to the land of Gods – Hemkund Sahib, Valley of Flowers, Badrinath and Mana Village….Part 1
We reached haridwar around 4.00 a.m and went to the Bus Stand to inquire about the bus for Joshimath / Badrinath because we wanted to reach Gobindghat by end of the day (2 Sep 2010). And there we were, no counters, no information, so we inquired from the locals and they directed us to the office of a travel agency G.M.O.U Ltd. We took their bus leaving for badrinath at 5.00 a.m and bought tickets till Gobindghat which comes 23 kms before badrinath.
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