Ghumakkars 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…
Read MoreIt is that time of the year when the team at Ghumakkar gets down to choose the ones who took us to travel the…
Read MoreOff late, courtesy brilliant travel experiences at Ghumakkar, I have been shying away from writing my own. But to remain relevant, I am rather…
Read MoreIt was my fourth summer at Lucknow and my old friends would now know the reason of my annual pilgrimage. Last year i.e. 2009,…
Read MoreWe wanted to visit Mandu but were not able to find the appropriate mode of transport – since the train reservations need planning much…
Read MoreA great year of travel is coming to an end and we AT Ghumakkar are trying to imagine, what the new year is going…
Read MoreWhile we were at Sangla, we were suggested to drive down to a small Himalayan village on Indo-China Border as a day outing. It…
Read MoreSangla, the quaint Himalayan village/town/valley is an over-deserving candidate for the travelogue that I was yet to write. But then between the ‘no-travelogue-at-all’ or…
Read MoreOur first stop on the ‘Chalo Kaza’ run was at a place called Thanedar, ahead of Simla. We had planned two stops before Kaza…
Read MoreThe new New Honda City needed a long haul, probably a more honest statement would be that its driver was looking for a drive…
Read MoreMany years ago, my wife read about a place called Lahaul-&-Spiti and somehow fancied the idea of going there. When the time came, we…
Read MoreOn the way, you see some of the huge falls, portions of roads which have never seen two vehicles side-by-side ever, since their width can’t accommodate them (ok ok.. poor joke, move on) , tall huge rocky mountains, a LOT of clear Sun and occasionally a snow-peak. I am not a sun-glass guy but sometimes its so bright that you better use them.
Read MoreThe hotel looks fairly plush if you visit their website and the tariff could be real dampener but don’t let these two to not…
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