Following Yamuna to its Source – A Road Trip….Part 2
02 July 2011 Continuing from where i left in the last post, the road till Yamuna Bridge was well laid but then again there…
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Following Yamuna to its Source – A Road Trip….Part 1
01 July 2011 I wonder why it happens every time with me that whenever i have to leave for a trip, my days in…
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A Trek to Triund (Dhauladhar ranges), McLeodganj
On 24th September a group of 40 people was flag-offed by Honourable Principal Mam, Dr. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit. This group of amateur and professional…
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Glimpse of Himalayas 1 — Trip to Shoja in Himachal Pradesh
“Finally, when we reached our destination it was pitch dark, cold and the only sound that we heard were the incessant bark of village dogs”
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Treasuring the reminiscences
Sriperambadur was my last stop before I flew back home from Chennai. Once home, tests revealed it was indeed Dengue and I was advised immediate hospitalization because of my condition. It took more than a month to fully recover.
I hate this travel bug !
Trip to the land of Gods – Hemkund Sahib, Valley of Flowers, Badrinath and Mana Village….A Photolog
The final part of my series Trip to the land of Gods… I was going through my posts and i thought of creating a…
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Mcleodganj and beyond…
26th June, 2010. 0400hrs, Chandigarh Bus Stand. I was desperately looking for a bus to Dharamshala. A kind man told me that the bus…
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Trek to Karnala
After a gap of 3 long months our group decided to go for trek. We had to canceled our trekking plans in summer as…
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An Introduction to Coorg
The Scotland of India It is often said that Coorg is the “Scotland of India”. Having seen something of Coorg on this trip, and…
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At an Island Resort, Karwar
December 30, 2008 While I usually travel alone, my colleague joined me on this trip to Karwar on the coast of Karnataka. Our first…
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Yuksom – a peaceful abode in the laps of Eastern Himalayas
Yuksom is still regarded as the base camp of Kanchenjungha, although ascent from Sikkim side has stopped over a decade ago. The mountains are revered as God by localites and stepping foot on the sacred slopes amounts to desecration of the divine forces. Kanchenjungha is abode of the Gods. We came across camps of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. Their basic and advanced mountaineering courses are conducted at Rathong Glacier, the starting point of which also happens to be Yuksom.
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