Why you should be going there: Chittaurgarh
This is the unedited version of the same story published by The India Tube —————— If I were to be absolutely blunt, I went to Chittaurgarh with a two point agenda. One: to acquire a kaavad from a village in the outskirts of Chittaurgarh. Two: to click a photo. A specific photo, which I had...
bills.bushahrtimes.com
WordPress.com’s ’2011 year in blogging’ annual fact-sheet for bushahrtimes threw up some interesting facts, most amusing of which were the search terms used by visitors, leading them to our blog. The annual report goes on to say, “Some visitors came searching, mostly for zeebra, taxi bill, reckong peo, dhankar monastery, and lachen“. Now this ‘taxi...
Summer 08: Har-ki-Dun
We went on a trek to Har-ki-Dun in May 2008. This is not a day by day account of how or what we did or didn’t do, that should interest you as a possible trekker to this place. Guide books can do a far better job; go buy one. Or to get high on one...
Not Another Dull Lake
We altered the classic route to Dodital (Uttarakhand, India) and included Dayara bugyal to complete a 8 day trek from 23 April – 1 May 2011. The route we followed was: Barsu – Dayara – Morapara – Bebra – Dodi Tal – Agoda – Sangamchatti – Kuflon. Following is an account of it written for...
Valley of skeletons
We recently completed the roopkund trek (16-25th september 2011) in Uttarakhand (India). The route we followed was: Lohajung – bigan tal – lohajung – wan – bedni – ali – baguwabasa – roopkund – paatarnachaniya – wangbhandar – kanol – sutol – setail. Following is an account of it written for Times of India –...
teadom in the news
My personal photography project Travelling Teadom was featured in the Indian Express on the 11th of June 2011. You can either check out the e-paper, or alternatively read the online version.
Unplanned Kilometres
Wake up early, get hold of our rented bikes, have breakfast, leave by 8 or 9, drive to the lake, enjoy the fabulous setting of the 2700 metres high lake, click some pictures; all the while trying to resemble those cool hippies who drive around on macho cruiser bikes, drive back just in time for...
The colours of pangong
After the almost-three-months long hiatus from this blog, one would expect us to come up with something fresh. But that expectation will not be met this time around, as I am about to post a blog which was published on travelwell (Lonely Planet India’s online presence). Yes, it also became a pick-of-the-week and yes, I...
Why you should be going there: Triund
Triund is like a Friday night. You can very well see what is ahead and you know what you have just left behind. The tingling...
