Hitchhiking from Leh to Manali : A Story for the Ages
Spending a few days in Leh in August. Hitchhiking experience on the Leh to Manali road to return home in Kullu Valley.
Road Trips
A Photo Story from Gokarna
It was 2015 and I had randomly booked myself on a Jaipur to Ernakulam train and after spending a week or so enjoying the charms of monsoon in Goa decided to catch a bus to Karwar. From Panjim bus stand, it was surprisingly easy to find a KSRTC bus and it hardly took 2 and …
Turkish Delight : Photographs and Memories
Photo Story of travel memories in Turkey in the month of December : From Istanbul to Trabzon, then Van, Gaziantep, Konya, Antalya, Izmir, Selcuk, Sirince, then Istanbul.
Destination Longwa : From Ziro to Dibrugarh to Sonari
Experiences of travelling from Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh after ZFM and then to Dibrugarh. From Dibrugarh to Sonari and onward to Longwa, Nagaland.
Chumathang in Winter – Frozen Indus River
Adventure in Ladakh in Winter, going from Nyoma village to Chumathang in end of December. Frozen Indus river in Chumathang. Heated guest house with natural hot water springs. Wooden bridge over the frozen Indus river. Relaxing stay even though it was very cold outside.
Durbuk to Merak Village – Winter in Ladakh
Hitchhiking from Durbuk village to reach Merak village on the banks of Pangong Tso in December.
A Day in Sumur and a bath at Panamik Hot Springs – In Winter
Winter trip to Ladakh; going from Sumur to Sasoma check post in an army truck. Having a bath in Panama Hot springs, visiting Samstenling Monastery.
A Long Weekend in Chindi & Karsog
Travelogue of exploring Karsog and Chindi, staying at the PWD Rest House in Chindi. Temples of Karsog and walking in the valley.
A Travel Guide to Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan
I received an early morning call from Nitish (instagram-nitishwaila) when he randomly remarked that he and his friends were headed to Sambhar Lake and I was welcome to join them. It was 31 January and Nitish & Co. were keen on clicking images of the supermoon lunar eclipse from the zero light pollution of Sambhar …
All in a Day – Delhi to Istanbul to Trabzon
Our Delhi – Istanbul ticket was originally booked for 21 December on the 1050 am flight on a sale in May. As the day of departure came closer, we made a rough plan for exploring parts of Turkey we hadn’t been to in 2018; and Trabzon (located on the Black sea coast) is the first …