Spiti Valley Day 6: Kibber – Kunzum La – Batal For a change, we started off early. It was 6:00 am and we were already on the road, moving towards the Key monastery. Key monastery is the biggest center of…
Spiti Valley – The Day of Changed Plans & Closed Doors
Spiti Valley Day 5: Kaza – Komic – Kaza I woke up looking like an alien. It looked like I had a nose upon my nose; courtesy of the nearly perfect spherical shaped star at the center of our solar…
Spiti Valley – The Day of Body Aches & Sunburns
Spiti Valley Day 4: Tabo – Dhankar – Kaza I was the first one to get ready in the morning. That’s how excited I was to begin my first bike ride in the mountains. Me and Ravi on a glorious…
Spiti Valley – The Day of Strangers Becoming Friends
Spiti Valley Day 3: Nako Okay. So this is gonna be a little long! For the first time in a really long time, I woke up at 5:00 am in the morning. Everyone else was already up by then. I…
Uncovering ‘The Middle Land’ – Spiti Valley
This series on Spiti Valley is an attempt of tracing my journey which set me out as a solo traveller. Travel has always been a part of my life. But before, I used to seek company, make plans with people,…
Magic, Mysticism and Masked Dances – Hemis Festival
Updated: June – 2019 I wanted to see the Lamas dance ever since I saw a documentary on NatGeo, I don’t even remember the name of. My childhood dream came true in the form of Hemis Festival. And what better…
The Ultimate Sikkim Itinerary
Situated in the Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the most beautiful states of India. It boasts of the third highest mountain in the world, Mt. Khanchendzonga which is also worshipped as the Guardian Deity of Sikkim. Sikkim is blessed…
The Road to Pangong
– Guest post by Tanya Sangoi It was the morning of 6th July which was coincidentally the birthday of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. As most of the people flocked to the Diskit monastery where he would be delivering teachings,…