Beach Hopping in Gokarna

My feelings on the trip: 24th and 25th December ” What is your idea of happiness on a trip ? For me it is about it being quiet,scenic, safe, pocket friendly and hospitable. Gokarna was all of these combined. Have you ever been to Parvati Valley?  Kasol, Tosh, Kheer Gannga, Malana, Kalga etc ? This

What not to do at OOTY

There will be always something new out there on the road, just go out with an open heart and mind and the journey will stay with you for long. Go with the idea of capturing the place more in your eyes than the camera rolls and also of living a few days in a different

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

I wish to be a kid again Wish for a day when I feel like blowing bubbles Just for the sheer joy of seeing them Float into the sky Carrying my dream towards the heaven Little colored bundles of joy   Note: Clicked this one during the ooty toy train ride

Parvati Valley-Malana,Tosh,Kasol,Kheerganga

“I had no words for that feeling, nor had I ever had it before, which comes from the knowledge that one is far away from all humanity, alone in a thousand square miles”-On the move by Oliver Sacks ‘It is about 2 am in the night, I am at a village named Kalga in Parvati

Trekking to Kudremukha

“…it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain.” ~ Murakami In one of my recent treks with a group, there was the usual introduction round, the round where you introduce yourself and mention the number of treks that you have done. I think

Offbeat travel- Unseen Arunachal Photoblog

Some 300 kms later on the way to Menchuka in 2011, I managed to reach the village,”Kamki”. It was quite a moment, the realization to be at a far off place. The picture is of a self constructed raft which we are trying to row with in a river nearby. On my way to Tawang