Sparrows are busy playing Catch and Escape in the balcony and performing acrobatics outside the window of our room. They seem to be doing everything on the move including feeding, biting and even making love. The sporty chirrups of the…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: chanshal, Giri, giri ganga, Hatkoti, Himachal, Himalayas, Jubbal, Kharapathar, kuppar, Narkanda, Rohru, Shimla, Theog, travel, Trip
Chail is one of my favourite weekend destinations. I first discovered the sylvan charms of Chail while pursuing post-graduation in communication studies from Panjab University in the City Beautiful Chandigarh. Back then, we would often make weekend trips to Chail…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels, Treks and Hikes
Tags: Blog, Chail, Chandigarh, hike, Himachal, Himalayas, holiday, junga, kufri, palace, Patiala, Shimla, shoghi, Solan, travel, Weekend
Continuing our run through some of the lesser visited parts of the inhabited Himalayas, we next stopped at the ancient Hateshwari temple at Hatkoti. The ancient village of Hatkoti, located on the right bank of the River Pabbar in Himachal…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Ancient, Giri, Hateshwari, Hatkoti, Heritage, Himachal, Himalayas, Jubbal, Kharapathar, Pabbar, Rohru, Shimla, Temple, travel
Among the cluster of rising ridges located immediately uphill the tri-city Chandigarh, there is quite a collection of small hills that offer instant sylvan refuge from the humdrum of city life. As you climb the road to Shimla in Himachal…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Barog, Barog Tunnel, Cellular Jail, Chandigarh, Dagshai, destination, Hills, Himachal, Kalka, Kasauli, Kumarhatti, Railway, Shimla, Solan, Subathu, travel, Weekend
Not many people would have noticed that an open conical snow-covered peak is visible from Chandigarh on clear winter days. Foregrounded by the Kasauli and Sirmaur hills of Shivalik Range, the peak is distinctively noticeable from the plains of Chandigarh….
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels, Treks and Hikes
Tags: adventure, Chaupal, Choor, Churdhar, Climbing, destination, highest, hiking, Himachal, mountains, Nohradhar, peak, Rajgarh, Shimla, Sirmaur, trek, Trekking