A first for me on bNomadic, this time through this post I’ll share my views on two books – The Last Time I Saw Tibet and Mahatirtha Ke Antim Yatri – which are, in fact, translation of the same book…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: adventure, bimal dey, Book, China, Dalai Lama, Gangtok, Kailash Mansarovar, Lhasa, mahatirth ke antim yatri, Nepal, review, Sikkim, the last time i saw tibet, Tibet, Travelogue
Standing atop the Mt Haramukh in Kashmir on an assignment of the Trigonometric Survey of India to study heights in September 1886, Lt TG Montogomerie was rewarded with an outstanding view towards the north; where over 200 km away the…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Abruzzi, adventure, Book, Climbing, Curran, Everest, Himalayas, Jim, K2, Karakoram, Kashmir, Mountain, Pakistan, review, savage, Talk
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
The following post is a part of the “Kailash Mansarovar Yatra” Blog Series Into the Sacred Space. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Previous Post …
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Category: Sikkim, Tibet, Trans-Himalayas
Tags: adventure, Amo, China, Chomolhari, Chumbi, Gala, Gangtok, Kailash, Kangma, Mansarovar, Nathula, Phari, Rinchengang, Roadtrip, Sikkim, Tibet, travel, Valley, Yadong, Yatra
The ensuing thoughts are based on my visit to the popular destination Solang late in the spring last year. Having visited Manali on numerous occasions serving varied purposes, it was only then when the long cherished wish to experience its…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: adventure, Bara Banghal, Beas, Deodar, Himachal, Himalaya, Kothi, Kullu, Manali, Palchan, Photography, Pirpanjal, Rohtang, Solang, travel, Valley, Vashishth