My most recent trip to Kotgarh Valley came as a sweet surprise and just as the previous one to the region, was a totally unplanned one. The unavailability of a suitable accommodation at Narkanda, while on a family-trip last monsoon,…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Apple, Church, Golden, Gorton, Himachal, Hindustan-Tibet, Jubbal, Kotgarh, Kullu, Narkanda, Rampur, Satluj, Shimla, Stokes, Sutlej, Thanadhar, Thanedhar, Valley
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
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayas. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 3 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Baspa, featured, Himachal, Himalayas, Hindustan-Tibet, Jeori, Kalpa, Kinnaur, Kinner Kailash, Narkanda, Rampur, Reckong Peo, Shimla, Spiti, Srikhand, Sutlej, trans-Himalayas, Wangtu
This is an account of three heavenly weeks spent in the midst of some of the magnanimous and most beautiful mountains of the world located in the trans-Himalayan region. The description – from Shimla-Kinnaur-Spiti-Lahaul-Ladakh-Kargil-Zanskar-Dras-Kashmir-Jammu – is supported by anecdotes, colourful…
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Category: Epic Road Journeys, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: featured, Himachal, Himalaya, Indus, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Kunzum, Ladakh, Lahaul, landscape, Leh, Manali, Photography, Spiti, trans-Himalayas, travel, Zanskar