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
Very often, our notion of the perfectness of a hill station collectively comprises the quality of the mountain-scape it offers to its visitors. In the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, the flavour of landscape switches to a newer angle with every…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Alaknanda, Badrinath, Buwakhal, Chaukhamba, Gangotri, Garhwal, Great Himalayan Range, Himalaya, Kedarnath, Khirsu, Kumaon, Lansdowne, Nayar, Pauri, Photography, Satpuli, travel, Uttarakhand
The year-end holiday window presented me with a much-needed opportunity to rekindle my affair with Himalayas. Fortunately, this time, my visit to an oft-overlooked region uphill of Bhabhar belt of Pauri Garhwal was pedantically hosted by a family friend who…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Bhulla, Doggada, Duggada, featured, Garhwal, Ghost, Great Himalayan Range, Himalayas, Kaludanda, Khoh, Kotdwar, Kumaon, Lansdowne, NH 119, Pauri, Photography, Regiment, Rifles, Roberts, travel, Uttarakhand
Situated a little more than ten kilometer from the fine spreading of enormous deodars jacketing the touristy Manali, Kothi makes for quite a visible delight. At 2552 m, almost placed at the foot of the mighty Rohtang La, since time…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Banghal, Beas, Great Himalayan Range, Gulaba, Himachal Pradesh, Kothi, Kullu, Manali, Moorcraft, Palchan, Photography, Rahla, Rohtang, Shakuntla Tibba, Solang, travel, Trebuck, Valley
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 22 of 22 Previous Chapter The following morning, I chose to ignore the otherwise routine morning activities, which…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: Himalaya, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kalpa, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Ladakh, Lahaul, Leh, Manali, Photography, Postscript, Road Trip, Rohtang, Shimla, Spiti, Srinagar, The Treaty Road, trans-Himalayas, travel