To start off, I could barely sleep last night, struggling to find space for myself to stretch my body alongside my fellow traveler- my husband on the same berth. Reason for the ordeal – last minute booking and lady luck could manage only one confirmed train ticket for the night. Lesson learnt – if i

It was a little different experience and I was apprehensive a little, more about my freedom and rules, etc. I enquired if the Bengali Mahatma stayed there and on a positive reply, I said that he had asked me to come, and if there was any vacant space to stay for me. I was welcomed and given a roll

Soon after Khoksar, the road showed a different charm, and kept me excited, but it was on reaching Keylong, when a milestone reading 'Leh 362' entirely changed it all !! I spent remaining of the day loitering around Keylong, but most importantly, booked my tickets to Leh, in a HPTDC bus

After spending 3 days for permit in Joshimath SDM office, I finally got the Inner Line Permit to visit the border village of Niti. The village of Niti had fascinated my mind since 2011 when we had planned for Kamet Base Camp trek, but was not given permission. The last village on the Tibet border

News channels and the internet were flooded as well, but with news of the flood. Having been in Uttrakhand many a times before, I had developed a soft corner for the people and the place. The sight of the flood victims felt very heavy on the heart.. I was not financially capable to provide any

After quite sometime, I realized that it was 3PM, and the rain wasn't showing any signs to clear. It was getting heavier instead !! Considering it as a warning call, I now decided to call it a day, and sleep off the night. Pitching my tent was out of question, hence I decided to stay in the cave its

Leh by default firstly meant Stok Kangri to me. I had thought to do it after my Basic Mountaineering Course, but since I was there already without any plans, I decided to put an effort to summit it. The plan was simple. I had my own tent and sleeping bag. Trusting my trail finding sense, I decided

Oh, its so beautiful !!" is definitely not for the Adventure Breed. Himalayas are so vast and massive that perhaps no human being in his one life can ever finish travelling to its corners, summits, the terrais, dooars and the platue on its other side. To add to it, there are villages, people, their

Life had suddenly become very boring after college. After fighting the mental battle due to inflation, which delayed my joining Cognizant, I was so eager to go join and work for it. Without giving a thought about myself, I got lost in the crowd. A routine life of going to the office and working dedi

A yearly trek had become a routine by then. We had no idea that we will have to do the Kuari pass trek, because we had plans for Kamet base camp trek. Weather befriended us heavily this time. We had reached Joshimat with full hope of getting the permission to Kamet, but despite all of our efforts to

After we had climbed down from Khulara to Tapovan, our knees were almost giving up.. It was a continuously running, steep downhill climb. At times it was even getting difficult to stop your momentum with the heavy sack on your back... We had to start our next trek on the same day.. i.e. the Baghini