Myself and one of my friend whom I met in Sharavathi valley trek had been thinking of planning a trip or a trek together. Being on a tight schedule, we had decided to chance ourselves upon a day trek near Bangalore. And finally zeroed on Uttari Betta Trek! 90 kms from the metropolitan city Bangalore, lies the Uttari village, which is the starting point of our 5 km trek. After a short hill climb entering the fort wall, we made…
Railway station clock was ticking 10 past 11, I was sitting in station with a band of doubts combined with a twine of happiness. My bestie from college had got into the train by 09:00 pm in Chennai. I was supposed to get into train by 11:25. Female voice in station had announced that the train will be delayed by 10 minutes. I waited impatiently in the station. The waiting time had just casted the events which had happened 2 days back. I should have been in train to Kerala…
What do you do when you get tuesday as an official holiday? Take leave on monday and head somewhere new! That’s what I usually do. Being Onam time, I thought of making it to Kerala to lose myself in the beauty of spectacular snake boat race and Onam celebrations. Tatkal train ticket attempt miserably failed. And I was heartbroken to have home-ridden on a combined holiday. I badly wanted to go somewhere. Finally I pulled one friend to join me…
Everyone must have dreamt of visiting Kolkata during Durga Pooja for all the charm it brings. Being an annual hindu festival, it is mostly celebrated in eastern states of India. Especially this is the largest festival of Bengali Hindus. As told by our friend, the celebration actually goes on for 5 days and those five days were declared as official holidays in West Bengal. First day -Shashthi Shashti marks the procession of bringing in the deity(Aagaman). It takes place on the…
Maharastra’s Valley of flowers When Valley of flowers in Uttarkhand seems a distant dream, the valley of flowers in Kaas appears much easier dream to achieve. Having come back just after Pooja celebrations in Jamshedpur and Kolkatta, I had no further travel plans for the month. That was until a friend called and informed me about his official visit to Pune and he has a sunday in between, which he could use for sight-seeing. On hearing this, the pictures of Kaas…
Sometimes all u want is just soaking up yourself in the lap of nature where you can just live like a nomad. Even the tiniest bit of Kerala is in my bucket list. Not only for its serene nature, but also for its rich cuisine. Food is the next thing which I love most after travel. When some place is ready to offer both the things you love at its best, who will say “No”. I feel lucky enough to…
Exploring the Unexplored Has anyone ever wondered of gifting your loved one a birthday gift of getting lost somewhere to a distant land, exploring the unexplored, interacting with the local people, enjoying the local cuisine? If this idea sounds insane to you, then head further to read. PS: This is a Gift to me from myself. Looks ridiculous right? But this is me whose head is always teemed with bizarre whims and fantasies, peculiar longings and eccentric plans. All…
It was an impulsive plan and I had no idea of making to the trek. But suddenly the travel bug prickled me to take it. Yo! Yo! It was my first and mast trekking experience. “Don’t live your life bound by the shackles of your own schedule” My roommate had booked “Night trek to Kunti betta” for four of us with thrillophilia. We were all set to start to Bangalore. Suddenly my friend received a call from the trek co-ordinator…
The idea of sitting idle in room scared me; the idea of travelling solo scared me too; But the scariest part was my poor Hindi. But deep in heart, I knew I would regret later wasting my time in room if I hadn’t taken this trip. I decided to proceed with the trip all by myself. Here’s me signing in to write about my solo venture to Khajuraho-For the love of architechture. I boarded the bus to Khajuraho at around 8:30…
This 2016 indeed have taught me few best lessons of my life time. One after the other, shocks were coming from all ends. When you are frustrated with your own life and don’t know where life will take you and don’t know what God has planned for you, all you will be wanting, will be a place where you can just vanish. That’s when I booked Chandrakhani pass trek- 10 days off the grid, 10 days of being in the…
