A Trip to Dalhousie & Khajjiar-: You will fall in love with it
We started form Gurgaon to Dalhousie, which is blessed with enchanting beauty, a certain tranquility of its ambiance and the serenity and sacredness of its culture. As we started our Journey in the...
View ArticleChail-Narkanda-Hatu Peak trip – Part 2
Day 2 – 19 June 2010 We started for Narkanda at 9 AM on Saturday. The distance between Chail and Narkanda is about 80...
View ArticleCar trip, Mumbai – Manali – Mumbai, 4550 kms in 15 days – Part 2...
This was the best part of the trip. THE COMPLETE FREEDOM to go anywhere, anytime. I felt like a true ghumakkar OR had my ghumakkar ahaa moment!! I confess. I did pat on my back for having made the road...
View ArticlePart 3 Delhi-Ambala-Amritsar-Ambala-Shimla
The Planning for this phase underwent many refinements. Golden Temple was a must and a absolute central to this part of the trip. However,...
View ArticleNarkanda — Heaven’s Base camp
Writing about different experience is favorite of mine. I have shared experience like exploring Chail alone, driving from Delhi all alone and come back,...
View ArticleCar Trip Mumbai-Manali-Mumbai, Part 4, Shimla-Manali-Rothang Pass
Then we ate the worlds best "maggie noodles". Nowhere, repeat nowhere can there be a better display of Indian ingenuity... nowhere...
View ArticleParvati Kuteer, Kasol, Himachal – Hotel Review
Off late, courtesy brilliant travel experiences at Ghumakkar, I have been shying away from writing my own. But to remain relevant, I am rather...
View ArticleYHAI Sar Pass Saga 2010
As I am back from successfully completion of YHAI Sar Pass trek 2010 SP2 batch. This is a long write-up of me which I...
View Article5. Naggar (HP) and road back home via Chandigarh-Rothak-Ajmer-Ahmedabad-Mumbai
Had it not been for the book, Outlook Traveller Gateways (on HP), Naggar would not have happened. Books are still much much superior as compared to host of blogs and websites. Online forums, at best,...
View ArticleMcleodganj and beyond…
26th June, 2010. 0400hrs, Chandigarh Bus Stand. I was desperately looking for a bus to Dharamshala. A kind man told me that the bus...
View ArticleChitkul, Changing colors and us
Jagdish, negotiated a sharp turn at Karcham leaving behind mighty Satluj which so far flowed along the road leading to Chitkul the last village...
View ArticleWeekend trip to Kasauli II
We visited Kasauli during the monsoons this year. The road and gastronomical issues, etc. have been discussed in Part I. We arrived at Kasauli...
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