I woke up to my birthday at Phakding (2652 meters, 8700 feet) and I was turning a decade too! But anyway that was a very minor happening on the larger scale of things! In the mountains as I hit the bed by 7.00 pm or so, I wake up bright and fresh. I had an…
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Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 1, Kathmandu-Lukla Flight and Lukla-Phakding Walk
Everest Base Camp trek has been on my radar for long. However I would always let it go thinking it would take too much time, the season will not suit my teaching schedule etc etc. But all this changed when I met Sir Chris Bonington. During his talk he asked if anyone of us had…
And I am Back from the Everest Base Camp Trek
There are so many pictures to choose from the Everest Base Camp trek and so many things to talk about that my head spins. I will start off with this picture of Namche Bazaar and 10 things from the top of my mind! 10. I was so tired on the trek the day I walked…
Hi from Kathmandu
Greetings from Kathmandu. I am using the inn’s free wifi to blog. Quite surprised that this small inn has a wifi. Was too tired after Malaysia, India, Nepal. But after sleeping for 12 hours I am feeling much better. I start the trek tomorrow.
Skywatch Friday- Dusk at 35,000 Feet
For today’s Skywatch I present two dusk pictures that I clicked yesterday while coming back from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi. I often try to get a window seat on the planes so that I can click pictures. I try to guess which side A or K (or whatever is the window configuration for that…
A Blue Butterfly
Not sure if I will be able to blog on 7th from Kuala Lumpur so I am scheduling a post. This uncertainty is due to not having a relevant adapter for my laptop. I am planning to lug my clunky laptop around. Once I can sort out the adapter issue I would like to blog from…
Gulmohar Flowers
Thought I would quickly click the neighborhood Gulmohars before I leave for Malaysia. You never know in 4 days what may happen to them. As of now they are in their full glory. Will try to blog from Kuala Lumpur. But it will depend on the hotel connection and the laptop working with an adapter….
Heading to Kuala Lumpur to Attend MITBCA
I got the Malaysian visa (multiple entry, one year) on Friday afternoon. I have to tell you the visa tale as well as about the conference. The conference is the 1 Malaysian International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards and it will be inaugurated by the honorable tourism minister of Malaysia YB Dato’ Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen. The…
Skywatch Friday- Up Above the World So High
I clicked this one on my way to Chandigarh in a 2X2 small plane. I am heading out again to Malaysia, I got the visa today. So thank you all for your kind words and encouragements. For more sky pictures please visit the Skywatch Page.
Will I? Won’t I?
In case you are wondering what is the question, it is the Malaysian visa question. And the flowers as I said are called Flame of Forest. Two more days to find out the answer.