Wedding at 10,000 Feet! There was a couple from Mumbai and their friends on this trek and the couple was getting married at a temple near the snowline called Kunalpathri! Now after 6 years of trekking this is the first time I heard of anyone getting married at this altitude in the Himalayas apart from…
Author: Mridula Dwivedi
Photos from McLeod Ganj, Triund, Snowline and Lehs Cave
I finally managed to upload the pictures from Mcleod Ganj, Triund, Snowline (also know as Ilaka) and Lehs Cave. Traveling to the mountains is always magical. I have a lot to write about and I will be mixing my UK and Himachal Pradesh posts. I got three days worth of fabulous sunsets but this one…
Touch Down at Heathrow
Virgin Atlantic Flight VS 301 from New Delhi Landing at London Heathrow On May 5, 2009 I made this video from a window seat of the flight. It was a Tuesday (on Tuesday many Indians do not eat nonvegetarian food even if they eat it otherwise) and they had run out of vegetarian food and…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Sunset at Snowline above Triund, Himachal Pradesh
Sunset at Snowline (also known as Ilaka), above 9000 feet, near Triund, Himachal Pradesh I am back at Gurgaon, at last and I think I would have liked to have a few more days of hills! This is our tent (Sesha is in picture too) at sunset against part of the Dhauladhar Ranges. I have…
Hi from McLeod Ganj!
We are back to McLeod Ganj afte trying to trek through Indrahara Pass. No luck, too much snow as of now but enjoyed a lot below the pass. Saw a rainbow too. Pictures when I reach home tomorrow.
UK 2009 Pictures
Piccadilly Circus, London While I am posting some pictures from UK, I am off to trek in Himachal Pradesh tomorrow. Rarely do I get to travel like this! Unfortunately things have been so hectic that I am not able to schedule any posts. So more when I come back.
Flying Over Hindukush Mountains
Flying Over Hindukush Mountains Flying over the Hindukush Mountains is such a great feeling. Though this is the first time I managed to click pictures!
Lazy Sunday Photo- Big Ben, London
Big Ben, Picture taken Near Westminster Underground Station (May, 2009) I like walking out of the Westminster Underground Station. As you walk you are looking at enclosed walls and then when you are out, suddenly this huge and magnificent structure stares in your face. I had done the same in 2007 and being November I…
Changing the Guards at the Buckingham Palace, London
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Zb9LlGnnE&hl=en&fs=1] The Video of the Guards Coming Out of the Buckingham Palace, Changing the Guards After my official work in Oxford was over I was visiting and staying back with two school friends whom I was meeting after 20 years. It is really amazing that we found each-other via the internet. again And friends with…
Punting at Oxford, UK
I finally managed to go punting at Oxford on my third trip! I had read about it a lot, I had seen people do it but I never dared to try it myself. You are supposed to do it on your own and I did not feel brave enough. When I went through websites this…