I was invited to the Citibank Premiermiles Delhi Bloggers Meet held at Olive’s Bar and Kitchen at Mehrauli. I was quite curious as to what Citibank had to say to the travel bloggers! They have come out with Citibank Premier Miles Credit Card and they wanted to talk about it with bloggers. Their CMO Sanjeev…
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Putrajaya, Malaysia
Putrajaya is a planned city, the administrative captial of Malaysia. That means a lot of Government offices are in this area along with the staff quarters. It is 25km outside Kuala Lumpur. As I was invited to Malaysia for their 1 Blogger’s Conference this trip was on our agenda. On our last day we had…
Skywatch Friday- Pheriche, Nepal
I captured this picture at Pheriche in Nepal. If you wish to see more of my Everest Base Camp Trek pictures please have a look at Rediff Get Ahead Slide Show. This entry is part of Skywatch which features sky picures from all over the world every Friday.
One More Time- Everest Base Camp Trek Article Featuring at Digital Photography School!
I have often said whatever little I know about photography, I have learned from Digital Photography School. So you can imagine my thrill when they featured my photography advice on a high altitude trek. No no you have to go to Digital Photography School Website to read how I managed to click a few decent…
Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek, Uttarakhand, India
This is the first summer when I have trekked twice and I think I am going to make it a habit. In this post I am collating all my Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek links and also sharing a few more pictures. Traveling to Rishikesh and Joshimath (Day 1 &2 of the trip)…
Ghangaria to Govindghat, Day 4, Valley of Flowers Hemkunt Sahib Trek
You would ask how difficult it could be to get back the same route you climbed up? The answer is not very difficult. But what happens with me is that I get fatigued when I go up and I get pain in my knees when I get down. I am better at handling fatigue than…
Skywatch Friday- Snow and Clouds at Dingboche, Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal
Talking about the Everest Base Camp Trek has become my default option. And a slide show of my Everest Base Camp pictures is now featuring on Yahoo! India Lifestyle. Check it out. I still remember this day very clearly. This was the day when we were walking from Dingboche to Lobuje. I woke up around 5.00 am…
Ghangaria to Hemkunt Sahib- Day 3, Valley of Flowers Hemkunt Sahib Trek, Uttarakhand
I was aware that the route to Hemkunt Sahib (4329 meters, 15210 feet) was all the way uphill, the entire 6km of it. But having done the Everest Base Camp in May this year I thought I should be able to tackle it. We had bread omelet for breakfast around 6.30 am and left at 7.00…
Ghangaria to Valley of Flowers- Day 2, Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek
I used to sleep almost like a log on the Everest Base Camp Trek (apart from Gorek Shep) but no such luck on the VOF trek. I don’t know why every day I would struggle to sleep. The first night at Ghangaria was particularly bad. I woke up at some point with a start, feeling…
Govindghat to Ghangaria- Day 1, Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib Trek
I have already discussed my reaching Joshimath and my rest day at Joshimath. About time I started writing the trek account. To start the trek I needed to reach Govindghat fromJoshimath. Sohan Singh ji (my guide on this trek as well as Kuari Pass Trek) recommended the start time of 7.00 am. He said it…