When I met RJ Alisha, I asked her “How did you find me, because we don’t know each-other?” She replied, “We searched a lot about travel bloggers and discovered you!” And that is how I appeared on the Sunday Brunch of Radio One 94.3 FM. I was not sure when the program would be on…
Category: Trek
My 5 Most Cherished Treks
I need one major trek every year to cope with my daily grind. And I eagerly look forward to it every year. I tried to trek through Annapurna Circuit in Nepal in June 2013 and the next major trek is now going to happen in June 2014 only. Yet I think of it daily and…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 10 The Retreat, Timang to Chamche
Today’s walk was completely dominate by the thoughts of finding a jeep. All my life I have taken roads for granted. I (or rather my husband) bought my first car late, in my thirties but I completely take automobiles for granted. Not so on this trek. Jeeps were now elusive and their continued absence would…
Morning at Timang, Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal
Timang is a small village on the Annapurna Circuit Trek in Nepal. I reached there while walking back after a lot of bad weather at Letdar. The sky was almost always overcast throughout this trek. The night I was at Timang was exceptionally clear and the entire range was bathed in moonlight. I was just…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- The Retreat, Day 9 Humde to Timang
If the weather would have cooperated with us we would have on the other side of the Throng La pass by now. But after the snow at Letdar we decided to walk back. I was looking forward to reach Chame because my cell phone would work there. I was looking forward to all the calls…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- The Retreat, Day 8 Letdar to Humde
If you do the regular Annnapurna Circuit Trek you will not be doing this. You would be walking to high camp at 4800 meters after Letdar. However weather had other ideas for us. When I got up I could hear the rain, once again, before I saw it. Even though it was not snowing anymore…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 7 The Snowfall at Letdar
On day seven my trek started deviating from the proposed itinerary. I was supposed to walk to the high camp (4800 meters) on day 7 and on day 8 we would have crossed the Thorang-La pass if things went according to plan. But they didn’t. I got up early in the morning and went to…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 5 Rest and Acclimatization Day at Manang
Even though it was a rest day, I still woke up at 5.30 am and looked out of the window. And after just one look, I went to sleep again, it was completely overcast, not a patch of color that I usually associate with the sunrise or the morning sky! I eventually woke up at…
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 3 Chame to Pisang
After a good rest and 2 chapatis and an omelet for breakfast I was ready to start for Pisang. There was no rain when I started off, the route as usual was beautiful. As usual there were clouds. I was a bit optimistic as I had a relatively easy time walking from Dharapani to Chame….
Annapurna Circuit Trek, Nepal- Day 2, Dharapani to Chame
This was one of the few walks when I didn’t die on the route. I came to Chame more or less in one piece. And this was one place where my Ncell phone connection worked. Ncell worked very well on the Everest Base Camp Trek but not so on Annapurna Circuit Trek. In fact, Chame…