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Chhang– the Local Beer Spiti is a high altitude region. Kaza, the base of the trek we did this time is situated at 3660 meters. The starting point of the trek is Langza and we were dropped there in a jeep. Langza is at the height of 4400 meters. Langza is beautiful and Chocho Khang…

Magnificent Spiti- A View from Dhankar I am still not getting my blogging flow and some people have asked for practical information about this trek. I will try to compile it here. Delhi to Manali 570 km (by so called deluxe bus, private, don’t ask me how we ended in one, yet again) tickets cost…

The beauty of Taj Mahal is a legend and according to this newspaper report it still remains the biggest draw for the tourists coming to India. But I wonder why do I have to get to the message boards to get the other side of the story. yes, people love the Taj but also advice…

They Grow Up So Fast! Now you must be wondering what is the relationship between nephews and sunburn. But hear me out and you will know. Every trip in which we trek, I get sunburned and this one to Prashar Lake was no exception. I really got a burned face and it takes at least…

I was looking at the World Heritage Sites list at the UNESCO site. I was curious to see how many India has, how many I have seen, etc. Well, here is the India list (reproduced from UNESCO site, I have only changed the bullet points to bullet numbers) Agra Fort (1983) Ajanta Caves (1983) Buddhist…

Who Cares about my Wardrobe in such a Heaven? I got a mail from someone who read my blog and then wrote to me. I appreciate the gesture so much, in itself. It gos like this: “hey, Mridulaji, its nice to read such beautiful & informative articles, particularly contents belongs to middle class tourist. …”…

After a looooong time I got to know that my laptop has finally started working today. I had actually given up on it. Also got my camera (the new one) back. Thought it was my lucky day, the gadgets are coming to their senses. Only to find that my camera CF card is giving Error…

March 10, was a rainy day at Shringi and my Nikon Coolpix 3200 allows me to make videos. This is the typical view from the window of the Vatika and I just loved the ice formation on the tin roof. But it would fall off after a while, whereas I wanted it to grow and…

I have been reading a few journal articles on tourism (when a person like me in academics takes to tourism as a hobby, this was bound to happen). I came across the article ‘A Theory of Tourism’ from a database. The article has been written in German by Hans Magnus Enzensberger in 1958. It was…

When Arun at India Travel Blog asked me if I would do an email interview and a post at his blog I was quite thrilled. The interview is now up at his blog. Many of his questions made me think hard before I could reply to them. The toughest to answer was this On the…