httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUuuGvX396A I stayed at the Fanny Parkes room at the Ilbert Manor, Mussoorie. It has one of the best views at the entire property. And I specially liked the no smoking sign that said “no one has smoked here since 1840, we would appreciate your keeping the tradition alive.” For those of you who are on…
Category: Uttarakhand
Back from Ilbert Manor, Mussoorie
I am now back from Ilbert Manor, Mussoorie. It was a little different from my usual holidays in the sense that I walked and walked only for one day. The rest of the days, the favorite activity was food in front of the TV and lots of tea. I had read before going (on their…
Skywatch Friday- Day Break over Dhunda, Uttarakhand, India
This submission for Skywatch Friday (and thank God it is Friday) was clicked during my trek in Uttarakhand. The only time in life I willingly get up at 4.30-4.45 am and get out to click pictures at the day break.
Mussoorie Bound Again
I am Mussoorie bound once again in this week at the invitation of a property. More once I come back. Looking forward to it. Last week for three days I had red rashes all over. That put a lot of things in perspective. Earlier if it was a trip just to Mussoorie, now it is a trip…
Skywatch Friday- Skies from Talhauti, Uttarakhand
We were hopeful after looking at the blues in the sky that the weather would be fine the next day. But the grey dominated and it was snowed out the next day. This image was taken at Talhauti in Uttarakhand Himalayas while I was trekking in the region in early June. Please visit the Skywatch page for…
Mother and Daughter at Dhunda
The mother and daughter visited our campsite at Dhunda in search of medicines. It is very common on a trek to be requested for medicines by Gujjars. I don’t know why the people living high up the mountains are called Gujjars. They have nomadic lifestyle, they build temporary shelters and move with their livestock to…
Lazing Around in a Red Tent on a Snowed Out Day
If you peer hard you can see three men peaking out of the tent. This was the only day on the trek when the support team took it easy. We all knew that the trek was over, the mountains had decided that we shall not pass!
The Mountain Men
I clicked this picture of our support team at Dhundi campsite (I typed website instead of campsite and then deleted it!). This time our effort was to climb up to a lake called Saru Tal but that was not to be. We had to turn back because for our skills the weather was too inclement at…
My Complete Rafting Story Now Up at Gonomad
My complete rafting article is now up at Gonomad. There were seven rafts in all from our camp and here is what happened at ‘The Wall.’ And then we saw the raft in front of us! It had flipped and everyone was thrown out in the water. We turned back, there was another raft and…