Beginner’s guide to Acute Mountain Sickness
February 29, 2020Acute Mountain Sickness is due to sudden ascent to higher altitude areas usually after 8,000 ft or more due to lack of oxygen levels and air pressure.
Category: Uttarakhand
The Bee Keepers of Kumaon Himalayas
March 27, 2018Alchuna is a tiny hamlet along the banks of Kalsa river in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Tucked away in the folds of Himalayas, Alchuna is about 35 Kms away from Haldwani in Uttarakhand. I went there with a group of 18…
Mountains, bonfire and a plate of Jalebi: Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand
July 31, 2017As the weekend was approaching, my wandering feet started itching to go out of town. For the past two days, I was googling my way to places I would love to go. I couldn’t zero it down to a single place. Restless…
Prayag – a journey to Devprayag
November 1, 2012Prayag in Sanskrit means ‘confluence’. Prayaga means ‘a place of sacrifice’ this post was originally drafted for thealternate.in and was published here: http://thealternative.in/travel/a-journey-to-devprayag/. This is also the third and last part of my travel notes on the Devprayag trip. He said, “We often see…
Towards Prayag (II) – the journey from Rishikesh
August 19, 2012this is a continuation to my post on the Devprayag road trip with Manu. Read the first part of this travelogue here: http://deejthtraveller.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/towards-prayag-a-journey-to-devprayag-i/ I sometimes wonder whether i am getting older by dog years! This trip is one of the most relaxed…
Towards Prayag (I) – a journey to Devprayag
August 18, 2012Prayag in Sanskrit means ‘confluence’. Prayaga also means ‘a place of sacrifice’ The weekend travel itch happened again, this time its Devprayag! pic: Devprayag For a change, this trip was quite unusual compared to my earlier escapades. The final destination was fixed…
3 vagabonds and a weekend with Bhagirathi
June 1, 2012What was supposed to be a weekend with chilled ‘you know what’ turned out to be a story of an adventure & affair for me. The story unfolds: Varun & Rahul (my co-travellers) had been planning this road trip for quite some…
Haridwar – Freedom trip Phase I (March,2012)
May 4, 2012Day 1: Haridwar: The (holy) city of Haridwar is a religiously important destination for Hindu travellers (pilgrims) across India. Considered as the entrance of river Ganga into the plains, its also know as Gangadwar. Haridwar is constructed around the river Ganges (as…