Category: Mountains
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5 Reasons You Should Travel to Ladakh Off-Season
Winter is coming. A hackneyed phrase for a hackneyed destination? So why not explore this Himalayan land off-season, before things change. Here are five reasons. Reason #1 – Drive through constantly changing landscapes. The first thing one notices in Ladakh in winter is that here the landscape changes every day, every hour and just driving…
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In Photos: The Valley of Flowers
The Valley of Flowers. A breathtakingly beautiful (literally!) high altitude meadow of alpine flowers in the Western Himalayas. Accessible only through a trek route through the mountains, this valley is located in a transition zone that lies between the Zanskar Region of the Himalayas to the north and the Greater Himalayas to the south. Together…
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20 Photos to Inspire You to Visit Spiti Valley this Summer
Here are 20 Photos to Inspire you to visit Spiti Valley this Summer. Ladakh’s lesser known cousin. Separated from the popular Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh by the Rohtang Pass, this middle land between India and Tibet is home to some of the most stunning lakes and monasteries in the world. Of which, the mythical Chandratal…
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In the Nomadic Settlement of Puga
Snow crunched under my heavy boots as I stepped out of the heated SUV, into the freezing winter of Ladakh. It was -16 degrees and we had just arrived in Puga, a little nomadic village in the Changthang valley. Located in the Eastern Ladakh Region of Jammu and Kashmir, Puga is a geothermal field and…
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Ladakh Festival: Celebrating Life & Beyond.
The Ladakh Festival is an annual week-long gala organised by the Tourism Department of the Jammu & Kashmir Government every September in Leh and its surrounding villages. Local communities along with the district administrations of Leh come together to showcase the culture and traditions of this land of stunning landscape to the visiting tourists, for after all…
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Abseiling in The Blue Mountains
Abseiling in The Blue Mountains was one of my most memorable adventures in Australia – besides surfing at Bondi beach, of course – and also more my kind. The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area is the ideal scenic weekend getaway from Sydney. With the town of Katoomba as the base, you can spend all day…
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Driving through Lahaul & Spiti
I travelled through the Lahaul and Spiti Valley of Himachal for 10 days and most of that time was spent driving on rocky roads and glacial streams. All that time, I stared awe-struck at the magnificence of the Himalayas, as we went from one place to the next, winding amidst them. So, here is an attempt to…
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a Fortress, a Monastery & a Lake: Dhankar
Meet Dhankar. A village, a Fortress, a Monastery & a Lake. Above the Dhankar Village, sit the Fortress and the Monastery, watching over the confluence of the Spiti and Pin Rivers. This spectacular setting is what gives the place its name, Dhankar, meaning ‘Fort on a Cliff’. The village of Dhankar lies somewhere between Kaza and…