The roar of mine will go by the soar of my kite,
Higher and higher like the spirits of the season, That changes from shiver to summer,
[Read more…] about From International Kite Festival to Gir: Experience Gujarat and BeyondWill shall fill the sky with blazing flight, That fight to stay high till the night.”
After spending an entire month backpacking in Northeast India recently, I couldn’t foresee another trip to Arunachal in December of 2019. Arunachal Pradesh is a mysterious state to me. Neither I have heard a lot about it nor I have visited many places in that region.
But in September, I attended the Ziro Festival that happens in the Ziro district of this state.
[Read more…] about Basar in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: Galo Tribe and BASCONMy 10-day Uttarakhand ‘Live Like Local’ trip was about to reach its climax. I reached back to Joshimath, all exhausted and tanned, after a tour which started from Rudraprayag district and went on till Chamoli. I stayed in villages in Hudu near Chopta, Sunil in Joshimath and Devgram in Urgam Valley.
[Read more…] about Auli, Uttarakhand: Expect the Unexpected in the Lap of Himalayas[Read more…] about Urgam Valley, Uttarakhand: Chamoli’s Best kept secret1 hour away from Joshimath, was the majestic Urgam valley where mountains embraced all the possible axis.
It was time to move from one district of Garhwal region to another. From Rudraprayag to Chamoli, the views became even more scenic as I glanced them from a local bus that departed from Rudraprayag and took me to Joshimath.
[Read more…] about Joshimath’s Heavenly Abode-Uttarakhand Homestays[Read more…] about Homestay near Chopta where I Lived Like a Local-Uttarakhand Homestays“This is was not a regular trip. I didn’t book fancy hotels or luxury transportation. I knew it was going to be my last leg of transformation, taking me from a regular city girl to someone who would like to be raw and real for the rest of her life. This trip was going to be about living like a local.”
