My Travel Stories!

The Valley Valley of Flowers had been in my bucket list for more than 6 years now. I used to be extremely fascinated by the stories of it being a land of fairies covered with exotic flowers and what not! My rendezvous with Valley of Flowers is a self reflection of how much I have changed / evolved over the last six years. Earlier what seemed extremely tough was actually quite easy for having done a few treks already. Earlier it was all about the beauty of the valley but now every trek is a journey to introspect and empty some of the clutter which I keep collecting in my head :) So let the journey begin!! How to reach? For the Valley of Flowers trek, you can simply book a trek from any of the organisations - I booked with Trek The Himalayas. We need to reach Haridwar max by morning of the day trek starts. I took a flight from Chennai to Delhi and a night train from Delhi to Haridwar. As the valley has a seasonal constraint you will reach Haridwar in a time when the Kawariyas

It is surprising that everyone is moving to photos, instant gratification. The love of writing and reading seems a task now. How do you capture the love affair with Wayanad without getting the poetry out of your head? Cant help it, I loved Wayanad not just with my eyes but also with a little heart and soul <3 Wayanad is a district in the north eastern state of Kerela. What should you expect there? Regular hill station stuff- Yes and No. Yes we have the lush tea estates, paddy fields and view points. No we dont get Momos on the streets and no there ain't any major Mall Road. To reach Wayanad one can either reach by train or bus to Kozhikode and from there rent a cab for the 3-3.5 hr journey to Wayanad. Wayanad was my first close up experience with the state of Kerela and the first flavor of it I get at the railway station itself. We found multiple taxis but can you talk to multiple drivers? No- There is one cab only and you have to agree to whatever rate he says. Aft

The visit to Bhutan is an amalgamation of being in extremely scenic beauty, looking into past making way for the future and an awareness of your higher self. Now I know this sounds too complicated but I am sure once we are through with the blog you would know what I mean. Bhutan is one of the rare countries which has not been colonized and has remained independent. Though there had been a civil war in the 19th century which led to the emergence of the Wangchuk Dynasty but apart from this there has been largely no outside interference. The Wangchuk Dynasty is the one which reunited Bhutan in 1907 and since then have been the rulers of Bhutan getting the highest title of "The Dragon King". You will see the Royal Family's photo everywhere and after some wondering it was clarified to us by our driver that actually the King is their God. Bhutan started to pave a path for democracy by means of elections in the year 2008. I was particularly amazed by the fact that how t

For this one I am going to dive right in. I simply loved the place. If you are fascinated by history you would too. Top View Dholavira is an archaeological site in the Bhachau taluka of Kutch District in Gujarat. < Yes I also visited the super famous Rann of Kucth and will write about it :) > Dholavira is one the five most prominent excavation sites of the Indus valley civilization. To give a context, till now the most famous ones have been the Harappa site and the Mohenjo- daro site, both are in the Punjab district of Pakistan. The site of Dholavira is located at a distance of 50 kms from the Pakistan border.  It was excavated in the 1960s by Professor J P Joshi. The Harappa and Mohenjo - daro sites had been known for much longer to the mankind and hence way more famous. So far most of us have assumed that the earliest civilizations were settled along side the Indus river < how both Harrapa and Mohenjo - Darro are placed > but with the excavation of Dholavira, we