Day 1 Head off to the David Sheldrick Elephant & Rhino Orphanage! Open from 11 AM to 12 Noon every day for all, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust would let you meet the baby elephants and rhinos, rescued from different national parks in Kenya, and you can walk them play in the mud and slurp milk […]
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Cape Schanck - Victoria’s Hidden Paradise, Just An Hour From Melbourne
It’s always amazing to know someone living in a particular place for years because that person can tell you about the most amazing hidden gem that no one else can! It has happened to me before, and it happened again when I was in Melbourne recently! While I was fiddling with my phone, trying to […]
A Tuk-Tuk Driver’s Tale - Stories From Cambodia
Ever since I was a kid, I was always fascinated to see people waiting outside the airport holding someone’s name. I wondered that someday, even I would step out and find a stranger with a board having my name on it! (Human desires I tell you, but who doesn’t like to feel a little special?) […]
Prini Peak - Experiences From A Self-Sufficiency Mountaineering Course
Perhaps everyone dreams of it, but not everyone is lucky enough to traverse the paths unexplored. And as a famous saying goes, “Sometimes the path we choose, makes our life.” Back in December 2016, I came across this trailer of a documentary called ‘The Fall’ on YouTube which showed the journey of two young adventurists, […]
Everything You Need To Know About Kumara Parvatha Trek
Quite stereotypical, but people like us who live in the Northern part of India usually correlate the term ‘trekking’ to the Himalayas, and we actually can’t think beyond that. For us, it’s obvious that we’ll get to see the snowcapped peaks, feel the chills as the wind blows, and sip on a cup of steaming […]
12 Months, 12 Trips: Here’s Where We Traveled In 2017 Without Quitting Our Jobs
2017 has been an amazing year for us, as we got to travel far and wide, going back to some of our favorite places and exploring some new. While we both backpacked together at times, we did go for solo adventures as well. There were trips which we took with our friends and enjoyed every […]
Humans Of Spiti - A Photo Blog
Needless to say, I drew inspiration from Brandon Stanton, who took the world of social media by storm, back in 2010 when he started ‘Humans of New York‘. Although I got introduced to HONY much later, sometime around 2014, when I developed an interest in photography and started following people on Instagram. There’s something about […]
The Google of Spiti*
‘Knock! Knock’ We were all sitting in our room post-lunch, before setting out for Kibber, when Murli comes in. With him, was this tiny boy with shining eyes and a mellow smile. “Meet Singye. Yeh mujhe market mein mila“, (I met him at the market) Murli said in his not-so-good Hindi. But his expression had […]
A Month In Bhutan: How It Changed My Way To Look At Life
“A month? What are you going to do there for a month?” - Nearly every second person whom I told about my Bhutan plans, asked me this questions! A point came when I was tired of explaining, and I chose a rather simple answer - “Since I’m doing nothing here, I’ll do nothing there as […]
The Shack Story | A Tale From Haa Valley, Bhutan
In this larger world where we live, there are numerous smaller worlds, each nurturing itself in a different way, completely hidden from the rest. Such was Haa Valley (‘Haa’ in Dzongkha literally translates to ‘rice’), situated in the Western part of Bhutan, bordered by Tibet. Scarcely populated, Haa Valley appeared like a dreamland to me. […]