My Journeys, My Travelogs

(if you haven't read the  Kheerganga-The land of myths  part then i urge you to do so as it'll give you more context.) Do you believe in fate? that a collective consciousness conspired to bring certain people into your life and they were right there when they were needed. sometimes I just can't help but wonder. After trekking down from Kheerganga we headed towards Kullu. The hike down wasn't easy but relatively easier than the climb. From Manikaran we went to Bhuntar and then took a bus to Kullu bus stand, then a local bus to the point where this small hike to Bijli Mahadev begins. while we were on the local bus I realized that I forgot to pick our cooking stove that was under my seat (forgetfulness). Though we were bummed but thought we'll light a fire and cook over it. Around 4:30 pm we started hiking and with us were few locals going home. A gentleman in his late 40s had overheard us on the bus about the food situation and extended his help. he ...

 18 December 2015  I was unemployed for 6 months now. had no clue where I was going and out of whim, i decided to ride to Narkanda. it is a town 65 km from Shimla at an altitude of 2708 meters on the Hindustan-Tibet Road (NH 22) in Himachal Pradesh. so I made few phone calls to check if the road was open  and got a green signal from everywhere. so me and my brother on my bike and 2 of my friends on a separate bike headed towards Shimla. kufri solan  It was a beautiful morning. Bright and sunny. we rode real fast and reached Shimla in 2 hrs 45 mins. took a halt and headed towards Narkanda. At Kufri, things turned real bad. we were novice riders and didn't notice the layer of ice on the road. we slipped while climbing a slope. now this fall wasn't that bad as we were slow. we decided to head back to Shimla, park our bikes there and hire a cab. while returning back and taking a sharp turn my bike slipped on black ice. it was a terrible fall. m...

May 2015 After submitting my training report and facing my teachers for the last time, my engineering was finally over. It was time to face the real world that everyone talked about. So,  Me and my regular partners in crime decided to visit our beloved mountains before we set forth and try to find our place in the godforsaken rat race. The place we were visiting, this time, was Kheerganga. A place surrounded by myths and folklore of gods visiting and staying there for centuries. If it was good enough for the gods I guessed we mortals would have fancied it as well. We took a bus around 7 p.m. from Hoshiarpur and left for Manali. To reach Manikaran and beyond we had to get off at Bhuntar(Kullu).We reached Bhuntar in the morning around 5. It was my first time visiting this part of Himachal. The bus services at Bhuntar start at 6 a.m. We hopped on the first bus that arrived and reached Manikaran sahib. Then, from there we took another local bus to Barshain...

'Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains -Jeffrey Rasley I had always had this affinity towards mountains. Just the thought of enjoying the thin air and the beauty of it all, is a reason enough for me to visit the valleys. I woke up to scenery so beautiful, that it felt like waking up into another dream altogether. Rejuvenated by a good night’s sleep, we prepared ourselves for the best leg of the journey. We got ready, had breakfast and then went to visit the Tabo Monastery. It is supposedly the oldest, continuously running monastery in all of the Himalayas. The 'stupa' there was the most beautifully embellished I have seen till now. Stupas generally represent the enlightened mind of the Buddha. One of the symbolic meanings is that they represent the five elements: the square base represents the earth, the round dome is for water, the cone-shape is fire, the canopy is the air and the volume of the stupa is space. Stupas are often used to store relic...

I have always been a mountain person. i don't know why is that and never tried to reason it. The other day, while talking to a friend about this, made me wonder. what is it about these peaks that i am always drawn towards them. I mean in a country like ours, with such varied terrain , all i wish to do is sit on a mountain top and just gaze into space. These ranges enchanted me the very first time i laid my eyes on them, then there was no turning back. I kept dreaming of visiting the white ones , the enormous ones that make you question your existence. Guess i was in luck when a friend of mine came up with an idea of visiting Spiti (Himachal) and my answer to whether i want to go on not, was a reflex.YES!!  and then it began.. the best thing that has happened to me till now. 12th april 2014, my best buddies(lucky, aman, manik, devyansh, akshay, deepak and nikhil ) began from hoshiarpur(punjab), where my college is, and reached Chandigarh in the morning to pick me up. we had book...