Not a guide. Not a list of tips. Just honest stories from the road - places that changed me and moments I almost missed.
Harshil Valley is something beyond words can explain - it broke the misconception of Uttarakhand not having as lofty mountains as Himachal Pradesh for me.
Fresh from the road.
From the Journal
All entries →Moments frozen in time.
Words That Move
"Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes."
— Terry Pratchett
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
— Marcel Proust
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller."
— Ibn Battuta
"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."
— Gustave Flaubert
"Not all those who wander are lost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
— T.S. Eliot
This isn't a travel hack blog. You won't find "Top 10" lists or affiliate links here. What you'll find are honest accounts of being somewhere new - the discomfort, the wonder, and the slow transformation that happens when you let a place change you.
I started writing these stories for myself. Then friends asked where I was going, and what it was like. This journal is my answer.
Stories
States
Years