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Category Archives: Travel
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My reading list during the Sikkim trip consisted of “The Immortals of Meluha” and “Chasing the Monk’s shadow”, fiction and non fiction respectively. Sometime during the trip, I completed the former, the latter was completed long after the trip. The … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Think About It, Travel
Tagged Chasing the Monk's shadow, History, perspective, Shiva, The Immortals of Meluha, Time, Xuanzang
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Sikkim Day 7 – Up & Away
One more monastery before we left. We bade farewell to Mintokling and left for Enchey monastery, located within the town. It followed the same pattern as the other two we’d visited, the only exception being a lot of sleeping beings … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Bagdogra, CCD, Enchey Monastery, Gangtok, Kailash, Kolkata, Sikkim, Siliguri, Yak & Yeti
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Sikkim Day 6 – Sikkim Pop and Zero Point Someone
The room did have a nice view from the window, but it was better from the balcony. The only snag was reaching the balcony, as the door refused to budge. I remembered my erm, MBA education days when I jumped … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Arthur's, Bitchu, Gangtok, Lachung, rhododendrons, Sikkim, Yumesamdong, Yumthang, Zero point
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Sikkim Day 5 – Amitabh Falls and Feats at 17100 ft
This was the big day, the day we would visit the lake at 17100 feet — Gurudongmar. The driver said that the earlier we started, the better. Our versions of ‘early’ obviously didn’t match, and we left, with me still … Continue reading
Posted in Bollywood, Life, Travel
Tagged Amitabh Falls, Amrish Puri, Bhimtala, Chopta Valley, Dong, Gaigong, Gurudongmar, Lachen, Saat Samundar Paar, Sikkim, Tehelka, Thangu, Tibet refugees, Vishwatma
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Sikkim Day 4 – Seven Sisters and the Houses of Lachen
Before we left Gangtok, we thought we’d take another shot at the rope-way. We reached there, sharp at 9.30 -opening time, and as should be expected from any self respecting government run set up, they claimed that routine maintenance would … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Chungthang, Gangtok, Lachen, Naga falls, Phodong, ropeway, Seven Sisters falls, Sikkim, Singhik view point, Tashi view point, The Immortals of Meluha
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Sikkim Day 3 – Tea, Gangtalk, and the legend of Pawan Chamling
The alternate plan we chose consisted of the tea estates in South Sikkim, and the Padmasambhava statue in Namchi. Our driver was the same, and that’s when we figured that we still didn’t know his name. Our expectations of a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel, Yesterday
Tagged Baker's Cafe, Cafe Live & Loud, Danny Denzongpa, Gangtalk, Hit beer, Khao Soi, Namchi, Padmasambhava, Pawan Chamling, Shashi Tharoor, South Sikkim, tea estate
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Sikkim Day 2 – Mixed Signals
We began the day slightly late, since we had minimal plans. Fresh from the giant momo experience from the day before, we decided to go out for breakfast and the Sonam Delek on Tibet Road ensured that we were well … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Allen's Kitchen, Cacao, Gangtalk, Gangtok, MG Marg, Rumtek monastery, Shanti view point, Sikkim, Sonam delek, Tangerine
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Sikkim Day 1 – Uninstall Driver.. please
As my friend Partha Jha (who has made it a habit to get into my vacation posts) would agree, there are many ways to see kim. ‘Off for some GangTalk’, said my status message on 15th, and that’s where it … Continue reading
Andamanned – Part 4 – Prison Diary
Part 1, 2, 3 We wanted to try out a specific restaurant for dinner, but apparently the driver stayed far away and I could sense he wasn’t too happy about having to wait. Anyway, we had more than an hour … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Andaman, Cellular Jail, Cochin, Lighthouse, Mandalay, Marine Park, Netaji, Patton tank, Port Blair
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Andamanned – Part 3 – Blair wich
Part 1 and Part 2 We caught the return ferry at 3 pm, and this time, we got the non a/c seats. Arrgh, and as if that wasn’t enough, there were some noisy seat related quarrels, which thankfully didn’t involve … Continue reading
Posted in @tempting humour, Travel
Tagged Andaman, Corbyn's Cove, japanese Bunkers, Port Blair, Red Skin Island
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