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People we meet on our travels have the most impact on the experience of the places we visit. Here we share travel stories of the memorable people we have met on our travels.

A family, owner of the homestay we stayed at in Lamayuru known as Temple View, of mother father son and daughter pose for a family portrait in their kitchen just before the kids leave for their school in Leh.

7 Himalayan families which stunned us with their hospitality

May 19, 2014 in India, Kashmir, Ladakh, People 26 comments

An unanswered question still haunts us. If they were visitors in our city, guests in our homes, would we have treated them the same? Would they go back thinking the same of us as we did of them? The places we visited – some of them deep remote parts of the […]

Old men, attired traditionally, in firan (loose woolen coat), with kangdi (basket with red hot charcoal pieces) keeping them warm, sharing a hookah/sheesha is as idyllic as it gets in the small town of Verinag in Kashmir.

People of the valley: Kashmir

May 8, 2014 in India, Kashmir, People 32 comments

It has always been known as “jannat“, or heaven. The valley – as Kashmir is commonly known – conjures paradisiacal images. Everywhere you look, the landscape is picture postcard perfect. In the lap of such bountiful natural beauty, we wondered what life is really like. Turns out, the answer wasn’t so […]

Kashmir, time travel and Entrepreneurs of Dal lake

April 11, 2017 in India, Kashmir, People 24 comments

How did a shikara ride on Dal lake, an overtly chiched travel experience in Kashmir touch our hearts? “Shauk se karo” (Do as you please, enjoy the experience) – It’s the same dramatic greeting. The overtly polite tone. The bright colours. The tacky yet romantic seating. And the pride in […]