Country: India

Places to visit in Ahmedabad and around

There’s no dearth of places to visit in Ahmedabad. Its tiny old lanes, full of places to explore are a delight to a traveller and a photographer seeking to capture

Coorg: Of coffee, wilderness and our first travel together

“The most beautiful places are at the end of really bad roads”. Coorg had fit this bill quite correctly back then. With its lure of coffee plantations, exotic homestays and

Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan, the kite flying festival in India

An event is best experienced at the heart of all the action. A perfect example of this was Makar Sankranti or Uttarayan – the kite flying festival we attended in

White snow of Drang Drung glacier flowing through the brown mountains of Greater Himalaya and Zanskar mountain ranges on Penzi la, the solitary mountain pass on the way from Kargil to Padum in Zanskar valley in India.

Journey to Zanskar: India’s remote valley

We saw the “land far far away”, of all the childhood stories and travel tales, when we travelled to the Zanskar valley. The beauty of the Zanskar landscapes changed our

These are the minarets flanking the central arched opening of the Jami Masjid. Jami Masjid is the biggest mosque at Champaner which is now a part of the UNESCO world heritage.

Champaner – an offbeat UNESCO heritage site in Gujarat

“Are you sure”, we were asked by the car rental agency we went to for hiring a car to Champaner. Champaner Pavagadh Archaeological Park is a UNESCO world heritage site

Lamayuru is a small village 100 km before Leh on the Srinagar-Leh highway. Its claim to fame is the moonlike landscape surrounding Lamayuru. So much so, that Lamayuru and moonland have become synonymous. They even have guest houses named Moonland in Lamayuru! The best view of this "moonland"; is from the top of the meditation hill in Lamayuru. As you get to the top and proceed to the edge, a surreal landscape awaits you!

Lamayuru, the moonland of Ladakh

“Where can we find moonland?” “It’s right behind this hillock.” That’s a normal conversation in Lamayuru! Lamayuru is a small village in Ladakh, midway between Kargil and Leh on NH1-D,