This has been quite a long series, like the days I spent in the Bhutan valley. I’ll wrap up the Phobjikha valley pictures in this last post. The valley is so beautiful, that I can’t stop from sharing all the pictures of the stunning valley. The women in this picture were ramming the mud while […]
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48 Hours in Phobjikha Valley – Part I
Phobjikha Valley stay and trek “So what do we do today?” asked my fellow travelers in Phobjikha. It was raining, our homestay had no TV, no Netflix to binge on and no network to be glued to social media. The rooms had our mattresses sprawled on the floor and our unzipped trekking bags in the […]
Travel to Gangtey Valley in Bhutan
Punakha, Thimpu, and Paro are the most visited places in Bhutan, they make up for the maximum tourists in Bhutan. Having spent a few days in Thimpu and Punakha, it was time we explore the countryside of the druk land and I personally prefer traveling to the more remote places that are not thronged by holidaymakers. […]
Punakha in Bhutan
Moving through Bhutan, I realized the further we trudged and delved deeper into Bhutan, the more it lived up to its status of being a mythic and mystical land, untouched by modernity. Punakha was no different and it was beyond beautiful as what was expected. Punakha houses the most beautiful dzong in Bhutan. It is […]
Dochula Pass – Bhutan
On a very pleasantly cold morning in the month of May we left from Thimpu to Punakha, we stopped over at Dochula pass for a few hours. A very popular stopover for tourists, Dochula is a high mountain pass at 10,000 ft. The pass is cold, windy and brings in a sense of tranquility. The Dochula […]
Bhutan – Thimpu
Bhutan – The land of the Dragon. Starting the Bhutan series from Thimpu. Traveling to Bhutan was a very impromptu plan. The heart, as usual, was longing for clear sunlight and deepest blue morning clouds and, one call from a close friend who shares the same love for mountains was enough to hit the road […]
Love for Indigo
Indigo | Neela | नील Indigo color is the first known natural dye to humans, it is derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria. The leaves of Indigofera are harvested and allowed to ferment in water in large vessels or tanks. A day or two after complete fermentation the liquid is drained from the vessels leaving the plant material/leaves behind. […]
Reasons to travel to Spiti Valley from Kinnaur route
Why traveling to Spiti via the Kinnaur route is so strongly recommended? Below are some pictures to add on to the advice. While we were planning Chandrataal lake trip, we spoke to a few people on the preferred itinerary, the road conditions, what kind of vehicle to take, to self-drive and the obvious – which route […]
