My dream of undertaking the pilgrimage to Kailash Manas Sarovar finally came into being 25 years back. After due procedures, the Yatra started on 17/7/1994. Thirty of us in our group took our first day's halt at KMVN rest house, Kausani...
We entered the Kashmir valley, the ‘paradise on earth’, on the second day of our trip. We had our first glimpse of the Kashmir valley after we crossed Banihal tunnel to reach our next place of night stay at Pahalgam via Batote, Ramban, Ramsoo, Banihal, Verinag and Anantnag...
If you like—come, stay for at least one night, roam around on foot, drive along the roads on both sides, be one with yourself and nature and finally take back something with you that will always remain valuable to you...
On the plains evening descended, and then night fell. The car streaked ahead through the night towards a small bubble of light, warmth, food and company—our home in Jammu. Far behind up in the mountains, Khajjiar lay dreaming in the lap of its mother.
Three of us stood together watching the scene. At first I couldn’t comprehend clearly what I saw. Not often a natural scene takes my breath away! The expanse so vast, the carpet of short soft grass so inviting, the soft curves all around so soothing! The light green of the grass merged nearly at the horizon with the dark green wall of deodar trees...
My opinion is Kaluk is a better place to stay than Rinchenpong, solely because of the awesome view. There are some hotels along the Kaluk Village road, the resorts are scattered on the slopes of the hill. These are some of the resorts...
Mountains of Sikkim are one of the most beautiful in the world. Situated in a remote part of that mountain are the twin hamlets of Kaluk and Rinchenpong. If you love the mountains and jump at the joy of seeing the snowy white peaks of the Himalayas, then it cannot get better than this...
