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...
গোয়ার ডাবোলিম (Dabolim) আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে সূর্যস্নাত একটা দিনে পৌঁছেছিলাম প্রায় আট বছর আগে। 2010 এর ফেব্রুয়ারী মাসে। আমি আর আমার স্ত্রী কেকা। ছোট্ট ছিমছাম বিমানবন্দর। আমি নিশ্চিন্ত। এখানে হারিয়ে যাওয়ার জায়গা নেই...
From Udhampur we didn't take much time to reach our first destination Patnitop. The tour organizers already booked our rooms at in Hotel Patnitop. Today we would take rest here and start tomorrow early morning for much awaited Kashmir valley...
The sun was now high overhead. No shadow of the hill on the valley below. With dense tree cover all around them, the colorful little houses lay supremely peaceful under the sun. The whole world was so beautiful...
The sun had risen only a few minutes. A delicate touch of pink painted the snow top of the large hill straight across the valley. Thought the cap looked thick, it is not permanent snow. It just will last longer when winter ends. The whole of the valley and our side of the hill, all were dark without sunshine yet...
In Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas, Kashmir is one famous tourist place, but Himachal is all dotted over with many popularly known and not so well known tourist spots of great natural beauty. Overall on the basis of variety, Himachal was favored. And which place should be the first? It was easy to decide—Dalhousie was still considered a prime hill station in India...
Standing on the rooftop of his house at Dharamshala my friend dispelled my doubts regarding tourist worthiness of Dharamshala, “Don’t underestimate this place as a tourist spot. In fact this is one of the major tourist destinations in Himachal. Look at the Dhauladhar...
It was not a planned trip. My friend announced the evening before, “Tomorrow I have to visit Dharamshala. Would you like to come? We’d be back by evening.” No question of not agreeing. As usual start from Jammu was comfortably in the morning at about eight thirty. With three of us, the small red car rolled again...
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.
