About a couple of hours out of Shillong, there exists a slice of heaven, a small Khasi village perched on top of a hill and surrounded by deep valleys on its three sides. It overlooks a serpentine river below, the frothy waters of which separate the East Khasi Hills from the Jaintia Hills. A small …
Category: Adventure
The Shy Kids Of Meghalaya
Following a very vague lead and after driving through some of the most gorgeous valleys and plains of the region, which remained covered under heavy for the most part, we had finally reached one of the most breathtaking villages I had been to in quite some time. But that was only half the job done. We …
Sighting The Unexpected In Kaziranga
The tall grass moved suddenly. Then, it moved again and then once more. There was no wind which meant there was ‘something’ there. We almost knew for certain that it was not a deer, neither was it a rhino. The movement had been abrupt every time unlike when something is grazing. A baby rhino who …
Weekend Drive To Hajo, Assam – Poa Mecca
It had been a while since I last visited anywhere with family. After moving back, I had expected to travel more frequently, more so because now I will be closer to the mountains. The reality, however, has been different all I had been able to do in all these months here was one single day …
Ladakh Inner Line Permits Reintroduced
While tourism departments of various states are doing away with or simplifying their process to obtain Inner Line Permits, the LAHDC (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council) has decided to go one step back. Instead of ‘opening up’ new destinations to visitors, they have decided to go back to the pre-2014 days and have introduced ILP …