Imagine something very joyous happens in your life. What will you do to celebrate it? Perhaps throw a party, buy some stuff or maybe visit a religious place to thank God. Now, imagine you are the emperor of one of the wealthiest empires in the world. What would you do now? Well, perhaps you would like to build an entire new capital city for your … Continue reading Agra: Fatehpur Sikri
The mention of Taj Mahal brings out conflicting emotions in me. While it certainly makes me very proud that an Indian monument finds place among the Wonders of the World, there is also the fact that Taj Mahal probably wouldn’t make it to my “top five monuments of India” list (and I have yet to explore so much of India). Maybe it is the story … Continue reading Agra: Taj Mahal
If one talks about the most famous cities of India then Agra will certainly take the top spot, at least from the perspective of tourism. Individually, we both had been to Agra earlier in our lives but this was the first time we visited the city together and what better occasion to visit it than to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We made the drive … Continue reading Agra: The Red Fort
On our second day in Orchha, we spent the morning and the early afternoon exploring the fort and palaces while the latter half of the afternoon was dedicated to visiting the temples. The town of Orchha has three main historical temples – Chaturbhuj temple, Ram Raja temple and Lakshminarayana temple. The first two are directly across the main road from Orchha fort and these were … Continue reading Orchha: The Temples
Our second day in Orchha was all about exploring the historical structures of the town starting with its crown jewel – the vast Orchha Fort. We started early and after having breakfast at the hotel, we made our way towards the fort. During our walk to the fort we came across a couple of medieval mansions which had fallen into disrepair due to years of … Continue reading Orchha: The Fort
It was on the second day of our stay in Orchha, while standing atop a palatial complex with the whole town spread out in front of us, when it occurred to me that this is a town which is frozen in time. If we could somehow remove the modern settlements, the shops and vehicles, clean the old buildings and redecorate and refurnish the interiors then … Continue reading Orchha: A Medieval Town Frozen in Time
If there is one thing that we as a group of friends do not lack, it is ambition. What else can explain the decision of seven ‘not very fit’ people undertaking a 4-5 hour trek at an altitude of 4,500 m? Foolhardiness perhaps, but I like ambition better. On our final day in Kaza, we had planned a trek from Langza village (4,400 m) to … Continue reading Kaza: An Unfinished Trek
After five days of hectic travelling and sightseeing, we decided to go slightly easy on the sixth day of our journey. The two major sightseeing destinations that we had earmarked for the day were Kye monastery and Kibber village. We woke up late and had a slow and leisurely morning with a nice breakfast. Finally, by 1 pm, we all got ready and left for … Continue reading Kaza: Kye and Kibber
The fifth day was probably the most eventful day of our trip. We had to travel just about 50 km from Tabo to Kaza on this day, hence, we ended up seeing and doing a lot of stuff starting with exploring the village of Tabo itself. Tabo is mainly famous for two things – a 1,000 year old monastery and a few old caves carved … Continue reading Tabo and Dhankar: Two enchanting villages
The fourth day of our trip was the day when we left the Kinnaur valley behind and finally entered the Spiti Valley. We started the day in Kalpa and ended it in Tabo with a brief halt at Nako. This was the day when we got to witness the landscape for which we had undertaken this trip – stark, rugged, desolate mountains without a shred … Continue reading Entering the Spiti Valley
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