Like every North Indian wedding the Baraat and other functions are extremely delayed. The wedding card says the Baraat is scheduled for 7pm. We reach the venue at 8:30 pm and the Baraat happens at 9:45pm. That’s almost like a 3h delay. But nobody cares. It’s like an open secret. An unsaid rule. The food … Continue reading Sikkim – May be not again
It’s 6 am. A bright and sunny day. We’ve booked a helicopter from Gangtok to Bagdogra. But we’re unsure if it will take off or not—it heavily depends on the weather. Sikkim weather is highly unpredictable, and helicopter cancellations are quite common. Heliport Sikkim We reach the Heliport (yes, like an airport) at 8:30 am. … Continue reading The Helicopter Ride
After 11 hours of travel the previous day and a ton of memories and photographs, I wake up. The time is around 8am. Through my window I can see the snow capped peaks. The sky is clear and the peaks are glistening in the early morning sun. Everyone wakes up one by one. Today’s plan … Continue reading Gangtok + Zumzin = Bliss
Sweet We decide to leave early for zero point. The hotel staff tell us that the checkpoint will only open at 630. We decide to leave at 530 from the hotel. Rather than waiting in a traffic jam behind 100 vehicles, we would prefer waiting for the checkpoint to open as the first vehicle. Sun … Continue reading Sweetbitter
We have traveled for over 30hrs in the last 48 hours. That too on bad roads and in bad vehicles. We decide to minimise the travel today. Lachen The original plan is to leave for Gurudongmar Lake at 5 am. But we choose sleep instead. We wake up at 9:30 am and head for … Continue reading Enough of travel
After a 10 hour tight cab ride yesterday, we got some good sleep and go ready to leave to Lachen. The plan was to halt at Lachen for the night and proceed to Gurudonmer lake. We got permits to go to North Sikkim. We left Gangtok at 12pm. The ride was supposed to be 6-7 … Continue reading Yesterday Was Just the Starter; Here’s the Main Course
We landed in Bagdogra at 1140AM. Next stop was Gangtok. We saw a Helicopter service to Gangtok. There was a bleak chance that we might be able to get a seat on the 2:00 pm shuttle. The helicopter we never boarded The guy at the counter said, Sir, you have to wait for 2 hours. … Continue reading Tight seats, Traffic, Trauma
Of course - Generated by ChatGPT. A friend’s wedding in Siliguri became a convenient reason for a bunch of us to visit Sikkim. Basically, we turned a wedding into a short holiday. Last night, I slept at 2 am and woke up at 3. Honestly, that one hour hardly counts as sleep—it felt more like … Continue reading Sleep deprived thoughts
I joined the gym a couple of months ago. It’s the first time in my life that I am doing strength training with weights in a gym. The more I think about the exercise names, the more I feel they have got it all wrong. They either lack any creativity or they are so negative. … Continue reading Workout lingua has got it all wrong
After a lot of adventure and beach play, the day to leave Vietnam finally arrived. We wanted to make full use of it and hence started the day early in the morning at 4:30 AM. The Sun rises every single day White Desert - Mui Ne We went to a place called the white desert … Continue reading We will miss you Vietnam
Resort opening to the beach After some adventurous canyoning the earlier in the day, we reached Mui Ne late at night. Our resort was right on the beach and directly opened into the beach. Resort in Mui Ne Pause Button Please Next day we had late breakfast and headed to play in the beach. The … Continue reading The sleepy beach town
After a touristy day at Da Lat, we decided to do some adventure activity. Da Lat is one of the few places in the world where Canyoning is done. Canyoning is a sport that involves navigating down a fast-flowing mountain stream in a gorge. It involves using techniques such as climbing, abseiling, sliding, and jumping. Google AI … Continue reading Don’t be Lazy, Let’s go Crazy
This post is a picture-full post. If you are a scroller and not interested in reading, you will definitely like this post. After going around the Da Lat market and a night full of random conversations, we started the day late and slow. We were quite tired from all the travel the previous days, and … Continue reading A touristy day
After spending some time in the hotel, we visited the market square in Da Lat. Da Lat was a bustling city which had a market road that was packed with people. All of the action happened around a big lake. It’s called Hồ Xuân Hương. Coffee house Da Lat There was a weird but good … Continue reading Eating different in Da Lat
After an adventurous travel experience to the Airport we finally board the flight to Vietnam. The travel to Vietnam is via Kolkata. The trip was with a bunch of 15 friends from Flipkart. A bunch of Gen-Z kids were the primary travellers. There were a few of us from the 80s, sprinkled on the group … Continue reading We land at Vietnam
BluSmart is a new cab provider who is slowly getting more and more popular in India. It’s mainly due to the guaranteed advance cab booking option and the confidence that we will get clean cabs. It works very well for Airport bookings. The airport travel, is usually well planned and booking a BluSmart in advance … Continue reading The yogic cab ride
I go to Dr. S N Omkar's yoga class, and he's such a fun teacher! He has a unique way of telling stories during class. At first, we don't get why he's telling them, but by the end, it all clicks. I really enjoy this storytelling style. Here's one of his stories. In one class, … Continue reading The Chakli Story
Imagine you are on a trek or a small hike with a group of people. It’s a rugged uneven terrain where you need to be aware of every step you are taking. Suddenly the person walking in front of you slips. What is your immediate reaction. You say “ohhh. Careful” You might say the same … Continue reading Ohhh Careful
There is this PJ which goes like "Why is 10 scared of 7? " "Cause 7 8 (ate) 9" Let me be honest. I did find it funny when I heard it for the first time. I was probably 10 years old then. But this post is no Joke. I don't know if 10 is … Continue reading 7 8 9
After reaching Shimla we wanted to experience the toy train journey. Quick history - The train route (which is the only train route available) was built between Shimla and Kalka by the British Raj in 1903. It’s a narrow gauge and old style train. At Shimla railway station. We wanted to travel by the toy … Continue reading Toy train
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