Book Review – The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing is a moving book about the effect that the Vietnam war had on the Vietnamese. A must read to understand our crazy world a little better.
Mountains
Movie Review – 6 Below
Two recent Hollywood movies speak of miracles, Breakthrough and the more recent movie “6 Below – Miracle on the Mountain”. Life is a miracle !
Postcards from Kalpa
Note – The Kinner Kailash mountains and the Apple trees in full bloom will take your breath away … So take a few deep breaths before seeing these pictures. This is probably one of the most beautiful places that Krishnan and I have visited anywhere in the world. Dates in Kalpa – May 6th to … Read more
Shaken and Stirred
On May 6, we left Kullu for Kalpa. Since the planning for the Himachal trip had been done in Feb we didn’t have the opportunity to discuss it much with our Himachal expert Amit. This was nearly a 255 Kms trip, the longest we were doing in Himachal. The Kullu taxi Union manager told us … Read more
Postcards from Kullu
Dates we were in Kullu – May 1 to May 5. Hotel – HPTDC property Hotel Sarvari. The location is great. Huge “mela” ground or playground right in front of the hotel. Rooms – Again, this hotel has large airy rooms. We stayed in the Sarvari Suite and it had a large balcony too. The … Read more
Ascending Heaven too soon …
I did not know him, I had not heard of him and suddenly many of my friends posted “RIP” messages on their facebook pages. Well, I did some research and realised what an amazing man he is – crazy, in love with life and living life on his terms. He was a climber and he … Read more