My Travels in 2013

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh January and December 2013 I’m completing a full circle as I return to Hyderabad to bring in 2014. When I travelled to Hyderabad earlier this year, I didn’t know I was going to return soon. It seems to be the base-camp of my reunions. My life would have been incomplete without trying…

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Perfect Strangers

This life is truly underrated. I have said this to myself so many times now, that I reckon it has become an enlightenment of sorts. Months ago, when I was volunteering with Ecosphere in Spiti I met my co-volunteer, Sonali in Manali. We were just about to start our journey from Manali to Kaza and…

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The serene statue of Buddha in Langza.

This was taken in the evening when I was returning from my unsuccessful attempt at herding the cattle! Amrita DasI have been a travel and culture independent journalist. My bylines have appeared in many publications worldwide including National Geographic Traveller India, Lonely Planet Magazine India, The Indian Express and World Travel Magazine. A fellow of…

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The Kee Monastery in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh

On my first solo trip, I got a chance to visit the Kee Monastery. It looks this special on a clear day with the greenhouse on the right and the farming fields in the lower centre.   Amrita DasI have been a travel and culture independent journalist. My bylines have appeared in many publications worldwide…

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Volunteering with Ecosphere, Spiti

A sensible friend asked me, ‘why are you doing this?’ without any mistrust, only curiosity. My answer, ‘I just feel like it.’ That was a month before I left for Kaza from Bombay. I was not sure of very many things at that point, only that I was going to experience Himachal like never before….

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