Most travel guides to Joshimath spend three paragraphs on where to eat and none on what to eat. Which is a significant oversight, because Garhwali cuisine — the food of the hill communities
Most travel guides to Joshimath spend three paragraphs on where to eat and none on what to eat. Which is a significant oversight, because Garhwali cuisine — the food of the hill communities
There is a particular type of travel experience that exists just beyond the obvious stopping point — the place that rewards the visitor who walks five kilometres further than everyone else. Vasudhara Falls
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Tapovan is one of those places where the geology and the geography and the mythology have conspired to create something that most visitors
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Badrinath is one of those places where getting the geography right before you arrive makes the difference between a darshan that happens by
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Hemkund Sahib is a place where the geography is so improbable and so extraordinary that it almost needs to be established as fact
The question that most family travel guides to the Himalayas answer badly is not which treks to do — it is whether to do them at all. There is a tendency to treat
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and Mana is one of those places where the geography is so dramatic and so final that it makes everything else feel provisional. Mana
Most people arrive in Joshimath with a single purpose. The trek. The trail starts here, the boots go on here, the guide briefing happens here, and then after a night's sleep and an
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and the seasons of Joshimath are one of those cases where understanding the geography first makes everything else make sense. Joshimath sits at 6,150
Sometimes a geography lesson is the only way in, and the Char Dham Yatra is one of those journeys where the geography, the mythology, the history and the practical logistics are so thoroughly