Author: Mustard Feet
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Blue Reverie of Pangong Tso
Leaving Diskit We leave the white terraces of Diskit Monastery beneath a sky already beginning to close. From the west, clouds advance in long gray battalions over the barren folds of the mountains, deliberate and soundless, swallowing the pale blue of the afternoon. The prayer flags above the monastery flutter wildly for a moment, then…
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Takdah : Silent Hills Of Teas, Pines And Black Panther
There are places in the hills that become destinations, and then there are places that quietly remain memories. Takdah felt like the latter from the very beginning. While the roads to Darjeeling keep carrying endless waves of tourists, honking vehicles and crowded viewpoints, Takdah seemed to sit silently somewhere beyond all that noise — hidden…
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A Wunderschön called Hallstatt
We were already overwhelmed by the romanticism of Salzburg, and we were really not ready what unfolded before us in the next two days – the beauty of Hallstatt is something we expect to exist only in picture books and fairy-tales. Hallstatt is often described as “the most beautiful lake town in the world” and…
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Hanging Monasteries of Meteora
Located at the northwest tip of the plain of Thessaly in Greek mainland, the region of Meteora is unique. It is a small region where an ancient monastic community and a rare geological phenomenon of huge rock pillars coexist in absolute harmony. Meteora is defined by a series of large pillars of rock, with some…
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Eunoia of Pahalgam
A blue sky and yellow fields of mustards greeted us as soon as we left the city of Srinagar. It was almost noon and the sun shone brilliantly giving the mustard field a beautiful glow with the brown mountains standing at the back as guardians. We landed at Srinagar the previous night as today we…
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Lamahatta – A walk among the Pines
As our car turned left on to Peshok Road at Ghum, the road de-congested. The trees crowded on both sides of the road as we proceeded towards Lamahatta. The idyllic place, situated only 25 km from Darjeeling offers a vast and peaceful stretch of conifer and pine trees to spend your time. Upon reaching, we…
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Ri Kynjai – the Perfect Stopover
Our car left Guwahati airport and started a slow journey, negotiating the congested city traffic, towards Meghalaya. It was only after we turned south onto NH-6 from NH-27, that our car found some swiftness and speed. Our destination, Shillong, was still a couple of hours away. But at that time, we were eager for our lunch…
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Limerence with Nature at Gosau
Think of a long stretch of green valley nestled between cloud crowned mountains with farms and houses dotted up the gently rising slopes backed by tall alpine trees – a small river flowing gently at the middle and at the end of the valley sits a picture perfect lake with a backdrop of a glacier. That’s…
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Island Felicity of Andaman
Not only the magnificent colours of the sea, or the beautiful white beaches and the rich underwater world, it is also the slow paced, peaceful environment, the lovely and warm people that make the islands of Havelock and Neil in Andamans a top choice to dissolve your logjams of mind and soul.
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Manali to Leh via Tsomoriri
It was decided long ago that when we will go to Ladakh, we would do it by the driving on the spectacular Manali-Leh Highway. Our dear friend Indranil da, who is an expert in organizing tours in Ladakh, suggested that we add Tso Moriri to this road trip to which we readily agreed and decided…
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