Blogs from Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia - page 2

IF MONEY IS NECESSARY TO GO OUT FOR TRAVELLING,TREKKING AND TOURING,ALL THE RICH PEOPLE WILL NEVER LIVE IN THEIR HOME AND THEY WILL BE ALWAYS IN THE OUT OF HOME.IT IS WRONG. MONEY CAN NOT STOP THE TRAVELLER,TREKKER AND TOURING PEOPLE TO GO OUT FROM HOME FOR ENJOYING THE ADVENTUROUS MOMENTS IN THE HIMALAYAS.THIS IS CALLED SPECIAL QUALITY WHICH IS FOUND ONLY IN ADVENTURE,NATURE AND PICTURE LOVE PEOPLE.SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE SAVE MONEY FROM THEIR EARNINGS FOR WANDERING.THEY DO NOT SAVE FOR FUTURE,THEY SAVE FOR ENJOYMENT IN ADVENTUROUS MOMENTS. SOME MONEY MINDED PEOPLE SAY THOSE WHO TRAVEL,TREK AND TOUR IN THE HIMALAYAS OR ELSEWHERE,THEY WASTE AND CONSUME THEIR MONEY UNNECESSARILY.THOSE WHO TRAVEL,THEY KNOW HOW THEY EARN,LEARN AND GET THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN THEY ACTUALLY CONSUME THE MONEY ON TRAVEL. ALSO IT IS ... read more

"I have no trekking experience. I have never traveled alone, left the Indian subcontinent or stayed in a tent. " - this was me 15 days from the trip , talking about how stupid the idea sounds in my head now. I was stunned that I did not think of all this before booking the flights, bus and the package trip. One week before the trip came the moment where i had to tell my mother about it. I obviously lied that I'm not going alone. The idea that i'm truly alone set in when i was sitting in the flight heading to Delhi. As the huge piece of metal magically landed safely and I didn't have any one next to me handing me a paper bag, that's when I realized - I have pick up ... read more

Bala, Inner Saraj Valley, Himachal Pradesh 9th October, 2014 “Smile, breathe and go slowly” Thic Nhat Hanh “Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more” Mother Teresa “What is your name?......What is your quest?.......What is your favourite colour?” The Bridgekeeper, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Waking early to a totally clear sky, I decide to do my stuff and take a bike ride the long way to Banjar so as to score a glimpse of distant snow caps, as is my passion. Rather than the relatively good 8 km road this is a 15 km unsurfaced road with some sections reduced to a mud bath. But at one point the views north and east reveal distant high mountains. My plan is to visit Wolfgang, a German married to ... read more

Solahnu April 1st 2014 Find a place to call my own And try and fix up Start a brand new day Neil Young, Out on the Weekend Solahnu village (pop 123) sits at 2,800 mts above sea level in Banjar Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh and is one of hundreds of small villages strung across the lower Himali which are only accessible by walking/climbing track (often goat track). Yes it has electricity and piped water, satellite TV and even sporadic internet (for the few who have computers) but no shops and little flat space as it clings to the mountain side. The plus here is that being so high it receives over 10 hours direct sunlight from Spring to Autumn and a good deal more sunlight than the lower valley in Winter. And so agriculture is ... read more

You can add up the parts but you won't have the sum Leonard Cohen - Anthem The coherent effect of religious belief on the social fabric of a society is often a more significant 'outcome' of a belief system than the truth or not of the belief system itself. In Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, the so-called 'Valley of the Gods', this is very much apparent. The people are deeply religious and god-fearing. They live in one of the most spectacular settings on earth – the Himalayan foothills. The natural environment is magnificent and grand in the outplay of physical force, so much so as to have led the inhabitants to assign it supernatural powers. The mountains themselves are gods, together with an array of greater and minor (village level) deities. There is a particularly local ... read more