Day 30-32 (August 2nd to 4th) Delhi to Vindravan (Mathura)
The purpose of coming to Mathura was to see some temples. We stopped at some small place in the middle of nowhere which had two men inside. The younger one … Read more
The purpose of coming to Mathura was to see some temples. We stopped at some small place in the middle of nowhere which had two men inside. The younger one … Read more
We are on our way to Mathura, which is a long way from Hardwar so we decided to go via Delhi on a supposedly fast road. In fact it was … Read more
After being trapped in the hotel room for a couple of hours by torrential monsoon rain, we visited the Har Ki Pauri Ghat. Mukesh dropped us off at a muddy … Read more
We were really sorry to leave Shimla. It is such an interesting town, although it is choked with traffic. Perhaps this was because the holiday season has started when people … Read more
From the ridiculous to the sublime. I don’t know why Mukesh booked us two full days in Manali because after the first day there was nothing else to see. So … Read more
July 22nd was a somewhat unproductive day. We left the beautiful Blue Pines hotel (named after a nearby monastery) at 11 AM and got to Manali before 12.30 because a … Read more
We visited Leh Palace, which was only a 3-minute drive from the hotel, in the morning. It was built in 1600 by Sengge Namgyal, the king of Ladakh when it … Read more
We met a very pleasant American gent during breakfast who was suffering from an AMS headache and gave his breakfast to his driver. It seems we can only come to … Read more
Today was utterly spectacular. We set off from the guest house at Nubra Valley and took a different route out of the village through sand dunes and clumps of bushes … Read more
We had to travel by taxi to Nubra Valley because, according to Mukesh the state of the road which would wreck his car, but is likely to be the insistence … Read more