Cycling To Spiti, Day 9, Such a Losar.

Day 9.  Key Gompa to Losar, via Kibber, Chicham, Kiamo, Hansa.  Distance Ridden: 53 Kilometers. Oh such a Losar. I woke up...

Cycling To Spiti, Day 8, Tabo to Key Gompa

Day 8.  Tabo to Key Gompa.  Distance Ridden: 64 KMs Where's the key? I started after a quick breakfast at Cafe Kunzum top, the init...

Cycling To Spiti, Day 7, Namaste Spiti Valley

Day 7, Nako to Tabo Namaste Spiti Valley I missed several alarms and woke up around 9 only after the noise of bricks falling on the...

Cycling to Spiti, Day 6, Nako

Day 6, Puh to Nako. Distance Ridden: 42 Kilometers I woke up around 9 AM, the bad roads of yesterday and the day end climbs were...

Cycling to Spiti, Day 5, What the Puh?

Day 5. Kalpa to Puh Distance Ridden: 86 Kilometers Roads? What roads? I started from Kalpa around 10AM with short ride to Rello Peak (...

Cycling to Spiti, Day 4, Kalpa!

Day 4. Kalpa Distance Ridden: 0 KM. Rest and Talk, Talk and Rest. When I woke up today to the sound of drums from a festival at the near...

Cycling to Spiti, Day 3, Entry to Kinnaur

Day 3 Distance Ridden: 87 kms. Jeori To Kalpa, via Wangto, Tapri, Karchem, Reckong Peo Misadventures. When I woke up, I had the alar...

Cycling to Spiti, Day 2, Jeori.

Day 2, Kumarsahn to Jeori, Via Rampur. Distance Ridden: 74 KMs.  Why don't you get a scooty? Last night I had to unp...

Cycling to Spiti! Day 1, Shimla

Day 1. Shimla - Kumharsain Distance Ridden: 83 Kilometers After dinner at around 11 at one of those Murthal Dhabas I fell asleep, a...

Cycling to Spiti! Day 0, Noida.

Day 0, Noida - Delhi Distance on Cycle: 23KM Murphy's Law. This week has been a torture, the last minute shopping spree that doesn...

A weekend in Banaras, A stop motion video

I was quickly going through all pictures I shot in Banaras and it looked like a poorly made stop-motion video. So, I went ahead and conv...

Happy new year, Banaras,day 3, part 2

Day 3, Part 2 After finally sitting for a late lunch at a rooftop cafe, I received a text saying that my train would leave tomorro...

Happy new year, Banaras. Day 3, part 1

Day 3, Part 1. Last night, I did take a walk on the ghat and was beside the river when we entered the new year, I heard loud count...

Namaste Banaras, Day 2.

Day 2. Last night while going for dinner I got a call from the Hostel Manager, he had sent another girl to the same place he recomm...

Namaste Banaras.

Day 1.   Last night before starting for the trip I had to clear out my schedule, do the dishes, the pending laundry, the pending r...

Warmth

Warmth.  Dear Beloved,  I do not fancy the moon. It's too far, And doesn't keep me warm at night, Like you do. In Picture, A bir...

Delhi, June 23, 2017

Chintu Travels Day 15.  The end.  Leh airport is one of the smallest airports I have been to, it's smaller than a lot of small railw...

Leh-Ladakh, June 22, 2017

Chintu Travels Day 14. Penultimate Day, there is this sinking feeling every time a trip ends, and it feels too short every time, though ...

Leh-Ladakh, June 21, 2017

Chintu Travels Day 13.  This is a first, a 13th day on a trip for me! lt sounds like a long trip but it isn't that long, I have been...

Pangong-Ladakh, June 20, 2017

Chintu Travels Day 12.   last night at pangong I was supposed to click the starry night, but the clouds showed up with rain.   Me and J...