Over 2000 Km by road, in around 10 days. Stunning landscapes, wonderful people. That sums up our Ladakh trip. But how did it actually work? How did we make it happen? Read on to find out! Leh, the capital of Ladakh , is accessible by air and road. Flying into Leh is the easiest, and time-saving option, while the road is the time consuming one, but with the added advantage of driving past some of the most beautiful landscapes in our country. Each option has much to recommend it, and we chose the road for just one reason – altitude sickness. Altitude sickness was one of my biggest concerns, since I suffer from motion-sickness. Yes, I do travel a lot, but that is despite my condition, and, over the years, have learnt how to handle it. I struggled with it when we visited Nathu-La in Sikkim, and wondered if I would be able to manage a week at the even higher altitudes that we would encounter in Ladakh. This was the reason we stuck to a basic plan, of only 9 days in Ladakh, though we
A new year is here, and I am back with a new series.....Theres a bit of history, a bit of temples, a bit of sculptures, a bit of wildlife, and of course, a lot of photographs!!!!
Yes I am back from my year end vacation !!! We had a wonderful holiday for ten whole days, starting with three days at the Jungle Lodges' Sloth Bear Resort at Hampi, where we divided our time between appreciating the beauty of nature and the creativity of artisans of a bygone era... Of course, for the spiritual part of me, there were some fascinating ancient temples too...... This was followed by a couple of days at Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal, where we found ourselves deeply interested in history, and wished we had paid more attention to it while at school!
Yes I am back from my year end vacation !!! We had a wonderful holiday for ten whole days, starting with three days at the Jungle Lodges' Sloth Bear Resort at Hampi, where we divided our time between appreciating the beauty of nature and the creativity of artisans of a bygone era... Of course, for the spiritual part of me, there were some fascinating ancient temples too...... This was followed by a couple of days at Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal, where we found ourselves deeply interested in history, and wished we had paid more attention to it while at school!
Meanwhile, Samhith discovered the joys of travelling in a passenger train, surprised that it turned out to be the best part of the entire train journey that took us across Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra! We brought in the new year as usual at Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, where we had enough time to relax and get rejuvenated for the new year! And now it is time for me to sit down and begin to write down all I gained on this trip, but there is so much to say, that it will surely take me some time to pen my thoughts down.... Meanwhile, you can click on the collage to see my Picasa Album, or you can click on the photos below.....There are just too many photos to post this time!!!
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| Hampi-Badami trip Part 1 |
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| Hampi Badami Trip Part 2 |
Wow,what a lovely way to ring in the new year. :-))
ReplyDeleteAnu- the picasa links dont work, rather it says there are no albums to view.... think you need to chk the privacy settings... :)
ReplyDelete@Aarti: That was fast!! Thanks so much..... can you please check again.... I have made the albums Public now...
ReplyDeleteReally nice! Wishing a year full of happiness and more travels. :)
ReplyDeleteAnu Samhith with the sunflower picture is worth framing! Both look radiant.
ReplyDeletegreat photos ,good that you visited cave paintings near anegundi . its just awesome . There few interesting facts about those paintings.
ReplyDelete@Bindhu: thanks! Wish you too a wonderful, travel filled year!!!
ReplyDelete@Mridula: thanks so much!!! shall do that!
@Team G Square: have u been there? written about ti???? it was just awesome!
yes have been there. I visited that place two times . there was an interesting article on this place recently in paper . I wrote but by cat didn't like it , the post got delelted before publishing .
ReplyDeleteSplendid Collage. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteSplendid Collage. Happy New Year!
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