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
Returning back to Mumbai, I found an opportunity to visit a place I had been planning to, for a long time.... the Joshi Museum of Miniature Railways in Pune...
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
जयपुर से निकली गाडी दिल्ली चले हल्ले हल्ले. I remembered the song from Sridevi and Rishi from yhe film Gurudev where this type of miniature railway musuem was shown along with a city. But that was quite large.
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