Cooling Off

The heat is becoming unbearable each passing day, and with the summer holidays of the kids already on, I thought we may as well hit the hills..So, we set off for Manali. As we didn’t have much time to plan, all our forest rest houses have been booked by the time I made my enquiries. [...]

Dhanolti – off the beaten track

 
Its been a long time since we had a break and went out, especially to some wild and isolated place. We had gone to most of the hill stations and the kids could not reconcile to the fact that these days the hill stations are hardly any different from any city or town -  the [...]

The Taj

Its been a long time since we had gone out for a holiday. This weekend presented a golden opportunity as Friday was declared a holiday on account of Shivratri. So I took half day leave from office on thursday, pack my bags and set off with the kids on my car. As for the destination, [...]

Ukhrul da eigi

Ukhrul is one of the most beautiful places in Manipur. Home to the proud Tangkhuls and abode of the unique Siroy lily and immortalised by many songs notably by Naba Volcano – Ukhrul da eigi thawai leihoure, Chingi eechal …Ukhrul has been beckoning since childhood. However I have not been able to visit this wonderful [...]

Into the Jungle

I just came back from a funfilled and adventurous outing inside the forests of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the states well endowed with rich natural and wild life resources. In order to tap the eco-tourism potential of the state the Jungle Lodges and Resorts was launched some 25 years ago and today they have [...]