Photos of the Backpacking Trip
hey people!
well, finally, after a week I landed back at my place, I have managed to scan through all my pics, and finally uploaded them :) the (many)links are below :)
thanks ;)
cya!
-aashish
AmritsarMcleodganj DharamsalaDalhousie KhajjiarjammuSrinagarOn road to LehLehOn Road To ManaliManaliShimlaDehradunUttarkashiGangotriOn road to RishikeshRishikesh
Early morning back to delhiLabels: photography, trek
27 days. On the road. Amritsar-Himachal-JnK-Himachal-Uttaranchal.
Highlights - photography, interesting food, cheap acco, weird company for travel, punctures, military convoy lifts, learnings on sex at an overnight tea stall, cold deserts, sand storms in cold deserts, falling rocks, friend falling off a cliff (almost), treks, 2nd highest motorable road, highest motorable road, Leh-Ladakh, Kashmir valley, rafting, holy dips in ganges - 6 times :P, hot women to see, none to date :(, and a memorable trip.
Enjoyed it :)
Labels: Life, personal, photography, trek
Summer Plans?
Even though this blog has minimum readers, I still post this here.. incase that I get some company :D
Hello!
Well, I have had this plan for quite some time in my head - backpack touring north India from Amritsar to Nainital over a span of 30 odd days, spending meagerly on accomodation and travel, and covering as much as possible on a shoe string budget (my upper end approximation is Rs. 10k) with the trip being a feast for the eye, camera and the diary alike.
The "itinerary" that I have planned as of now is somewhat as follows
delhi-amritsar train amritsar-wagah - 2 daysamritsar-dharamsala-dalhousie-3 daysdalhousie-jammu-srinagar 3 days srinagar-sonmarg-amarnath-dras-kargil-leh-ladhak 7 daysladhak-manali -3 days manali-simla - 3 dayssimla-dehradun-haridwar-gangotri-nainital 8 days to decide: nainital-kathmandu-gangtok-bhutan-assam ???Well, since the plans are not concrete, and all the traveling decisions are to be taken right on the spot where we are, plans are open to discussion :) The only "decision" is to start from Amritsar and Wagah, because of my want to see the Wagah border. From there on, local state buses/ general train tickets, cheap hotels, govt. rest houses are the plan of the day, unless you wish to sponsor the goodies :). And we can always include / exclude somethings here and there for a "better" trip :) I have the following things in my head that I want to see - Wagah, Ladhak, Leh, Gangotri. All others are open to discussion :)
Plans to start off on the trip is around May 25th, because the Ladhak area is not open before the 10th of June (or so I am told :) )
If u are interested, please do mail back soon. If u are not, still mail back, and I shall try to convince you :) . Also, If u are interested in a part of the trip, that shall also do, because I may end up moving with loads of different groups across the "huge" trip :) coz I am in desperate need for some good company :)
-aAshish
Labels: Life, personal, photography
Aha!
The other side of south Bombay - the not so frequented one by IITians, is what I walked through today. Photographing through Mahalaxmi - race course.. fell in love with the horses, once again ;) - Worli sea face - Haji Ali - Warden Road - Green Lawns High School (sigh!) - Pedder Road - cab to Marine Drive - Mama Mia's - Bachelors - walk to VT (!!!) - a huge glass of sugarcane juice - and the 11.03 local to thane.
Life's simple. life's good.. or so I should hope. A thought lingered in my head all the time I was at warden road, and it magnified when I passed by Green Lawns... something that I have been struggling to work out for the past 4 days now. let's see how life turns!
Labels: Life, Mumbai, photography
Day 3
For the last couple of days, I've been making long 45 min train journeys to south Bombay, to kill time, take time of the regular rut of work in life, and some important pending decisions. And what better way to do so than with an D-SLR around the neck, a 2GB card in that, and loads of time to shoot!
Day 1 was from VT to flora fountain, a detour to BSE, the naval docks, Kalaghoda, NGMA crossing, stopover at McDonalds Colaba, Gateway, Colaba Causeway, coffee at
Barista and dinner at Cafe Churchill :)
Day 2 started from VT, to RBI, naval docks, Kalaghoda, NGMA crossing, cuffparade road, all the way down to WTC, then a bus ride to VT, walk to nariman point - Air India Building, walk to Gateway, colaba causeway again, and a dinner stop once again at Churchills! A coffee at Barista to clear my headache, and back home!
Today I need to decide what to shoot, so, let's see :) Life's good, so far. Photos will be up soon, editing and conversion from RAW format needs to be done :)
Labels: Life, Mumbai, photography
