A taste of Jammu’s street food

kachallo jammu street food

Tried some street food in Jammu after a long time. Lots of changes in last few years. Some good, some not so much. 1. Kachaloos from Girdhari’s new shop in Sanjay Nagar. Clean & well maintained place. One hot, another mild. OK, but I’ve had better. 2. Sweet and sour Imli from same place. Too […]

A month in Kinnaur & Spiti. Part 4: Chichham

The day I reached Chichham saw quite a bit of sleet and snow till early afternoon and it eased up by evening. Next morning was clear and most of the snow had melted. It was 1000 m higher than Chitkul with even less greenery due to altitude and season. The place is normally under snow […]

A month in Kinnaur & Spiti. Part 3: Kaza

The hotel I reached was an old property with worn down furniture and repairs and new construction going on. They didn’t even have the kitchen operational as it was reopened only a few days back. So I went out and found a small dhaba for a meal of kadhi chawal. After coming back, I had […]

A month in Kinnaur & Spiti. Part 2: Chitkul

Cheetah helicopter flying in Himalayas

The morning of my second day in Chitkul, I wanted to just laze around doing nothing. Weather was sunny, so I thought that I should go sit on the grass and read something. Even with a bright sun outside, it was a bit cold, so I covered up and went out on a patch of […]

A month in Kinnaur and Spiti – Part 1: Road Trip

Himalayan mountains near Sangla, Himachal Pradesh

This post is a travelogue of a solo month long trip to Kinnaur and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. It started with NW getting really excited about going to the mountains for some reason. I didn’t take it seriously at first because if you go by his grand plans, you’d have seen the whole world. But […]

Another rant against tourists

I wrote this post last year while writing the Kinnaur Lahaul Spiti travelogue and  forgot to post it. While traveling one has the chance to met a number of different types of people. Some of these interactions are enjoyable, informative and memorable but a few stay in memory for somewhat wrong reasons. I have had […]

Kinnaur Lahaul Spiti Trip 2017: Trek from Chandrataal to Surajtaal

I had almost forgotten to finish this travelogue just like my previous one. Which reminds me that I should work on that one too once this is finished. No other excuse other than just being lazy and a bit too much of work. Previous post of this series. Anyhow, my plan was to stay in […]