6 Nov 2025 My hike captured on Garmin Despite being tired, did not sleep well. And heard from a couple of the others that they didn’t either. We all heard a symphony of barking in the middle of the night, and speculated that maybe a bear had come too close. Once a dog walked past…
5 Nov 2025 I’d slept fitfully the night before. The thunderstorm and pelting rain kept me awake, haunted by the worry that the tent might take off in the night. But at some point I must have actually slept, because I remember waking. 6-ish. The weather had calmed, it wasn’t raining. Pawan had warned us…
4 Nov 2025 An easy day with a small ascent and only 5 kms to walk. It was the most enjoyable day of the whole trek. I had enough bandwidth to notice and photograph tiny wild flowers. It wasn’t the flowering season, so only a few inconspicuous blooms were around – but there were plenty…
7 Nov 2025 A long, long day of travel for most of us – uneventful, right up to Dehradun. Then things decided to get interesting. A bright blue sky greeted me in the morning. The nearly full moon was slipping behind a hill, still perfectly visible and begging for photos. A small variation in the…
3 Nov 2025 Despite the thick duvets, I only managed a so-so night of sleep. In fact, throughout the trek days this was to be the story of my life. And Vinay’s too – we exchanged notes on poor sleep patterns. The call for morning lemon tea came at 6:40, despite being told it would…
2 Nov 2025 Somewhere early 2025, Ak showed interest in a Himalayan trek – and we started discussing the idea with Ashok. A “potentials” whatsapp group was created, out of which the final trek group was 6 of us: Ashok & Ashwini (the Ashes!), Vinay, Ram (primary school friend of Vinay, new to the rest…
6th Jan, 2023 We decide that this, our last day in Dubrovnik, we shall spend unhurriedly wandering in the Old Town, seeing some museums on our checklist. But first, I want to see the fish in the old port that we have so far only seen at night. We walk there directly after breakfast, and…
5th Jan, 2023 When we go places, I am slightly obsessed with experiencing the public transport there. So far in Dubrovnik, we got there by taxi from the airport, walked everywhere local, and did a day outing by cab. Then this was to be the designated public transport day. We get day tickets at the…
A day trip from Dubrovnik into Bosnia to see two main attractions: Kravica waterfalls and Mostar. Went via Ston, a picturesque little Croatian town and over the new Chinese-built bridge.
3rd Jan 2023 Having got milk for coffee in our grocery shopping yesterday, I have a morning routine now. The apartment had a coffee maker and proper (not instant) coffee, and single use filters. Fort Lovrijenac (St. Lawrence) stands a bit apart from the wall, outside the Pile Gate, but it is also included in…
