After cycling 60 miles (97 kilometers), high-altitude camping at 2,200 meters (7,218 feet) and hiking 11 miles (17 kilometer) uphill — including ascending the Western Ghats second-highest peak, Meesapulimala, at 2,640 meters (8,661 feet) —...
One of the many cardamom plantations along the Cardamom Trail
“Today we’ll be cycling the Cardamom Trail,” my guide, Rattan, tells me over breakfast. “It’s 91 kilometers (57 miles) from here to Periyar.”
I almost spit out...
Just one of the many aerial views from atop Meesapulimala
Ascending the second-highest mountain in the Western Ghats. Trekking through the world’s highest organic tea garden.Viewing Nilgiri Tahr, an endemic and endangered species. These are just...
I don’t like beaches. Trust me, I’ve tried. From Australia’s Surfers’ Paradise to South Africa’s Clifton, from Sweden’s Skane to home-grown Kovalam in Kerala. Yet, am unable to fathom all the song and dance around...
Painting of Mirabai by GR Sharma
Cultural expedition to walk in the footsteps of Mirabai
Mirabai was a 16th century Rajasthani princess, a composer of devotional songs and a mystic who fought against convention to give voice to...
The walled city of Shahjahanabad (famously known as Chandni Chowk) is a perpetual jewel box of enigmatic facts and history. The more I explore the old city, it throws out more on me. There is...
“The Western Ghats are a very important place in India. It’s home to the richest bird life on the Indian Peninsula as well as thousands of Ayurvedic plants.”
I’m at the Hornbill Camp, taking a tour...
Did it ever strike your mind that a place which relieves you of your tensions every morning by generously allowing you to place your bums to ease over it has a long drawn history behind...
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