I am on the way to the heart of India, starting my journey from the small historical town of Orchha. Orchha turned out to be a lot more beautiful than I expected. A river with clear waters, some charming monuments, temples and a lot of birds. The rocky river bed is the kind of place where I would like to sit and while away the whole day. I will try to make a few posts on my journeys while I travel in the next two weeks, passing through Khajuraho, Jabalpur and a few more places. Hopefully, I will be tweeting about my journeys as well. I have never been good with twitter, but I promise I will try! Follow me on indiatravelblog twitter account.
I have been mostly home and quiet since my Shimla trip. I have made a few short journeys though – a weekend trip to Chikmagalur and another one to Coorg on work. One more is soon to follow this weekend, where I am taking a group of travellers to Coorg (more details here).
But my wishlist for near future is long, like a wishlist always is. I have been hatching a plan to spend two weeks in Madhya Pradesh, but it is not concrete yet. With the arrival of winter visitors, I intend to do some bird watching and photography in the western ghats, hopefully in Dandeli in surrounding areas. I also wish to make a trip to the coast of Karnataka and photograph winter landscapes by the sea. Gokarna is one place I can think of, where I can spend days and days. A friend is also tempting me for a short trek in the Himalayas.
Only yesterday, I saw some images from Sandakphu and wondered how I never knew much about this magical place. I don’t think there are many places on earth from where you can get clear views of both Kanchenjunga and Everest.
In the meanwhile, I am doing short birding outings out of the city and am tempted to do more and more of it. Just outside the urban expanse is such a rich variety of birds, one can easily spend the entire winter just looking for them.
Most likely I will begin making some travel plans once I am back from the TravelWise trip to Coorg. Of course, ideally I would like to be in all these places, but winter is short and when the summer comes, it is time to stay home. I will keep you updated as things start rolling.
September has been one of the slowest months on India Travel Blog in terms of travelogues and longer stories. The reasons are many. I have been spending some time travelling, and also working on a few things that have kept me busy. I just returned from Shimla where I spent a week with judges and winners of Club Mahindra Blog‘s My Trip of a Lifetime contest. A short trip to Galibore on the bank of Kaveri followed. A detailed write-up on these will follow in a few days. Other things that kept me occupied were a few travel writing requests that had to be completed within this month. Starting this month, I am also writing for iVinca, a start up specializing in experiential travel. My iVinca write-ups will be slightly varied from what I write here. It will have short and long write-ups on my travel experiences, travel industry, travel and social media and iVinca specializations.
I have been trying to post regularly on India Travel Blog, though it has been mostly pictures. I have also been slack on reading other blogs and articles on the net, an activity on which I used to spend long hours. I should be back to regular posting here from October, when I hope to write a few long posts on Shimla and continue writing Ladakh Travelogues. Stay tuned. 🙂