There is much happening in the next six months. I will begin my journeys in a few days in the Himalayas, followed by travels in several parts of North India and Asia. Here is the general plan at this time. Would you have any interesting travel tips in any of these places that I should check out?
Spiti Himalayas. I will be in Lahaul & Spiti next week, leading a photography tour for Darter. I will be travelling through magnificent Chandratal Lake, Kaza and several high-altitude villages in Spiti Valley. Besides leading tours for Darter, I am also hoping to do some personal photography projects in the area.
A few short trips. I may be retracing my last year’s visit to the waterfalls of the western ghats after coming back from Spiti. I would also be getting to spend some time in Kochi soon after.
Myanmar and Cambodia. I am excited to be leading this photography tour to Myanmar. My visit to Myanmar last year was an eye-opener about the country. It is well accessible, easy to travel through than what it was a decade ago. And it is welcoming visitors and opening up for more travellers year after year. I am looking forward to going back again, now with a bunch of photography enthusiasts. Travelling Myanmar is a great pleasure.
A minor fall at Bagan in Myanmar, a dislocated wrist bone that is now put back in its place and eventually a cast o the right hand that is bound to stay there for 6 weeks is forcing me to keep this blog unattended for next 45 days. Nothing very serious or to be worried about. There are many stories to tell..See you again in late November.
I could not have been more excited. In a week’s time, I will be in Yangon exploring its gilded Pagodas and conversing with its longyi-wearing people who always seem to be smiling with their beetle-stained teeth.
A visit to Myanmar is something I have been dreaming for years. I longed to travel into the country when reading Pico Iyer’s cultural experiences in the country, reading the stories of teak-country from Amitav Ghosh or hearing about Eric Newby’s adventure of sailing down the Ayeyarwady.
I always thought of it as a distant dream, but when the country began opening up in the last few years, my antennae were alerted. When the world–more precisely all the travel magazines and travel writings–started focusing heavily on Myanmar in the last year, I knew it was high time. It was the beginning of a transformational period in the country, and I wanted to be there before the country changed much.
I will be off to Myanmar next week, spending three weeks travelling through Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay and Inle Lake. I don’t think I have looked forward any journey so longingly in the recent years.
Soon after I return from Myanmar, I am out again to visit another neighbour – Bhutan. Later, in November and December months, my travel calendar is lined up with trips to Varanasi on a photography tour, Darjeeling and its surroundings for a photography assignment, and Rajasthan for another photography tour.
In Varanasi and Rajasthan, I will be leading photography tours for Darter. Do join me on these trips.
There is much happening in the next six months. I will begin my journeys in a few days in the Himalayas, followed by travels in several parts of North India and Asia. Here is the general plan at this time. Would you have any interesting travel tips in any of these places that I should check out?
