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Everyone wants to be happy. But what happiness really is?
What makes you happy?
We decided to find the answer, where else but in Bhutan, officially the land of happiness.
It all started with the long-term desire each one of us had to visit Bhutan. Yes, of course apart from the famous…
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“I know that I must do what’s right. Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.”
– From the song “Africa” by Toto
I must’ve heard this line and this song a million times esp. in a drunken stupor particularly in a pub eponymously named ‘Toto’ in Mumbai. While nursing…
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11 days of high-altitude acclimatization (Leh-Markha Valley-Stok Base Camp) crossing some 5000 m passes, sleeping in subzero temperatures in the tent, experiencing wolves attack at the base camp, getting frost-nipped, climbing Stok Kangri (6153 m/20,180 ft) for the second time in five years in the night at -15 deg…
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Prologue
AMS – Acute Mountain Sickness
HACE – High Altitude Cerebral Edema
HAPE – High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
The briefing was in progress. The dal bhat (lentil soup with rice) routine (for every meal) including for the dinner was over. The group was sipping hot ginger lemon honey tea rather quietly. The mood…
Hi, I'm more of a story teller of my various travels and experiences. This blog is an account of my adventures so far. Hope you enjoy reading it and in a way travel with me...
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