I am not on instagram, don't post many pics on other social media and I tend to be really callous about taking and storing good pics. I have lost some really good pics because of changing many phones and losing data on my laptop. But ultimately I realized that some pics are too special not to preserve. So I thought it would be wise to store a few select pics in my blog and add a brief description.
Trip to Kalga, Himachal Pradesh - June 2016
I have already placed this small, quaint, gorgeous village situated on the top of a hill/mountain on a huge pedestal in a post I wrote last year so I won't elaborate too much. This was where my friends and I stayed during our trip here.
Breathtaking view from the balcony of our cottage guesthouse. I think from the relaxed posture of my friends leg, one can only imagine what an amazingly chilled out trip this was.
The Beatles Ashram, Rishikesh - March 2016
This was really special for a couple of reasons. To say that the Beatles is incredibly special to me is an understatement. There was something about the Beatles ashram that was magical and I just can't place what. Probably just thought of the presence of the Fab 4 in a mystical land and to know that there were beatles fans around the world who had come here to pay tribute to their favourite band by making beautiful fan art, scribbling lyrics of the songs everywhere made me feel such a deep connect with them. (Mama and Papa, I don't mean to freak you out) but this was my first ever solo trip. It actually was an awesome experience because Rishikesh was such a bustling touristy place, that not even for one moment did I feel awkward or unsafe. Only in one instance, when I was all alone in the ashram, I really was hoping that someone would come so I could ask them to take a pic of me with the magnificent Beatles fan art as background. Sure enough 2 British ladies came and when I asked, one of them very happily took the second pic and I remember her beaming after she had taken the pic, saying, " The purple colour of your t-shirt is a really good contrast against the backdrop."
Star pics
The above pic was sent to me by Appu chacha - an awesome family member of mine who I highly respect and look up to. He had read my blog and I suppose, in response to one of my posts, sent me this pic saying that he thought I might like it. Truth is I love it and I couldn't stop staring at it for a really long time. He told me it is an anti poaching camp he had been to in the middle of a jungle 25 kms from the Gudalur district of Tamil Nadu. The Indian landscape really is a majestic wonder!
