When I went home this Durga Puja, I had a clear purpose in mind, to somehow see Bodh Gaya. I know it’s a shame that I hadn’t been to Bodh Gaya in spite of being a Bihari, but when I grew up there, the socio-political conditions were not very fit for tourism. This time however, it had [...]
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Day 10: Return to Base Camp Woke up that day thinking we are returning to base camp today. It was mixed emotions. You don’t want to leave the mountains but you want to return back to civilization too and have a bath (It had been 6-7 days since last bath ). I remember having noodles [...]
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Next Destination: Bandak Thatch - Ht. 8000 ft. (10 KM) 6 hrs Day 9 When we came to Biskeri Thatch, we had descended to 11000Ft. It was all descend now (C’mon, you have to come back some day ). Next day I woke up earlier than usual and I was in an off mood that [...]
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Next destination: Ratapani – Ht. 10700 ft.(12 km) Day6: After promising to keep the post on Padri short and failing miserably I am making no such promises now, so you have to bear with my blabbering. Though the YHAI website mentions this trek to be 7km, the information is wrong. The field director at base camp [...]
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Next Destination : Padri – Ht. 8900 ft. (10 kms) Day 5 When I completed writing about Grahan(I forgot to mention – Ht. 7700 ft. (09 kms)), I thought the post on Padri would be small, that nothing extraordinary had happened that day. But I had forgotten the most unexpected even that happened that evening. [...]
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