Travel TIPS

Blogging Is DEAD: Long Live Blogging

Feb 192024
 
Blogging Is DEAD: Long Live Blogging

Is Blogging DEAD? Finally, the uncomfortable question I have been trying to avoid for many years now. Is blogging in general and travel blogging in particular dead? I have never been a professional blogger nor was I ever a regular blogger churning post after post from come rain or shine from airports, hotel lobbies, train tops, and toilet seats. I have always considered myself to be a hobby travel blogger who tried to extend his journey by reliving it by writing the blog. That is why you will find many blog posts on desi Traveler are more like I [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Travel TIPS No Responses »

Free Download October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar

Oct 012021
 
Free Download October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar

Boats In A Lake: October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   As we enter October & welcome the festive and travel season let me share the October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar, featuring 2 boats in morning mist somewhere in North East India.  Talking about North East India, one of the so-called less explored regions by tourists and travelers alike. I have myself have been only to 4 places in North East India – Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.  So once travel resumes to the pre-covid days I do hope to travel to more places In North East India and explore the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Contests and Giveaways, Travel TIPS Tagged with: , ,  3 Responses »

September 2021 Wallpaper Calendar – Portrait of a Penguin

Sep 012021
 
September 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Portrait of a Penguin

Portrait of A Penguin by Shreeram MV – September 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   Wildlife photography is one of the toughest to master. Even if we ignore the cost of long lenses there are so many factors to consider e.g. you need to visit the habitat of the wild animals/birds. Some of the phenomena in wild happen only during a short window in the year e.g. the great Migration in Masai Mara, or migratory raptors in Tal Chapar, or nesting by Oliver Ridley Turtles in Orissa. So you may need to plan months or even years in advance to go [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Photography, Travel TIPS, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: , , , ,  5 Responses »

2021 desi Traveler Calendar Winners Announcement

Dec 312020
 
2021 desi Traveler Calendar Winners Announcement

Goodbye 2020, Say hello to 2021 desi Traveler Calendar Winners Hello Travelers, this post is a thank you note to all the readers of of desi Traveler blog and all the participants who have made the annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest a big success once again. We had participants from all parts of the country and abroad. Although the results have been announced on Social Media, this little blog is what I am passionate about and considering the short life of posts on social media I am sharing the names of the winners here on the desi Traveler Blog. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Contests and Giveaways, Travel TIPS Tagged with: , , , ,  1 Response »

Free Download September 2020 Wallpaper Calendar -Masrur Temples Kangra Himachal

Sep 012020
 
Free Download September 2020 Wallpaper Calendar -Masrur Temples Kangra Himachal

So we are in September of 2020, will it change anything? Will things remain the same? I have no answers only questions that I keep asking myself and pray that hopefully the worst is over and we are heading towards better months and years ahead. A new month also means a new desi Traveler Calendar, and for September 2020 Wallpaper Calendar I am sharing the Masrur Temples of Kangra in Himachal. Though I have been to Kangra earlier , but could never visit the Masrur temples due to various reasons. In my last visit to Kangra, I was lucky [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Travel TIPS 1 Response »

Free Download July 2020 Wallpaper Calendar – A Gandola In Sunset Patnitop

Jul 012020
 
Free Download July 2020 Wallpaper Calendar - A Gandola In Sunset Patnitop

So July is here, not that we noticed or went anywhere in April / May or June, yet July is here. This means half the year 2020 is gone, a good 6 months of the good year are gone of which 3 months in lockdown in our own home praying for the safety of all around us. So without any expectations except for good health for all, dear reader let me share the July 2020 Wallpaper Calendar that I clicked from a Gondola in Patnitop when another Gondola passed by. This Cable Car ride is in every essence what [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Contests and Giveaways, Travel TIPS Tagged with: , , , ,  1 Response »

Gondola Ride – The Latest Attraction At Patnitop

May 192020
 
Gondola Ride - The Latest Attraction At Patnitop

One of the challenges of this lockdown has been a total breakdown of system & discipline in life. Not that I was a great taskmaster or achiever earlier but some of my habits I actually enjoyed, like writing regularly. So though it has been a while I have traveled outside of the city ( or outside of our home actually), let me go back to one of the memorable trips I had last year to Patnitop, near Katra and Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. Now Patnitop’s claim to fame is that it is a favorite next stop of newly married [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Incredible India, Kashmir, Travel TIPS Tagged with: , , ,  No Responses »

Chateau Garli – A Heritage Hotel For Luxury Travelers in Kangra Himachal Pradesh

Nov 202019
 
Chateau Garli - A Heritage Hotel For Luxury Travelers in Kangra Himachal Pradesh

Chateau Garli -Where Heritage Greets Luxury Travelers     On one of my road trips to Kangra, our guide mentioned would you like to visit Garli a heritage village? I was like ok let us check it out, and am I glad or what that I agreed to visit this almost abandoned yet charming village that was once the forte of Suds, the traditional merchant clan of Himachal Pradesh. This is when I first visited the Chateau Garli the lesser-known heritage village in Himachal Pradesh, that very few people visit. Travelers may not visit Garli in hordes but looking [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Himachal Pradesh, Night Photography, Resorts & Hotels Review, Travel TIPS Tagged with: , , , ,  8 Responses »

10 Tips For Your First Ladakh Trip

Aug 252019
 
10 Tips For Your First Ladakh Trip

10 Tips For A Memorable First Ladakh Trip   So your wanderlust is at the peak, you can feel the adrenaline rush, the mountains are calling you ( even though most of us can’t get any signals even in Metro cities 🙂 ) and you have decided to get Leh-ed? Good for you are about to experience one of the most rugged and beautiful places on earth. But let me also add that besides being rugged and beautiful Ladakh is also sacred and ecologically fragile, and it is not your everyday hill station so you need to prepare well [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Travel TIPS Tagged with: , , ,  10 Responses »

Sultanpur National Park Gurgaon -Trip Report

Apr 252019
 
Sultanpur National Park Gurgaon -Trip Report

My Latest Visit To Sultanpur National Park February 2019 Why I am writing a post about a visit to Sultanpur National Park that I did in February 2019 in April? Trust me this is not due to my recent lazy traveler avatar ( actually it is more of a lazy blogger as I am traveling a bit only not writing that much ) I have totally lost track of the number of times I have been to Sultanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and in last few years each trip has been more saddening than the last one. From the winding road [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

 Posted by  Travel TIPS, Wildlife and Nature Tagged with: , , , ,  6 Responses »
 Older Entries