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…]

Dec 032020
 
2021 desi Traveler Annual Calendar Contest

Win a stay at  The Grand Dragon Ladakh, or Chateau Garli Himachal, or  Emerald Trail Uttarakhand  Hello Travelers, how many of you are looking forward to 2021? I, for sure am looking forward to 2021 or to be more specific the limited edition 2021 desi Traveler Calendar that can be yours if you participate in the annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest. But that is only part of the story!    This year the good folks at The Grand Dragon Ladakh, Chateau Garli Kangra, Himachal Pradesh & Emerald Trail, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand have joined hands with desi Traveler and they are [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Apr 012020
 
Free Download April 2020 Wallpaper Calendar - Man's Best Friend In Ladakh

  April 2020 Wallpaper Calendar – A Street Dog In Ladakh   While any travel is out of scope during this 21 day lockdown period in India, there is no shortage of memories of my Ladakh trip. Af for the April 2020 Wallpaper Calendar I share this  street dog I clicked while coming back from Pangong Lake Here is a bit of back story about the April 2020 Wallpaper Calendar Tommy, Sheroo, Motee you can call him by any of these names & he responds. I am pretty sure he also understands more than one language besides Hindi like English, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jan 012020
 
Free Download January 2020 Wallpaper Calendar -Thiksey Monastery Ladakh

January 2020 Wallpaper Calendar – Featuring Thiksey Monastery Leh Goodby 2019 and a big hello to 2020 with this January 2020 Wallpaper Calendar. But I do wonder dear reader is it only me or you also feel that 2019 went away too soon almost a blink and gone kind of moment. As time never stops let us give a warm welcome to 2020 with new hopes, new desires, and new goals and let those goals be achieved by hard work & process-oriented and not just by daydreaming. Anyways after this brief Gyan session let me take you straight to the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 262019
 
2020 Annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest Win Luxury Hotel Stay With The Grand Dragon Ladakh & Chateau Garli Himachal

Win Stay with The Grand Dragon Ladakh & Chateau Garli Himachal with the 2020 desi Traveler Calendar Contest   Hello Travelers, how many of you are looking forward to 2020? I for sure am looking forward to 2020 or to be more specific the limited edition 2020 desi Traveler Calendar that can be yours if you participate in the annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest. But that is only part of the story, this year the good folks at The Grand Dragon Ladakh & Chateau Garli Kangra Himachal Pradesh have joined hands with desi Traveler and they are graciously giving [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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…]

Jul 062019
 
My Stay At The Grand Dragon Ladakh - Luxury Hotel Review

The Grand Dragon Ladakh Review I was told that Hotel Grand Dragon Ladakh is the finest Luxury Hotel in Ladakh. The reviews on various blogs and sites also said the same. So I was looking forward to staying at The Grand Dragon Ladakh.   I was prepared for the luxury, but I had no idea that I have been given only half the information. None of the reviews I read before heading to The Grand Dragon Ladakh had prepared me to the other side of Ladakhi Hospitality. Don’t get me wrong, the hotel Grand Dragon Ladakh is for sure the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

May 252019
 
A Visit To Shey Monastery Ladakh

A Quick Guide To Visiting Shey Monastery Ladakh   For some strange reason, Shey Monastery in Ladakh is not very popular among tourists visiting Ladakh. Most of the visitors in the Leh area also prefer to go to Hemis Monastery, where the mystical Naropa Festival is celebrated. Many others like to visit Thiksey Monastery on the banks to Indus, which is a magnificent 12 Story structure. In my earlier visits, I have been to Hemis a few times but missed visiting Shey & Thiksey. This time I visited Hemis again and also entered Thiksey Monastery but then it started [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 232016
 
Celebrating Naropa Festival Leh

My Experience of Naropa Festival Leh Celebrations For more than 2000, years Leh was the final frontier, a few people knew it even existed, even less wanted to visit Leh. Then after the movie 3 Idiots, getting Lehed became something to be proud of. Thankfully for thousands of years, Ladakh was not on anybody’s agenda except for Buddhist monks and an odd invading army from Central Asia on his journey to more lucrative places to plunder. Isolation due to harsh terrain to travel with heavy snow in winters leading to the closure of passes every winter meant that very [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 112016
 
India that is Bharat & a River called Indus

Confluence of Indus and Zanskar Rivers Indian constitution, Article 1(1) says, “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.” This is the only provision in the Constitution on how this country be called for official and unofficial purposes. Unofficially, both in India as well as outside in India in many geographies like the Middle East, Central Asia etc. India is also referred as “Hindustan”. Many people consider it to be mentioning Hindu as a religion but the truth is both India and Hindustan are derived from one of the mightiest river in the world – Indus or Sindhu as [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]