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Nubra Valley

Travel Guide for exploring Ladakh and Spiti

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North India is home to perhaps some of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring landscapes known to man. It is something straight out of a traveller’s fairytale with high altitude barren deserts, snow capped mountain ranges, fluorescent blue lakes, ancient Buddhist monasteries, epic road trips, remote villages and friendly people. There’s nothing more you could possibly want for an adventure. Here’s my experience and guide to exploring the regions of Ladakh and Spiti.

Aru Valley

Aru Valley: Kashmir’s hidden mountain gem

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Srinagar left me feeling like I needed to explore Kashmir a bit more instead of going straight to Ladakh, and so I headed to Aru Valley, a place not even mentioned in my guidebook. I’d hardly seen anywhere so green in my life, and it appeared like a landscape that belonged more in Switzerland than anywhere near India.

Dal lake sunrise

Srinagar: the contested jewel in Kashmir’s crown

India, North India / By

The city had been exactly what I had imagined it to be and more; it was completely different to anything else I had seen on the subcontinent, the people were full of colourful and passionate conversation and the lake was truly beautiful with the background of the Himalayas faded under haze. Yet, I’d felt much safer than I perhaps thought I would, the media always driving a particular fear of certain places, and in fact, after I left I found myself telling people, “Go to Srinagar and spend time there,” because only then can you truly understand it… Read about my time in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Tawang Monastery

A photo story of an epic road trip to the world’s second-largest monastery

Northeast India / By

There aren’t many places left in the world where you can truly feel like you’ve stumbled upon a hidden gem off the well-traveled path. Places where, for a split second, it seems as if you’re an early explorer, discovering something new for the first time. Arunachal Pradesh in India’s wild northeastern region may just be as close as you can get to such a place… Written for Passion Passport + a travel guide

Manipur: India’s jewelled land

India, Northeast India / By

I knew two things about Manipur before crossing the border from Myanmar to India: the first was that it is known as the “jewelled land” and the second is that Lonely Planet calls it the Northeast’s most dangerous state. Two contradicting pieces of information. I soon discovered it was much closer to the first thing, thanks to the beauty of Loktak Lake, the world’s only floating lake.

Exploring Mizoram and Tripura: a travel guide

India, Northeast India / By

Mizoram and Tripura are often clumped together, not because they’re much alike, in fact they’re actually very different. However, they are both the least accessible and therefore, least explored states in the Northeast region and both get very few visitors, rarely any foreigners. So here’s a travel guide to exploring the two states and all the information you need to see them for yourself.

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