Machu Picchu! The Lost City of the Incas! The ancient Inca stronghold located high up in the Andes! Undoubtedly, the most iconic structure of the Inca empire! The myths, the legends, the mystery – capital city, a religious site or simply a summer retreat? The Incas leave no written records – and centuries later, Machu…
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60 hours to get home!
Our original plan had been to get back to Mumbai from Ayodhya, and then fly out that very night – thankfully, we eventually planned for a day’s buffer. With the flight from Ayodhya delayed by several hours, it would have been a scramble to get to the airport in time! So we had a nice…
Spiritual journey to Ayodhya
Ayodhya has been our list ever since the Ram Mandir was completed 2 years ago – and this trip to India, we finally made it happen!! Flight options from Pune were limited – no direct flights to Ayodhya, but with options to fly to Lucknow, Varanasi or Delhi. Going to Varanasi, or even Prayagraj, was…
The ABCs of the EBC trek
Hard to believe it’s a year already since we were on the adventure of a lifetime!! May 21st, 2024 – Ajey, Manasi and I reached Everest Base Camp! It had been a long journey – far longer than the 12 day trek itself – not just physically, but also mentally!! And although it definitely took…
California Dreamin’…
Ajey and I were last in California for our first anniversary – a good 24 years ago, and I had a solo trip before Manasi was born – and even that’s more than 2 decades! And then in 2020, Manasi found her Hindustani vocal guru, SO, who first lived in San Diego and then moved…
Walking on sunshine
San Francisco!! We had just about one day here, maybe day and a half – and in unabashed tourist mode, Manasi had a list, and we were determined to check off everything on it!! We started by driving through the North Beach area to Telegraph Hill, admiring the gleaming buildings of downtown SF, including the…
EBC trek – THERE and back!
George Mallory once famously replied ‘Because it’s there” when asked why he wanted to summit Everest. Being in the mountains, I certainly came a little closer to understand this fascination – why so many risk life and limb to conquer this ‘Third Pole’. Even as we were preparing our final trek to EBC, a famous…
A place called home... 