Travelogue › Series 1
Before the First Snowfall
A winter backpacking trip through Himachal Pradesh. Kasol for the river, Kullu for the valley, and Manali for the season's first snow. Eight days in the mountains, written as they happened.
Chapters
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A Long Night
Less than eighteen hours to the flight and there I was, crying my heart out. Backpacks were half-packed, winter jackets and shoes scattered all over the floor.
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Passing Through
We were the ones with the oversized backpacks, the look of people passing through rather than arriving. Delhi had a few hours with us, and made the most of them.
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Into the Valley
An overnight bus from Delhi puts you through a lot. What it offers in return makes it worth every bit of it.
•8 min read - 4→
The Parvati and the People
The valley takes whatever arrives and makes room for it. We were beginning to understand that ourselves.
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As the Sun Left the Valley
The sun disappeared behind the ridgeline well before it had finished setting anywhere else. The cold simply kept arriving, layer by layer, until we stopped arguing with it.
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The Sky Was All Mine
The mountains were already making plans for me. I was simply taking notes.
•4 min read