Are you living a life where you work in one of those cubicles in one of those intimidating looking beautiful buildings, or are you living in the beautifully unmanaged mess of a city struggling with traffic jams every day? Whether you realise it or not you are now looking for a break from the mundane…
Prashar Lake: Finding Freedom
My heart shot straight into my mouth when one of the girls in my group slipped on the muddy trek… I guess I am skipping far too ahead into the story. So let me start at the very beginning. I have always been fascinated by lakes on top of mountains. You can never prepare yourself…
Langkawi; A Malaysian Wonderland Of Sea, Sun and Love
Every story can be broken down into three specific parts. The beginning, the middle and the ending. The story that I am about to tell you, has an ending which has now become the most precious possession of my life. So now that I have your full attention and curiosity about the ending, lets begin the…
When A Girl Sees The Mountains & Finds Herself: A Monkey Adventure
Answer the mountains . I remember reading something that said “if you are 21 physically fit , save some money , turn on the hunger to travel , speak a new language and learn new life stories ” . Well I turned 21 last year and all i think each night makes me excited to…
Manali: Adventure Of Many Monkeys
“When the mountains call, you must answer.” I got that call when I was sitting with a friend sipping on a cup of coffee, when we both remembered that 26th January was approaching. Now, if I was a normal person with regular hobbies, I would have said that “Perfect, sleep time”. But then I would…
Udaipur ; My First Tryst With Solo Travelling
Every story has to have a beginning, regardless of any other aspect of the story, long or short, happy or sad, boring or exciting, complete or incomplete. Udaipur was the beginning of my story. All the travelling, dreams and hopes. In the city of lakes, I found hope. I discovered the joy of travel. To…
Parvati Valley; In The Lap Of Himalayas (Kasol Chapter)
I first visited this valley this year about 6 months ago and fell in love with it. It has been my wish to make other people see this place since then. I want people to see my love, I want my love to see this place. Parvati valley is another one of those wonders of…
My First Trek; With A #MountainMonkey
“Well, I have always been a slow learner. I take time, extra time to internalize things. When a music number or a song is about to exit people’s playlist, it makes an entry into mine. Super Slow; that’s me. It has almost been a month since I came back from a trekking trip to Triund…
Triund; where my soul found abode
Someone once told me that life is just an accident, a chance, a serendipity, a coincidence and most of our lives have led up to this point due to one coincidence or other. Triund, was one such coincidence for me. Mountain monkey is going to talk about a very special place today. It’s the place that taught…
Lansdowne: the unexpected surprise of Uttrakhand
Trip to Lansdowne was more of a desperate measure to escape the sadness of being one more year old. Monkey was sulking on the eve of his 27th birthday, did not want to celebrate his birthday for various reasons(Not a birthday person) and heading towards one more year does not help much to elevate the…
Khajuraho; where journey mattered more than the destination…
I can start by explaining what the intricate carvings on the temples in Western group of temples are like or by explaining the history of Khajuraho or by telling you the details of the Raneh falls in Khajuraho (just FYI falls are on top of an extinct volcanic crater), however I will start with none…
Dal Lake; captivating, mesmerising and much more…
Do you know that feeling when you are not sure whether this flight is your last flight? So this monkey was still reeling under the stress due to all those “weather terror” warning of heavy rains and floods in Kashmir(in August), when our flight was still over Jammu airport and was completely surrounded by rain clouds…
Monkey From Mountains 