You might want to read through my previous post : Rishikesh – The Valley of Saints When things were not going any better up in the mountains, with news of landslides and temporary closure of roads are all over, we decided to push for Joshimath no matter what. I did consult some of the locals though, and they told me how landslides are very common occurrences up in the mountains, and that the locals have now become so good in…
The Salt Trail – I grew up listening to my mother talking about it. Her story of how she as a child had to tag along behind her parents and a group of others to walk for days from her remote village in the far corner of Tambunan all the way to Tamparuli on the West coast of Sabah just to buy salt. It never failed to fascinate me every time. She told me how she would usually be assigned…
Horton’s Plains was the next destination in our trip to Sri Lanka after coming down from Adam’s Peak. There were mixed reviews about the place, so I was hesitant about going or not going there. My travel buddy Audrey had wanted to ditch it right from the beginning but I had to pujuk her to do it may be cause the idea of standing on the edge of a cliff and enjoying the scenery sounded quite appealing to me. Nuwara…