Our Valley of Flowers trip was not successful if you consider the disappointment of the park being closed after such an arduous journey. However, it was a breat...
Unfortunately for us, it rained all night at Ghangaria. The morning of our trek to Hemkund Sahib was cold and it drizzled heavily. We were in two minds about w...
The next morning at Ghangaria dawned crisp and clear. We woke up to birds whistling on our window sill and our legs aching like crazy. The cold air was clean an...
The trek to Ghangaria lasted for some time and it turned out to be quite a lung-bursting. This had nothing to do with the difficulty of the trek, which was quit...
Joshimath was very busy when we woke up the next morning. Being the gateway to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, the town always saw a steady stream of pilgrims pass...
The next morning we started before time from Rishikesh. Our final destination of the Valley of Flowers National Park was still very far, yet we were eager to st...
As wonderful as the feeling was of my travel dream to the Valley of Flowers coming true, my experience at the jumping-off base of Haridwar was nearly traumatic....
Like most women, I love flowers, rainbows, and butterflies. Flowers play an integral role in the Indian culture and can be found decorating shrines, ladies' co...
" I must have flowers, always and always". - Claude Monet
Founding father of French Impressionist painting, Monet had been a master colorist and a prolific p...
I met Naziya on the banks of the swift-flowing Ganges at Haridwar. She was a young village belle, who had run away from home to marry a Hindu man from Haridwa...
