Visiting Chandratal Lake in India: Love at First Sight By Mridula Dwivedi It was love at first sight. I didn’t even see her in person, it was just a picture of the Chandratal Lake on the internet! At the height of 4300 meters, Chandratal Lake is in the remote Lahaul…
Meeting Tigers in Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India by Mridula Dwivedi I met a Jeep full of school children, their eyes shining with awe. They were waving their cell phones to me mouthing, “we saw the tiger, we saw the tiger”. Our naturalist Ramesh Rana from Taj Safaris managed…
Bindi: Where the Mowgli Writer Stayed By Mridula Dwivedi When my nephew Sunil and I visited the Sukh Mahal (Palace of Comfort would be the rough translation) at Bundi, the caretaker who opened the room filled with paintings told me (in Hindi), “This is where the Mowgli writer stayed.” I…
By Mridula Dwivedi Goa in December is magnificent. The weather is heavenly and the beaches majestic. But there is a heavy tourist inflow too, which means crowded beaches, premium prices for everything and not a single hotel room vacant. But when we got an opportunity to trek in Goa, through…
Mridula Dwivedi visits the fort at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, takes a ride on the back of a camel, and explores an abandoned village in the desert.
Mridula Dwivedi goes rafting on the Ganges from Kaudiyala to Devprayag, and tries rock climbing, cliff jumping and body surfing as well.
By Mridula Dwivedi Going by the name, I thought Della would be all about adventure activities but it was much more than that. This trip became possible because of the magic that sometimes happens via emails. I got an invitation from Della Adventure to spend a weekend with them at…
Andaman Islands India: A spur-of-the-moment trip to the Andaman Islands where she goes scuba diving and visits the infamous Cellular Jail at Point Blair.
By Mridula Dwivedi When I was writing about my last vacation at Naldehra, I was thinking that most of my vacations sound the same: I go to the mountains, walk a lot and take a lot of pictures. But here was a break that was so different from any that…
By Mridula Dwivedi When I look at the almost blank page on the screen of my computer it fills me with awe. But I know soon the white spaces will become the story about Naldehra, a small, sleepy and beautiful town in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Chalets Naldehra I was…
The Fisherman’s Lodge at Bhimtal By Mridula Dwivedi I just love emails, they are like a magic box, you never know what will come out of it on a particular day. A few months back I got a mail from The Fisherman’s Lodge at Bhimtal asking if I would like…
Barog Station, Kalka Shimla Railway: All Aboard the Choo-Choo Train By Mirdula Dwivedi There is a time in an academic calendar when the start of a new semester is just around the corner. And that makes me feel like squeezing in one more break before things become really hectic. Racking…
