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Day 4–5: To Chitkul and back

Print This Post July 31, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

The bus to Chitkul departs from Peo at 9:30 am. I was at the bus stand chatting up with Shravan when I met a fellow backpacker—Kunal Bindra. He was headed towards Chitkul. Unlike me, he was travelling through the Spiti–Kinnaur circuit in the other direction and was nearing the end of the trip. Kunal works … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Chitkul, Himachal trip '19, Reckong Peo

Day 3: Kalpa, Rohgi and Peo

Print This Post July 29, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Shravan—the hotel caretaker—walked me off to the Post Office opposite to Reckong Peo bus stand. Kalpa is about six kilometres uphill from Peo. I was waiting for a maxi van to Kalpa when a local person gave me a lift to Kalpa bus stand. When I offered him money, he refused. I had forgotten how … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Himachal trip '19, Kalpa, Reckong Peo, Rohgi

Day 1–2: To Reckong Peo

Print This Post July 28, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

It took me thirty-three hours to reach Reckong Peo! I left my house at 7:00 AM yesterday in a cab to catch an AirAsia flight at 11:00 AM to Delhi. The flight landed at 1:00 PM or so. I picked up my luggage and made my way towards ISBT Kashmeri Gate. Delhi Metro is laid … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Delhi, Himachal trip '19, Reckong Peo

My medical kit for travel

Print This Post July 25, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

The medical kit that I carry around has six distinct components—stomach ailment, antibiotics, fever and pain management, skin care, sprain and wound care, and speciality medicine. Stomach ailment Aluminum-Magnesium Hydroxide (Gelusil / Digene): Good for mild acidity and indigestion. I usually carry an entire strip. Ranitidine 150 mg (Aciloc / Rantac): Decreases acid production in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: medicine

A trip to Pondicherry on a Summer weekend

Print This Post April 13, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Like all previous years, I had called my sister and my mother to Bangalore in March. It’s usually to escape the heat wave that builds up in Kolkata at the onset of summer. Sadly, this year it wasn’t a good decision on my part. Kolkata had much pleasant weather as compared to Bangalore, which regularly … [Read more…]

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That one time we tried to trek to Goecha-La

Print This Post January 4, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

Nowadays I enjoy some bit of hiking and backpacking. It wasn’t like this. Allow me tell a story that started it all. It is also a story that involves failures of spectacular proportions. I hope that would be mildly entertaining. In April 2008, I was about to complete my second semester as a doctoral candidate. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Bakhim, Dzongri, Goecha-La, Sachen, Trekking, Tshoka, Yuksom

Day 15: Final day at Hergé Museum

Print This Post December 15, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I saved the best for the last. I had to vacate the hostel room by 10 AM. I freshened up, took a bath, repacked by big rucksack for one last time and headed off to the reception. The free luggage storage facility was super handy. My bus was at 10:20 PM and I had the entire … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Brussels, Europe Trip '19, Louvain-la-Neuve, Tintin

Day 14: Landing in Brussels, the city of Bande Descinée

Print This Post December 14, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

My bus landed in Brussels at 9 AM. I consider myself fortunate that I am not troubled when it comes to sleeping in any mode of transport. Although I must admit that I often develop a stiff neck from sleeping in awkward postures. The prices for hostels in Brussels was quite high. I booked one that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Brussels, Europe Trip '19

Day 13: Jewish Holocaust Memorial and leaving Berlin

Print This Post December 13, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Me and Partho had already reserved our respective departures from Berlin late tonight. Our booking at the hostel was supposed to expire at 10 in the morning. So we packed up, deposited our big rucksacks in the luggage room (2 Euro for a medium locker and 5 for a large one), and made our way … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Berlin, Europe Trip '19

Day 12: Humboldt, East Side Wall and Berlin ghetto

Print This Post December 12, 2018 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

The cost of the night at our hostel (A&O) had skyrocketed to more than the double of nominal price. I wasn’t sure if we should stay there. I was able to get better prices on places in prime locations. Our current hostel had luggage facilities. We packed our bags, checked-out, left our big rucksacks in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Berlin, Europe Trip '19
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