Sauvik Biswas

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Day 9: Dhankar lake and monastery

Print This Post August 4, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Today I went to Dhankar. The bus to Kaza arrived slightly later than 9:30 am. I packed a break-omlette from Norbu. Sai had packed his bags for good. The bus took an hour to drop us off at Dhankar Gate. It’s actually right after a village called Shichiling. Dhankar is about nine kilometres uphill by … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Dhankar, Himachal trip '19, Tabo

Day 8: Giu and a hike near Tabo caves

Print This Post August 3, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Giu monastery is known for the remains of a lama who has been mummified because of unknown reasons. It is about eight kilometres of the National Haighway, just ahead of Hurling while travelling towards Kinnaur. Sai had gone to visit the old monastery, the caves and hike the ridges with a group of guys from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Giu, Himachal trip '19, Tabo

Day 7: Lari monastery

Print This Post August 2, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Yesterday I slept with a massive headache. It was due to exhaustion and the relentless journey. Barring one of the days where I had explored Kalpa and Rohgi on foot, I have travelled long distances on the bus. I slept for over ten hours. Only a cup of tea from the monastery’s restaurant was able … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Himachal trip '19, Lari, Tabo

Day 6: Nako and Tabo

Print This Post August 1, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I woke up at 4:30 am so that I could pack all my stuff and leave at 5:00 am. In hills, hotel caretakers usually do not get up that early. I remembered my missed bus to Harsil during an earlier trip and ensured that I had enough time to awaken the caretaker if the need … [Read more…]

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

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

Two Songs for June

Print This Post June 25, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

In June, I have produced and engineered two songs—for two completely different projects. Sweet Poison with Vapour Sea Vapour Sea is a collaboration project between me and Sudipto. While we waited for the guys in Dark Project to finish recording (and I wonder if it would ever be finished), Shounak pitched in a seed idea … [Read more…]

Posted in: Music Tagged: blue moon, Rueben, sweet poison, vapour sea

Server Migration for my websites

Print This Post May 27, 2019 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I have been using DigitalOcean for the last three years. I am pretty happy with their service. Of late, I found that my website takes a tad too long to load. Reasons for migration My old server ran Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It is no longer supported by Canonical The machine had only 0.5 GB of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Coding Tagged: Digital Ocean, VPS, Website
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