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April Newsletter

India Travel Blog Newsletter is sent approximately once a month, summarizing the previous month’s activity and giving a glimpse of the coming month on the website. Subscribe to the newsletter by keying in your email address in the box on the top of the sidebar. Here is a copy of this month’s newsletter, dispatched yesterday.

Hello!

Here is another edition of India Travel Blog newsletter after a gap of three long months. This email will give you a quick update of recent content on the blog.

April 2010 calendar is now online. It has an image of a narrow gorge through which Narmada River flows near Jabalpur. Go here to download large size image.

Current focus on India Travel Blog is on Ladakh. Here is a list of posts on the people of Ladakh, their helpful nature and also a few bad experiences. I have also compiled a series of posts on major Buddhist monasteries along the Indus Valley, which includes monasteries in Leh, Thiksey, Spituk, Likir and Alchi. Also see the posts related to Leh town.

Go here to see recently posted images on India Travel Blog

With the travel season to Ladakh about open in a month or two, it will continue to be the major focus for another month, by when there will be exhaustive information posted on the region. There will be a few posts on short journeys to other places too and a lot of images as usual. Also watch out for many travel book reviews, some of them being great gems that every traveller must read.

I hope you have a great travelling summer ahead. It is time to be in the mountains. What are you waiting for?

cheers! 🙂


December Newsletter

India Travel Blog Newsletter is sent approximately once a month(sometimes after two months), summarizing the previous month’s activity and giving a glimpse of the coming month on the website. Subscribe to the newsletter by keying in your email address in the box on the top of the sidebar. Here is a copy of this month’s newsletter, dispatched yesterday.

Hello!

I hope this newsletter finds you in good health and ready for some travelling. You might be planning your holidays for this winter right now. If you are still thinking where to go, here is a small list of winter travel destinations that I compiled last month.

Calendar. The December Calendar is a beautiful waterfall from Coorg. Go here and download 1024×768 or 1280×800 version.

New stories from November

Below is a list of major stories published in November.

Stories from Ladakh.

  1. Glossary of Terms in Buddhist Iconography. I compiled a list of terms that one commonly comes across in the monasteries of Ladakh. It could work as a reference, since I might use these terms often when writing about monasteries in Ladakh.
  2. The green oasis of Thiksey. In the mostly arid landscape of Ladakh, the green, wide and flat valley of Indus is a welcome change. The barley fields of Thiksey can be an attraction greater than Thiksey’s well known monastery.
  3. Thiksey Monastery. The monastery in Thiksey is beautiful and its monks are friendly. But the tourists can get nosy sometimes!

Stories from Badami. I wrote a 6-part series on my travel to Badami, covering its history, architecture, landscape and people. Below is the list of posts.

  1. Badami – legends and history
  2. Badami – Cave temples, architecture and history
  3. Badami – Temples and sandstone creations
  4. Badami – Sidlaphadi and Mahakoota
  5. Badami – People
  6. Badami Information – places to see, how to reach, accommodation, etc

Travel Photography – Travelling with Expensive Camera and Lenses. This travel photography article is about how I take care of safety of my photography equipment when travelling.

In December, expect to read more stories from Ladakh on India Travel Blog. Happy travelling!


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India Travel Blog – August Newsletter

India Travel Blog Newsletter is sent approximately once a month(sometimes after two months), summarizing the previous month’s activity and giving a glimpse of the coming month on the website. Subscribe to the newsletter by keying in your email address in the box on the top of the sidebar. Here is a copy of this month’s newsletter, dispatched today.

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Here is the August edition of India India Travel Blog. This newsletter carries a quick summary of posts in the last one month, and a glimpse of posts coming up in next one month.

The desktop calendar for January is a picture of a beautiful kalyani in Hulikere Village with finely carved shrines all around it. Download the calendar for your desktop from here.

We had a total of 23 posts on India Travel Blog In July. All the major articles are listed below. Be sure to check out stories from Leh, if you are planning to head to Ladakh this month. Also, this being the time of monsoons when the earth is lush and everything looks beautiful, there are a few stories of rains from recent journeys.

Posts from Ladakh

  1. BRO Road Signs
  2. Leh Town
  3. Leh – Shanti Stupa

Travel Photography Series

  1. Protecting your camera from rain
  2. Organizing images

Other posts

  1. Rains, Hoysala Trail, etc
  2. A quick take on Ooty – guest post by Hory Mukerjee
  3. Monsoon musings

There will be more monsoon stories and posts from Ladakh to read in August. Stay tuned to India Travel Blog. We are also doing another guided tour to the Hoysala Kingdom, telling stories of the dynasty as we visit some beautiful less known temples near Belur and Halebeedu. See travelwise.in for details. Happy Travels!