The Wanderlust Photographer

In Indian geography, a very important question in school days used to be "Which Indian state experiences the first sun rays of the day?" I'm sure that you all know the answer and it's this state about which I'm going to write in this post. Well, I haven't yet traveled through the entire state though. Before I move into the tour details and experiences, a few lines on the state is perhaps important.  Arunachal Pradesh is the north-eastern most state of India. It  borders the states Destinations in the trip of  Assam  and  Nagaland  to the south and shares international borders with  Bhutan  in the west,  Myanmar  in the east and  China  in the north . Arunachal Pradesh is connected through air, land and railways. The best time for visiting this state is March to May . However, even in this duration you may experience rainfall, snowfall and road blockages. With that in mind, let's move over to my journey through so...

It's May and Kolkata is reeling under excessive heat. Why not beat the heat by visiting the mountains! And our destination is Gangotri and Yamunotri at Uttarakhand, India. The tour plan is to reach Dehradun by train and from there take the road to Yamunotri first followed by Gangotri and then return through Haridwar. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath are the Four Dhams of Uttarakhand . These Dhams open for tourists on Akshay Tritiya and closes on Diwali every year. It's a hot summer afternoon on May 10, 2019 and the journey begins. We are a big group this time, thirteen in total. I'm the youngest one at 30 years and the senior-most is lively at 82. My parents are accompanying me in this trip and the others are friends of my father. S tuffy weather and we've got to take a long train journey to Dehradun from Howrah by Upasana Express . Reeling under the heat, we wait impatiently for the oncoming cool days to give a brief respite. A tremendously ti...