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Tungnath Chandrashila Trek

Tungnath Chandrashila  Har Har Mahadev!!! With the blessings of Lord Shiva, we were able to do the Tungnath trek which we were planning for the last two years.  Trip Itinerary:  Home > Leave for Haridwar > Reach Sari Village > Do Devariya tal Trek as a warm-up > Trek to Tungnath > Trek to Chandrashila > Visit Bandrinath > Kalpeshwar > Haridwar > Home Sweet Home  It took us 5 days to the complete the trip.  The twist came in after the 3rd day when we had Darshan timings in Badrinath at around 8:30 am. We had earlier planned to do Mana Village and Auli on the 4th Day. There is no single trip where we have sticked to the originally planned itinerary and this trip was no different either. And I must say that these modifications make the journey even more exciting and adventurous.  Let me start from the beginning.  We have worked on this trip for months. It was a group of four friends - Me from Delhi and other three from Ludhiana ...

A trip to The United States - 2026

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  The United States  I will, usually, have a family trip to Ludhiana every week. This time it was a family trip to New Jersey.  I landed at Newark Airport and it was welcoming. My immigration was done in less than 15-minutes and I collected the luggage and out of the airport in no time.  The first thing one cannot miss is of course the right-hand side drive and the driver's seat is on the left. It gets even more interesting if you sit in the front seat and when there are turns as we are used to the left-hand side driving.  I saw some sports cars racing on the highway which were half the height of a regular and the speed which would be double the regular vehicles.  A few more interesting things worth mentioning are that it is miles here and not kms, it is lbs and not kgs, ounce and not litres, fahrenheit and not celsius. The country has limited public transport and I could see cars moving around, with barely any two-wheelers. The speed of the cars was a...