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In Jaipur, on our guesthouse’s wall, there’s a painting that says: Don’t make plans for India because India already made plans for you. This couldn’t have described our stay in Jaipur any […]

One of the reasons we had, out of a few options, chosen to visit Palampur after Dharamshala, was the fact that we could travel the whole way from there to Jaipur by train. There was an old […]

Everyone has heard of Darjeeling tea and Assam tea, but how about Kangra tea? Palampur is a small city in the Kangra Valley of India’s Himachal Pradesh, known for its tea plantations. The Kangra […]

After five years, we returned to Dharamshala’s Mcleod Ganj, the Tibetan diaspora in the Indian Himalayas. Our stay was a lot about well-being. We did morning yoga, tried Tibetan meditation and even […]

After crossing the Wagah Border from Pakistan, we spent our first few days in India in Amritsar, the “Golden City”. During these days we got our first experiences on how India has changed since […]

After our last breakfast in Lahore we came back to our hotel accompanied by our local friend Salman. It was almost twelve, time to check out, say goodbye and start our journey towards the Wagah […]

Exploring Lahore, Pakistan’s “cultural capital“ and the “city of food“, was the perfect way to end our time in this wonderful country. Our new friend from Lahore showed us some historical […]

We’ve really enjoyed almost every place along our journey. But North Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan managed to take a special place in our hearts. The first time on this journey we felt actually sad […]

We had heard that there’s nothing too special to see in Gilgit, the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. As we had anyway seen enough of mountains, glaciers, suspension bridges, sacred stones and […]

On our second day in Skardu we rented a motorbike and did a road trip to a nearby valley called Shigar. We saw beautiful landscapes including the Cold Desert and met some welcoming people on the way. […]