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Varsha Seshan

My Year in Travel

January 12, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve seen and experienced so much this year! I brought 2019 in in beautiful Pench, shivering in the cold and rejoicing in the sight of a jackal and a leopard amongst so many other wonderful wild animals. Later the same month, we travelled to Sikkim and Kolkata, a city I love. I also wrote a […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Europe, France, Luxembourg, Pench Tiger Reserve, sikkim

Catching Up – Writing

June 7, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s that time again, when I’ve postponed blogging for so long that I don’t know where to begin. I keep saying that I intend to do monthly roundups and that never happens. I’m now planning to do a series of posts, catching up with what’s gone by, though. In terms of writing, I’m working on […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Adventures in Northern Sikkim, Inside Himalayas, Making a Clone, North Sikkim, poem, Scoop, sikkim, The Prophecy of Rasphora

West Sikkim

January 31, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Pelling, in West Sikkim, won my heart. We stayed at a place called Ifseen Villa, about a kilometre and a half away from the one-street town of Pelling. And I loved the place. Outside our balcony were lemon trees, and in the distance, the magnificent Khangchendzonga* range. On each of the three mornings we spent […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Kathok Lake, Khechuperi Lake, Norbugang, Pelling, Rabdentse, sikkim, Skywalk, West Sikkim, Yuksam

Yumthang Valley

January 28, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I remember the first time I watched The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I watched the old movie, of course, where Mr and Mrs Beaver were people in beaver costumes, and the section where the children ride on Aslan was old-fashioned animation, to put it mildly. Yet, I loved it so much that I still remember much of it word […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: North Sikkim, sikkim, Yumthang Valley

The Road to Yumthang

January 27, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It was a bright, cold day. Bundled up in thermals, sweaters, mufflers, gloves and coats, we set off for Yumthang, famously known as the Valley of Flowers. In spring, a carpet of flowers rolls over the valley, and in winter, a blanket of snow. As we shivered with cold and excitement, we hoped we would […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: North Sikkim, sikkim, Yumthang Valley

North Sikkim

January 25, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

“Should we really go?”“Is it safe?”“Just yesterday, people got stuck in Lachung and had to be rescued!”“And vehicles have not even been allowed to go towards Yumthang.”“Maybe we should just cancel our Lachung-Yumthang plan and stay in Gangtok.” On the 10 January, NDTV reported that over 150 tourists were stuck in the Lachung Valley and […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: gangtok, Lachung, North Sikkim, sikkim, Yumthang

Holiday Pictures

September 5, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Two pictures I could not resist sharing …  

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: gangtok, sikkim

Goodbye, Gangtok …

September 4, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We woke up at 4:30 this morning. This far east, it is not as early as it sounds to my Western Ghat friends. The sun rose soon after, and we stood at the window and watched the clouds. We saw the Khangchendzonga. She played with us, hiding in the clouds and peeking out again. We […]

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Beautiful Gangtok – Day Two

September 2, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

When I was a child, my parents and I went to Darjeeling. We did a very touristy thing – went on a ‘Fun Ten’ tour of ten points in Darjeeling that visitors must see. This included a ride in a cable car and a visit to the zoo that housed a red panda. When we […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: gangtok, sikkim

Gangtok!

September 1, 2014 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Rain, clouds, mist. The spectacular, fascinating Teesta river. Hot momos on the way. Welcome to Gangtok. While we were in New Jalpaiguri, I was more than a little nervous. The driver we had was aggressive and noisy, and seemed to think the road belonged to him. Would we get to Gangtok safely? The moment we […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: gangtok, jeep, sikkim