The Confused is wandering to Lucknow on 1st April (and its no fool's day joke). The Confused was not very bright when he was earlier in Lucknow. Infact, he was dumb enough to be vegetarian in the land of Kebabs for full 2 years. This will be a short opportunity but the confused is not confused enough to not make full use of it. 3 days, 12 possible meals, all on kebabs and sharabs. The new Nikon D5000 will accompany the confused and will try to capture stuff when the confused is kebabing and sharabing.
Meanwhile, the confused also came back from an arduous trek in the Dhauladhars. Read more about it here.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Desperate Times
Desperate times call for desperate measures. When you are running 3 blogs, seemingly thinking they are unrelated but the distinction often blurs, you are desperate for people to read all 3. People cant but not keep up. So, you go and post on one blog and post about it on another one. I am leaving for another trek day after, more here.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Whispers in the Mountains
Whispers in the Mountains, thats the name of the new blog. Its not hosted on blogspot. Its hosted on Trek Himachal. Just so that the agenda is clear.
1. Whispers in the Mountains - will contain travelogues for all my treks/trips within Himachal, any side/small trips I do or other bit of interesting information about Himachal. If you subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog, you will know Himachal better.
2. The Confused and The Wandering - personal blogs like the famous drunk blogs and any trips which dont fit in on Trek Himachal like the Annapurna Trek. If you subscribe to this blog, you will know me better.
3. Sunsetophilia - ofcourse, what else, you will know sunsets better.
1. Whispers in the Mountains - will contain travelogues for all my treks/trips within Himachal, any side/small trips I do or other bit of interesting information about Himachal. If you subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog, you will know Himachal better.
2. The Confused and The Wandering - personal blogs like the famous drunk blogs and any trips which dont fit in on Trek Himachal like the Annapurna Trek. If you subscribe to this blog, you will know me better.
3. Sunsetophilia - ofcourse, what else, you will know sunsets better.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Blog and News
There comes a time in every website's life when she realizes that she is too large to exist the way she has. She then needs to restructure herself and feel in better shape. All the flab needs to be shed and all the curves accentuated to make her look good. I think this is happening to www.trekhimachal.com. Ha, what a joke! I know anyone who reads this is going to laugh out loud. Too big? That website which has barely had double digit visitors in the last 6 months?
Well, yeah, like it or not, it is happening to Trek Himachal. Her lover after long procrastination and then a long discussion with his brother realized that she actually is a little out of shape. It will be a painful process. There wont be any VLCC thinning classes. Just plain good diet and lots of exercise.
As part of this restructring, all travelogues on the site will slowly shift to a blog created on the site. There will also be other content about trekking and Himachal which has been lying in the wastelands of my right brain. Very creatively, the blog was called 'The Trek Himachal Blog' till I realized I could possibly not feed such tripe to my readers. It is being renamed as I write this and I dont know what will it be called. That notwithstanding, its available on the top menu of the site and will get updated quite frequently. It can also be accessed at http://www.trekhimachal.com/newsite/blog and an RSS feed is available. Meanwhile, ofcourse The Confused will keep Wandering here and the sun will keep setting elsewhere.
This is the time to prove yourself. If you really are followers of this blog, prove it by following the yet-to-be-named blog as well.
And yes, any views you have about the site, please feel free to post. I know the maps are shit, I am already working on that. Ta and Ciao till we talk next.
Well, yeah, like it or not, it is happening to Trek Himachal. Her lover after long procrastination and then a long discussion with his brother realized that she actually is a little out of shape. It will be a painful process. There wont be any VLCC thinning classes. Just plain good diet and lots of exercise.
As part of this restructring, all travelogues on the site will slowly shift to a blog created on the site. There will also be other content about trekking and Himachal which has been lying in the wastelands of my right brain. Very creatively, the blog was called 'The Trek Himachal Blog' till I realized I could possibly not feed such tripe to my readers. It is being renamed as I write this and I dont know what will it be called. That notwithstanding, its available on the top menu of the site and will get updated quite frequently. It can also be accessed at http://www.trekhimachal.com/newsite/blog and an RSS feed is available. Meanwhile, ofcourse The Confused will keep Wandering here and the sun will keep setting elsewhere.
This is the time to prove yourself. If you really are followers of this blog, prove it by following the yet-to-be-named blog as well.
And yes, any views you have about the site, please feel free to post. I know the maps are shit, I am already working on that. Ta and Ciao till we talk next.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Streets
I roamed the streets of Kathmandu, those whose pictures are probably not found on google.
I started at 1530 hours yesterday and finished at 2000 hours.
I started again at 0800 hours today and finished at 1600 hours.
I saw the Kathmandu vegetable market. I saw people haggling for each rupee.
I saw the commercial streets with bright red dresses hanging.
I saw the meat market with huge fish, pig heads (literally) and lots of skinned and unskinned chicken.
I saw 4WD KIA and Mitsubishi vehicles, swanky with their owners dressed in smart party wear.
I saw street urchins trying to pick up leftover food from waste bins.
I saw old women selling 10 strawberries for 5 Rs.
I heard people talking Nepali, Hindi, English, Maithili.
I saw Thamel, the tourist area with all its buzz.
I saw neglected buildings in Newari architecture.
I saw well kept Newari buildings with a 300 Rs entry fee.
I saw huge museums with no one inside them and heavy security outside them.
I saw the International Convention Center holding no convention.
I saw the SAARC Secretariat and could not see or feel much co-operation.
I saw dirty slums with garbage all around and I saw glass front buildings which were bank headquarters.
I saw like all of us, Nepal is trying to move on, to be better despite everything.
I did not take any photographs because I wanted it to stay off google.
I started at 1530 hours yesterday and finished at 2000 hours.
I started again at 0800 hours today and finished at 1600 hours.
I saw the Kathmandu vegetable market. I saw people haggling for each rupee.
I saw the commercial streets with bright red dresses hanging.
I saw the meat market with huge fish, pig heads (literally) and lots of skinned and unskinned chicken.
I saw 4WD KIA and Mitsubishi vehicles, swanky with their owners dressed in smart party wear.
I saw street urchins trying to pick up leftover food from waste bins.
I saw old women selling 10 strawberries for 5 Rs.
I heard people talking Nepali, Hindi, English, Maithili.
I saw Thamel, the tourist area with all its buzz.
I saw neglected buildings in Newari architecture.
I saw well kept Newari buildings with a 300 Rs entry fee.
I saw huge museums with no one inside them and heavy security outside them.
I saw the International Convention Center holding no convention.
I saw the SAARC Secretariat and could not see or feel much co-operation.
I saw dirty slums with garbage all around and I saw glass front buildings which were bank headquarters.
I saw like all of us, Nepal is trying to move on, to be better despite everything.
I did not take any photographs because I wanted it to stay off google.
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