Tag: happiness

• Mashobra

  

  & Beyond To Chail, Fagu, Kufri & Theog March is that time of the year when the bitter cold has ended but the merciless Delhi Sun is still at least a month away. Being the winter lovers that we are, we wanted to hold back a slice of the frost & this made us think […]

  An Ordinary Girl

  November 26, 2020

  HP, India, Travel

  accommodation, affection, artifact, barog, bird, bird watching, biryani, blanket, blue sky, book, calm, cantonment, chail, chail cricket ground, chandigarh, charles dickens, charm, chill, clearing, comfort, connectivity, conversation, cottage, countryside, decor, delhi ncr, destination, dog, dream life, drive, drizzle, enchanted, enlightenment, expedition, fagu, falcon cafe lounge, forest trail, gabbar, garden, golden retriever, happiness, hike, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, home stay, hptdc the apple blossom, hptdc the chail palace, hptdc the pinewood, huff and puff, indian railways, khanabadosh, kufri, library, long weekend, maharani suite, march, mashobra, mountain, music, mychoize, nature, panchkula, pet friendly, pine forest, purani koti, relax, rhododendron, royal bar, saag mutton, selfdrive, shatabdi, snow, snowfall, stone house, sultan, sunbathing, sunrise, tea, theog, Travel, traveler, vista, wandering house, weeping willow, winter, wreath

• The Land of Happiness – Part III

  

  We are struck by the similarity between Bhutan and Scotland. On curves, we feel we are on our way to Hogwarts. We will turn around the corner & there will be the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Sigh!

  An Ordinary Girl

  September 8, 2018

  Travel

  bathpalathang airport, bhutan, buddha, buddha point, buddhism, bumthang, centenary farmer’s market, changgangkha temple, chief abbot, clock tower square, cordyceps, cypress tree, duar war, dzongkha, folk heritage museum, friday, handicrafts emporium, happiness, himalayan serow, hogwarts, hogwarts school of wizardry & witchcraft, institute for language & culture studies, institute for zorig chusum, je khenpo, kuensel phodrang, land, lock tower square, log jay gay, mini zoo, motithang takin preserve, national library, national memorial chorten, paro, paro river, phobjikha valley, punakha, punakha river, punatsangchhu cottages, scotland, semtokha dzong, sunday, ta dzong, takin, taktsang palphug monastery, terma linca, thimphu, thimphu river, third king of bhutan, trashichhoedzong, travelogue, trongsa, trongsa dzong, trongsa penlop, wangdue, wangdue dzong, yangkhil resort

• The Land of Happiness – Part II

  

  It is on the way to Punakha that the King crosses us on a bicycle, His envoy following him. While cars stop & hawkers stand up in respect, the King’s simplicity touches us…

  An Ordinary Girl

  September 1, 2018

  Travel

  bhutan, buddha, buddhism, central monastic body, chimi lhakhang, divine madman, dochu a lhakhang, dochu la, drukpa kunley, dzongkha, guru rinpoche, guru shabdrung, happiness, Himalayas, khada, kinchu monastery, king, lampaneri park, land, lobesa, mo chhu, mt. everest, mt. gangkar puensum, paro, paro airport bird’s view, paro dzong, paro taktsang, po chhu, punakha, punakha dzong, pungthang dechen phodrang dzong, rinpung dzong, rkpo green resort, spanish moss, suspension bridge, ta dzong, thangka, thunderbolt of flaming wisdom, tiger’s nest, unesco, zhiwa ling

• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 6

  

  I’d expected more grandeur from one so famous.

  An Ordinary Girl

  February 9, 2018

  Travel

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