The Haunted House

Or Was It?

Morgan House…is it haunted?

The cold excitement of staying in a haunted house does not arise often. In my case, I had to work hard to create such an opportunity

For many years, several articles and reels have been made about the Morgan House in Kalimpong, India. These always piqued my curiosity. The house was owned by the Federal Government of India after independence. In recent times, it was taken over by the state government of West Bengal and converted into a guest house. So when summer became unbearable in Bangalore, I decided to climb the mountains and went to Kalimpong, a quaint hill station that is perennially covered in mist. I had manyl stay options there but my heart was set on Morgan House. After several attempts the wobbly government website, I was able to book a room for three days. Why three days, you ask? Well , that’s an absolute minimum to check if a place is haunted.

I arrived at Morgan House around noon and it was a sight to behold. It was a stately grey stone house covered in ivy. It looked very charming and romantic So how can such a place be haunted? Well the story goes that it was owned by a wealthy British jute plantation owner named George Morgan. He somehow managed to build this property. In 1893, the British government enacted the Permanent Settlement which prevented British officers from owning property in India. This was done to prevent an English settler led uprising like the one in America. Mr. Morgan was a very cruel man and his wife bore the brunt of his wrath. This eventually drive her to suicide. Since then, she haunts the house (or so says the urban legend)

I was shown a beautiful room on the first floor overlooking the gardens. It had glass windows on one side. There was a fireplace with cozy chairs where you could curl up with your books and take an afternoon snooze. After a sumptuous lunch made my the in-house chef Eric, I took a leisurely walk to explore the grounds. Then my friend Desoi called . On learning that I was staying in MH, he asked me if I had seen a black dog ( aka the one in the movie ‘The Omen”). And exactly at that moment, a huge black dog came running towards me. But this one was the friendly kind. He was checking if I had any biscuits on me.

I took a short nap, had another giant meal and retired to my room with a lot of excitement. But nothing happened….

The next morning was very noisy. Few guests on the first floor left the guest house and the manager told me that I had the entire floor to myself for the next two days. Mrs. Morgan’s room was also on my floor but it is permanently locked.

A great meal at Art Cafe
Trying momos at the local bazaar
Delicious fambi

I decided to explore Kalimpong and soon found myself in the local bazaars buying cheese ,super hot Dalle chillies and trying out the local food . I returned to MH in the evening. I was reading my book when the power suddenly went off and it started raining with a lot of thunder and lightning for added masala, How very spooky . Just the perfect setting for a horror movie

I decided to call it a night. I checked that all the windows and doors were latched properly. It was 9 o’clock and in no time, I was in deep sleep. Then I heard a small tap. It was enough to wake me up as the place was very quiet. The tap seemed to come from the bathroom door. It was a persistent tap. As I was snugly settled in my blanket, I did not want to get up and investigate. But the tap did not stop, TCK-TCK-TCK…SILENCE…TCK-TCK-TCK. It was in a loop for what seemed like an eternity. Finally, I could not take the sound any more. I got up, walked towards the bathroom with a torch . I went inside the bathroom. It was empty, But the window that I had closed firmly was wide open and a bone-chilling wind was blowing into the room. I closed the window again , latched the door firmly and went back to bed.

The next morning was bright and sunny. You would have never guessed that the night had been so stormy. That’s the beauty of hill stations. I visited the handmade paper factory, bought my writing supplies and then went to the orchid’s museum. Then late in the afternoon, I trooped back to MH.. Eric had rustled up some Tangra Chinese for dinner. After dinner, I went to my room and decided to finish my packing. I was leaving early in the morning the next day.

Flowering orchid
the amazing orchid museum of Kalimpong

Before long , I was fast asleep. Then I was woken up by the sound of creaky footsteps walking up the wooden stairs leading to my room. The steps seemed to be a little unsure. Or a little stealthy? Then the sound stopped. I was a little panic stricken. But after a while, I decided that I should investigate. I quietly opened my door. The passage outside was dimly lit. But there was no one around. I waited for sometime. Then I bolted my door. and dragged the heavy table across the door (for safety against an immortal spirit?)

I woke up early the next morning and dropped off the room keys to the Night Manager. I casually asked him if he or any other staff member had visited the first floor the previous night. He replied in the negative. As my taxi was 10 minutes away, I decided to take a few last minute photos of Morgan House.

So is Morgan House haunted? My personal view is that it is not. All the events / incidents that happened can be explained my simple facts

  • Strong winds opened the window and that led to the bathroom door tapping sounds
  • The creaky footsteps could have been somebody walking on the wooden floor boards in the ground floor. Sound does carry over far on a quiet night in an old house in a hill statio

But if you are a believer in the occult world. maybe Mrs Morgan was trying to tell me her story….

Will I visit Morgan House again:? If Eric the chef is still there, ABSOLUTELY YES.

Bidding my final goodbye to Morgan House

And if you decide to go there, please stay there for at least three days. And let me know how it went.

A Date with a Mythical Creature

It Happened One Night in Madagascar

In a strange land with strange trees. This one was a giant baobab

Madagascar, once infamous for pirates, is now a major destination for eco-tourism. Situated off the African continent, it is the fifth largest island in the world and home to unique flora. and fauna.

My main purpose for visiting this incredible countrywas to see the 100 plus species of lemurs ,many of which are critically endangered, And I was very lucky. Within a few weeks of traversing the length and breadth of this country with my wonderful guide Riane (who looked exactly like the F1 champion Lewis Hamilton), I had seen several species of lemurs and also many large chameleons and spiders. But these are not the mythical creature I am talking about.

I am watching you… Lemur in Madagascar

One day we found ourselves in the Isalo National Park and were parked in a remote eco-lodge. It was a very basic lodge that made its own electricity. The guest cottages were some distance from the central reception and dining area. So upon reaching, I naturally asked the manager whether there were any snakes and spiders that we should be worried about, He mentioned rather casually that there were several snakes but they were mostly harmless. But what we have to worry about was another creature, It was a HISSING COCKROACH

A Female chameleon
A handsone male chameleon

Now what on earth in a HISSING COCKROACH!!!! He said that it was a gigantic coachroach and it hisses like a snake when it wants to mate.

I am one of those souls who is not afraid of most animals. But I have an irrational fear of cockroaches and bats. So the idea of crossing path with a HISSING COCKROACH seemed rather terrifying.

After a sumptuous dinner with several shots of Malagasy rum and lot of dancing to African beats, I retired to my room for the night. As it was a hot summer’s night and the place did not have air-conditioning, I decided to leave the windows open. I curled myself like a ball inside the mosquito-netted bed so that I was not exposed to any mosquito or spider sting.

Early in the morning I woke up and saw a strange object on the window sill. It looked like a giant match box. I drifted back to sleep and soon forgot about that blurry image.

On waking, I took a shower and sprayed myself generously with a deodorant. Then I heard a shrill HISSSSSSSS. I looked around to see if a snake had slipped into the room but could not see anything. So I pressed the duo spray again. Again I heard a bone-chilling HISSSSSSSSSSS. Now I was fully paranoid and looked around the room again. And this time I looked at the window sill and saw that the HISSSSSSSS was coming from that matchbox, Except this was not an ordinary matchbox. It was that mythical creature… the HISSING COCKROACH. And It was signalling it’s potential date…ME.

I ran out of the room like Hussian Bolt. I still get goosebumps as I tell you this story.

Because You Are Worth It

Valuable lessons in a Maasai village

Maasai village elders in Kenya dressed in their colourful shukas (checked shawls)

Whenever I develop a little lump of guilt as I recklessly spend money on lipsticks I do not really need, a popular cosmetic brand nudges me… you are worth it.

I was visiting Maasai Mara in Kenya a few years ago for a wildlife safari. After a few days when I had seen the Big Five several times. my Maasai driver Jonathan asked me whether I was interested in visiting a Maasai village.It sounded like a great idea as I was curious to know about the lives of the wandering Maasais who lived in five to six countries of East and Central Africa

So the next morning, we drove to a Maasai village that was located near our resort. On reaching, I was greeted by a local Maasai guide who would be showing me around the village and telling me a little bit about their way of loving. He was dressed in the local Maasai style of prominent checked Shaka

My Maasai guide and me at the village.

Before you start worrying whether this isa blog post about a cosmetic brand, calm down. This is a post about an incident that actually happened in Africa which gave me a tangible insight into what I was really worth. And you will get to know this shortly. But there is a back story…

Maasais are a tribe of shepherds who earn their livelihood from their cows and goats. A typical village comprises of 15-20 huts where the Maasais live with their family and animals. In fact, the first room in the hut is reserved for their precious goats. Their cows and goats are their wealth,. It’s the closest equivalent of our gold, silver or crypto.

Maasai men can have several wives. And my young guide gave me to understand that the Msai women are not jealous. Each wife has her own hut which she has to build herself after the marriage. The men have it really good deal in this part of the world.

With my guide’s family

Maasai men doing a war dance
Dancing with the Maasai women

As we walked around the village, we were joined by another young Maasai man. He spoke a little English and seemed to be very curious about me. He wanted to know how many children I had. When I said none, he wanted to know about my husband. When I mentioned that I did not have one, he seemed very happy. Then with. a lot of confidence he said that he was willing to marry me. i was a little taken aback but decided to quiz him a little more. . I asked him whether he had other wives. He said that he was single and he was serious about his proposal. And to prove his intentions, he was willing to give me all his possessions as dowry… all of ten goats.

The suitor who promised me ten goats

So how much am I worth in Maasai country? I am worth ten goats. The goats would have made some great curries but the idea of carrying mud to build my new home sounded like a lot of work. So the proposal was rejected.

I know my worth. Do you? Why not visit Maasai Mara and find out for yourself…

Is It a Bird, Is it a Plane?

It is a Mysterious Plain of Jars,,,

This mysterious jar was taller than me

Going to the Plane of Jars is not easy. I am not just referring to the arduous road journey to get to Xiengkhuong. It is tricky to see the Jars even when you are in  Xiengkhuong . And the reason for that is a 3 letter word. UXO. 

UXO is an abbreviation for  Unexploded Ordnances. And the little country of Laos is full of them. This is due to its unfortunate location between North Vietnam and Myanmar. According to the non-profit organisation Mines Advisory Group (MAG), between 1964 and 1973 more than 270 million tonnes of cluster bombs were dropped by the US forces in Laos to disrupt supply routes of the Viet Congs of North Vietnam. That’s one bomb every 8 minutes. This made Laos the most bombed country in the world . Close to 30% of these bombs did not explode and continue to lay embedded in the fields and forests posing  severe danger to the people and animals of Laos. So when you walk across the fields to visit the Plane of Jars and you come across a black and white stone ( which is a sign left by MAG volunteers who are involved in clearing landmines), you know that there were UXOs there and you need to walk on the white side of the stone.

So on a sunny winter’s morning, we left our hotel to visit the Plane of Jars. There are over 90 sites in Xiengkhuong Province. Of these,about 7 have been cleared of UXOs by the MAG volunteers.

The site number 3 in the Plain of Jars

We went to Site 3 first. It was a big plateau  filled with hundreds of stone jars  Some of them were less than two feet  in height but several were more than 3 metres high. Some were broken but a sizeable number were still intact. There were several lids as well. Our guide told us that there are several theories concerning these strange jars.

Alien Theory : According to this theory, these jars were remnants of an alien civilisation . This theory suggests that these jars were left by aliens to provide visible markers for spaceships to land in this area. This reminded me of the strange Nazca Lines of Peru ( you can read about my visit to the Nazca lines in my Peru travels)

Wine Theory : This theory suggests that these jars were actually storage items of an ancient civilisation. The different jars were used to store rice wine and rice beer.  I quite liked the idea of a 3 metre jar filled with wine. Such a treasure for a rainy day…

Brick Kiln : Simple theory that these jars are remnants of brick kilns of prehistoric times, 

Burial Chambers : This theory, forwarded by French and Laotian archaeologists, suggests that these jars were remnants of burial chambers of important people and their families. It seems that in between 1200 and 600 BC, the Laotian tribes would cremate their dead and then store the ashes in large jars that acted as urns. This explained why most of the jars were broader at the bottom and narrower at the top.

I will tell you the correct answer. It is most likely to be theory 4. The Plane of Jar is a gigantic burial chamber of prehistoric Laos. But I still like the Wine Theory. And it is definitely a site worth visiting

Mysterious Plain of Jars

The Long Drive to the Plain of Jars

look its a plain of jars….very large ones

I am fascinated by the unknown. So when I heard about the mysterious Plain of Jars many years ago, I had made up my mind to visit it if I ever went to Laos.. The Plain of Jars is a vast area in the Xinxiang province in North Laos comprising of jars made of rock. Many theories surround these jars and curious me had to go see them..</p>

A trip to the Plain of Jars proved tricky because one has to take a long journey by road from Luang Prabang to Xinxiang. Opting for the local bus, I found that there were couple of choices that left early in the morning. Some wise soul advised me to pay a little extra and buy tickets that had designated seats since most buses in Laos do not have that and this was going to be long journey on some pretty unpalatable roads. So I reluctantly spent a little bit more on the bus ticket for the next day. I promptly arrived at the bus stop at 6am the next day and decided to buy some snacks and drinks for the 6 hour journey. I naturally assumed that the bus would be stopping somewhere for breakfast or lunch. 

When I boarded, I found that my seat was taken (the one for which I paid that premium). As all attempts to claim my seat proved futile, I did the next best thing…I quietly sat in someone else’s  seat. Soon enough, a German couple boarded the bus and were surprised to find me on their seat. They too followed my path and sat in another ‘designated seat. This trend continued and soon the bus was almost full and our driver took off (only 10 minutes  after the scheduled departure time). I was delighted. So everyone is not on elastic time in Laos after all.

My euphoria was short-lived. After travelling for 500 metres, the bus driver rolled into a petrol station.. The chatty Frenchman siting next to me explained that in Laos, the local buses can only fuel up after they have collected money from the passengers!!! After a 20 minute stop for fuel, we chugged ahead. Every 20 minutes, somebody would be signalling to the driver to stop and a new passenger would board the bus, There are apparently no scheduled stops in Laos. Likewise, if anybody needed to take bio break, they would just casually slide up to the driver and he would immediately slam the brakes. The passenger would run to the nearest bush and everybody patiently waited for him.

We soon left the city and entered a mountainous region. The traffic was very sparse and we hardly saw any vehicles.. The bus chugged on for the next few hours, stopping to pick up people or download them. Then all of sudden it came to a screeching halt. I thought we had arrived at our lunch spot but found that we were in the middle of nowhere (literally). The driver and his helper got off and began investigations into the fuel tank. Apparently there was a leakage and the tank has emptied.  Now all the locals got off the bus and only the five foreigners remained. The locals had nicely settled by the roadside and started playing the radio on their  mobile phones. So we were surrounded by different strains of Laotion music. Few people started a small picnic. The German couple came over to my seat to check if I knew how much time this would take. I decided to go and check with the driver. Armed with my brilliant sign language skills I asked how far we were from our destination? Is it 10 Km? He nodded yes! I was a little doubtful. So I said, it it 5 km? He nodded yes again. That is when I knew that my future as an interpreter was not very bright,  While the foreigners were getting worried, the locals seemed to not have a care in the world. It seems that breakdowns are very common in Laos as most commercial vehicles are very poorly maintained, 

Endless waiting in the mountains when the bus broke down for the 3 rd time

We were now stranded for over 3 hours and the mountain air was getting more chilly After what seemed like ages, our helper hitchhiked on a two wheeler and manage to get a can of fuel from a nearby station. But then we discovered that we did not have a pipe to put it into the bus tank! Eventually a passing car gave that to our driver and the bus was refuelled to take us to the nearest gas station. I don’t remember praying so hard for an uneventful journey.  My prayers were answered and we managed to  refuel at the station and carry on till Xinxiang without any more incident. Finally, a full 12 hours after our start, we arrived at our destination around 630pm. With no energy to haggle, I agreed to the crazy rate that the local taxi driver demanded to take me to my hotel. MY last thought before I retired for the night were that this Plain of Jars better be worth all this trouble

To know more about the Plain of Jars, read my next post!!!

The Road to Gurez

Taken for a Ride

The Habba Keaton peak in Gurez

We has signed up for a stay in a palace in Gurez. But when we arrived there after a gruelling 7 hour drive from Srinagar, we knew we had been taken for a ride!!! The palace in question belonged to a Kaka. It was called Kaka’s Palace. We naturally assumed that the owner’s name was Kaka. But it was not the case. His name was Younis Khan.

Younis had promised us the moon when we had booked his place (or palace). He said that there was power backup and Wifi. But this was contrary to what everybody else in Kashmir told us about Gurez. In fact when the idea of visiting the Gurez Valley first dawned on me, I had checked with my travel agent whether a solo female traveller could go there, And my agent did not sound very enthusiastic.

“Why do you want to go there? It is 120 km from Srinagar. But it will you 7 hours to get there. Also there is no electricity and internet services there”

No electricity )read hot water) and wifi!!! That would have unnerved any chicken hearted traveller. Not moi.. And the reason was this wonderful blog, www.vargiskhan.com. that I had come across recently. Vargis had visited the Gurez Valley a few times and had posted some incredible photos of his motorcycle journeys. This blog provided the essential fodder for my decision to travel there. If you wish to see what Paradise on Earth can look like, go to Gurez! Don’t believe me? Look at the picture above.. When I showed the blog to my friend JJ, she immediately agreed to join me for this trip.

So we hired a 4WD with an excellent driver Mir Iqbal and started early in the morning from Srinagar. The first half of the journey was very pleasant and offered stunning views

The roads were a little like this

The Gurex Valley is tucked up in the northernmost corner of Kashmir. It is a very remote region in the Himalayas and remains cut-off from the rest of Kashmir for six months in the year due to heavy snowfall.. But let this not daunt you. Here are some fun facts. The Gurez Valley was part of the ancient silk route from China to Europe. Alexander the Great actually entered India through this region. And when his tired soldiers refused to move further south, he was forced to turn back. But several of his followers chose to settle here. They are descendants of Dardistan and are known as Dards., Eventually these folks adopted Islam but they continued to retain their own language called Shina.

After crossing Bandipora, we started ascending the mountains. Every 30 minutes, we had to stop at a checkpost to show our papers to the Indian army and the local police. The officers were very intrigued why two women would want to travel all the way to these parts. We were told that we could not take any photos near the passes as there were many bunkers in the surrounding mountains with snipers from Indian and Pakistani sides.

And then we started climbing higher and higher and soon crossed the Razdan Pass which was at an altitude of 3557 meters above sea level. Till here, the roads were fine. After that, a dirt road appeared. At times there was an apology of a road

And JJ managed to take a nice nap through all of this. Eventually after what seems like ages, we arrived at the site below. It was a feast for the eyes. It made us forget all our troubles. We were at the dam site of the lovely river Kishen Ganga which flows through the entire Gurex Valley

The Kishenganga river runs alongside the road most of the way

And after a few minutes, we arrived at our destination, Kaka’s Palace in Dawar.. But a palace it was not. It was more of a B&B. And not a very good one at that. For starters, the geyser did not work in our room. Mr Younis feigned surprise and came to inspect it himself. Then he declared that it was not working and he would call a technician to fix it. When nothing happened after an hour, we requested for hot water in a bucket. And the geyser was out of action for the entire length of our stay.!!!.

Enjoying my cuppa at the army cafe in Dawar

When we wanted to know about the wifi password, Younis said that he would give us a phone which would act as a personal hotspot. Soon a very shy boy came and handed us a phone. We used it as a hotspot and made data calls to our friends and family back home. Then the hotspot phone started ringing and when I answered, an angry voice asked me what I was doing with her boyfriend’s phone. I replied that I didn’t know what she was talking about as this phone belonged to the hotel owner. She angrily told me that the phone belonged to her boyfriend ( the shy boy) and could I let him know that she has called. I realised something was wrong. When we checked with the kitchen boy about the phone, he told us softly that it was his personal phone and the owner had asked him to lend it to us without reimbursing him for the data charge. What a crook this Kaka was turning out to be!!!

After a late (and not very remarkable ) lunch, we decided to explore the town of Dawar. We came across a new army cafe that had been launched the previous day and which was open to the public. Two rounds of coffee were ordered and everything was fine in JJ and my world. We checked the menu and decided that we would come back for breakfast the next day

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When we returned to our palace, Mr Younis was waiting for us. When we told him about the army cafe, he went ballistic. He wouldn’t believe that the place had good food. He was absolutely green with jealousy. But it was not very difficult to understand his reasons. He had built the inn and assumed that as it was one of the very few full service hotels in Gurez, he would have a captive audience among his hotel guests. And this new army cafe was going to be a spoiler. And to spoil his mood further, we told him that we would go to the cafe for breakfast the next day.

The road to Tutail
Tulail Valley..like a Monet painting

The next morning, we set off for the Habba Khatoon springs and then drove to the beautiful Tulail Valley. The drive was really scenic and the place was like a picture postcard. We chatted with the locals (the Dards) and had some instant noodles for lunch.. After that, we drove back through the precarious roads and came back to our Palace,

And soon it was time to leave beautiful Gurez.. Did we enjoy the ride? For most parts yes. But were we taken for a ride by Mr Younis Khan.? We sure were. So if you decide to follow our footsteps, please stay somewhere other than Kaka’s Palace, And do remember to thank me for it.

About Me

I am Pramita Bhaumik. Other aliases include Prom, Promi and Promibrat (please don’t ask me why)

I live in the garden city of Bangalore in India. It is famous for its beautiful lakes, its serpentine traffic, and its IT folks. It has the best weather in the whole world (the sample is only fellow Bangaloreans).

I spent many years in the corporate world , sometimes with a good degree of success and sometimes tearing my hair out. But I found my true calling when I discovered the amazing world of travel.

I love to travel!!! I enjoy all aspects of travelling – the planning, the research, the budgeting, the account keeping, etc.  My travels have taken me to six continents so far (Antarctica is calling me in the latter half of 2023). After every trip, I conclude that it  was the best trip I had ever taken.. So don’t take me very seriously when you quiz me about my favourite place.

I love slow travel. I prefer to travel responsibly and also stay in places which benefit the  local community. Most of the time, I travel solo. Its the best way to meet new people. I end up with interesting conversations, invitations to homes for a nice cup of tea and sometimes an invite to join some folks on fascinating journeys I had not thought off. Some hike, some secret shoppers’ paradise, some hot spring in the middle of a forest!!! You never know what you may find.

But I do travel in groups as well. These are for places that are either very remote or very expensive or have lot of red tapes that a traveller should not bother about. And these group travels have opened new doors of friendship for me that span countries and continents. So many ideas of trips came from the chats with fellow group travellers. 

A big focus of my travels is trying out the local cuisine. I try to attend cooking classes in the places that I visit. So when I return home, I make guinea pigs of close friends and family with my newly learnt culinary skills.  And the guinea pigs keep coming back (I still don’t know whether its my cooking or the nice wines I serve

This blog, mytravelmoonshots.com is about all the crazy dreams I have about visiting places far and near. Because only when you keep dreaming about that high mountain and that sandy, white beach with palm trees , only then you will get out of your mundane life and  take a moonshot at making a travel plan. And when the plan gets executed, you create wonderful travel experiences and memories that you can tap into forever. It is much better that anything that you can buy! So in creating this blog, I am trying to create a virtuous cycle of travel memories for myself and I hope I am inspiring you to create wonderful travel memories for yourself.

So go ahead. Take that moonshot to travel. And let me know if my travel stories inspired you in any way.

Promi

About Mytravelmoonshots

All great blogs are the result of  years of hard work, love and dedication. But mytravelmoonshots.com is made of sterner stuff. This blog is the outcome of years of procrastination. And great quality procrastination at that. It has taken 20 years to launch. It beat the dotcom boom of the early 2000s, it refused to stir during the financial crisis of 2008 and it hardly whimpered during  the current pandemic of covid-19 when the whole world and it’s granny were writing novellas by the dozen (when they were not on Zoom calls). This baby has a lot of character!!!

And finally this blog is seeing the light of the day. This blog hopes to cover interesting anecdotes from my travels over the last 25 years. First as a student (on very tight budget, then as a working professional (with a very tight schedule) and most recently as an independent traveller with no time constraints   ( unfortunately, the budget constraint still remains!

When I meet someone for the first time, I invariably end up asking them where they have travelled recently. Or which is their favourite travel destination. This just opens up a Pandora’s box. Nobody can be uninteresting after that. It’s the best ice breaker.

As my travel stories became more interesting, close friends urged me to write a blog that would capture little nuggets about all the places I have been to and the interesting experiences I have had. So if you need to know the little secrets of the quaint streets of Paris, do dive into my blog. But if you need minute details of Top 10 things to do in Timbuctoo, your time may be better spent elsewhere.

Anyways, that’s all about that! So welcome to my blog where I hope to share the amazing journeys which have taken me to distant shores and the hidden gems near home….what I call my travel moonshots. Because it is only when we take moonshots at impossible dreams and goals, that we end up somewhere interesting.

So come join me in this interesting road of discovery of far flung lands

Cheers

Promi