I have traveled alone extensively in India, and have always felt safe, despite putting myself in questionable circumstances. I disregarded…
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3 April 2015
Fiction/Manali
January 2007 Geneva Geneva awakens in the backseat as the jeep hits a patch of ice, skids towards an eighteen-wheeler…
26 November 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
When a friend and I trekked in the Indian Himalayas a few years ago, the two words we most frequently…
16 September 2014
Tales of Love in India and New York
For my first trip to India, my expectations were low. Friends who’d traveled extensively warned me against going there. “You’ll kill…
31 October 2013
Skiing Kashmir
At first, they all look alike. Men, dozens of them, every size and shape and color, covered in ski jackets…
4 March 2013
Monday Travel Tip: Airfares to India
For grabbing the best airfares, I’m a fan of momondo.com. Except when traveling to India. For the cheapest flights to…
19 February 2013
Kullu Valley: The End of the Habitable World
The air is thin at the End of the Habitable World. The view, ethereal. In Kullu Valley, it’s easy to…
Kanchenjunga’s plume, a ghostly extension of the mountain’s tallest peak, a spray of snow rising high above the halfhearted clouds,…
29 January 2013
Trekking to Happiness in the Himalayas
I began planning my trip to the Himalayas when I was 11, after reading Lost Horizon, James Hilton’s novel about…
6 November 2012
Gulmarg, Kashmir Offers Unique Ski Experience
“In the Lap of Himalayas, Luxury Ski Resorts Are a Distant Dream” headlined an August New York Times travel blog…