Tweet I was having a chat with Avnish of My Himachal about my trip to Spiti. He asked if I would share my links to my Himachal Stories with him, so I decided the best way would be to do a post here itself. Let me do it in reverse chronological order. Last year I went [...]
Tweet Clicked after a rain shower at Barog, my eyes seem to be starving for more such scenes.
Tweet A Himalayan Bulbul at Barog, Himachal Pradesh The bread that you see in the picture was a deliberate attempt to attract birds. It was part of our breakfast but turned out to be quite stale. I threw it out and waited a little far away to see if a bird would come looking for [...]
Tweet The Water Compartment at the Kalka Shimla Train I was showing my Barog story to Brat 1 and Brat 2 and I wanted them to pay particular attention to the last photograph where Steve has written the following caption- Mridula Dwivedi with Dilip and Sunil, also known as Brat One and Brat Two The [...]
Tweet The Beautiful Barog Railway Station on the Kalka Shimla Railway Route My Barog (Himachal Pradesh) story is now available at GoNomad. The Barog Tunnel is the longest tunnel (1144 meters/3752 feet) on the Kalka-Shimla route. The name of the English engineer in charge of its construction was, unsurprisingly, Barog. However, the original tunnel built [...]
Tweet Flowers at the Desk of the Station Master at Barog