var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-21452291-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @travellingteadom)http://travellingteadom.com/<p>Dear Saurav</p> <p>Thanks so much for writing in with so many words of appreciation :). Its always amazing and encouraging!</p> <p>It is a quite a co-incidence you mention about your wife being a designer. We have been looking to build a collaborative network of freelancers who can help us on projects, since right now we have too much on our plate and also we don’t have the capital and resources to employ someone.</p> <p>Do email me links to her work or anything we can look at. But having said all this, I can’t really commit on there being a project for sure. It will all depend on whether we get projects suited to her style and also, if we can afford her :)</p> <p>Look forward to hearing from you.</p> <p>Email me at sriparna@tiffinbox.in or srighosh@gmail.com</p> <p>regards</p> <p>sriparna</p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/21907907237http://travellingteadom.com/post/21907907237Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:40:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytphgvKr61qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">You know how sometimes you know its so cold, but don’t feel it cause the thought of launching a new 10 day travel is so warming. <br/> Legs quiver, but not for the cold, but the restless energy. The train is late, but not so much to have made us leave later than planned. The wait is not intolerable. The coffee is finishing, will the loo be clean?</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976382119http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976382119Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:00 -0500coffeecoldhazrat nizamuddinstationtrainnew delhi<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytpfuHgFK1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">In Bundi, all rooftops are well secured. From monkey attacks. If the Langur is being lazy (like in the photo), the bamboo caging will work.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"><br/></span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976352835http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976352835Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:23:00 -0500bundilangurmonkeysrajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytpehDNbo1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Best masala tea place (self proclaimed obviously).<br/> Can’t really say it was the best, but it was well worth the experience. It was the last day of the year. He was high. He was happy. And how he made the tea is a feat in itself. Chatter relating to which was the party to attend was all around. We walked away from it all and on to our quiet party around a bonfire. Not sure which turned out to be the best party of the tiny town, but from the many sounds we heard, it was clear that the competition was tough.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976328298http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976328298Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:23:00 -0500bonfirebundimasala teanew yearrooftoprajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytpcqMTKp1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We weren’t exactly offered tea at this potter’s house we forced ourselves into. Made do with a live pottery demo and teacups in a corner.</p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976293791http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976293791Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:22:01 -0500akodarajasthanchittorgarh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytpb62Q0o1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">A huge part of our stay in Bundi was about eating, drinking and reading on our hotel rooftop restuarant.<br/> The food was great. Hence, they have branches in Pushkar and Dharamkot too.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"><br/></span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976266562http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976266562Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:21:00 -0500bundidrinkingeatingreadingrooftoprajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytp8yKMoK1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Obviously the other part, (now in comparison to the time spent eating and chilling on the rooftop, seems much less) was spent forting.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976225758http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976225758Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19:00 -0500bundichillingforttimerajasthan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytp6u0RLG1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The luxury-homestay,The Padmini Haveli guest house is the ONLY place (till now, atleast) you can stay at, inside the fort boundaries of Chittorgarh. And it is an experience not to be missed. Agreed that the stay costs a bit too much, the meals are a bit steep and a Langur could be lunging over your head at any moment, it is THE place to stay. Even if a few kilometres away, it feels so far from the dusty and characterless Chittorgarh town. In the best way possible.</p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976185944http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976185944Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:18:30 -0500chittorgarhrajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytp2uBT0D1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">There are 113 temples in Chittorgarh. Some intact, some overly-popular and some be-headed. <br/> None, were visited by me.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"><br/></span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976112300http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976112300Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:16:05 -0500chittorgarhrajasthantemples<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytoysC8qX1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Having travelled a long way from home I was clutching onto my mini-Kaavad preciously. I had seen it in Delhi and could have bought it there. But for some reason, that makes no sense to me, I told myself I’ll buy it only from the craftsman. I found out where these craftsmen lived, read about them and marked Bassi on my travel-map (which is in my head). So steering this years’ new year trip towards Chittorgarh might have had an ulterior motive after all. Chittorgarh, and 26 kms further, I was at the craft village which is the only place that makes temple shrines (and mini ones too). I was there. And I got what I had come for. What I didn’t know was that the National Award winner himself would invite me to his house for a cup of tea.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976039234http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976039234Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:00 -0500bassichittorgarhkaavadnational awardwood craftrajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytowubmO11qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Of course the lakes and ghats of Udaipur are its main attraction, but without mentioning its lanes and lanes of markets and shops, a true visual of the city isn’t complete.<br/> Here, the tall glass holds tea from a tiny shop that is recommended by the Lonely Planet guidebook (it is painted on the wall). We seated ourselves on the one-piece table-chair, asked for a samosa each, but ended up ordering more.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"><br/></span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976004705http://travellingteadom.com/post/16976004705Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:12:00 -0500lakeslanesshoppingshopsudaipurrajasthan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytoqdtd3w1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">From one of the numerous restaurants serving food with views of lake Pichola. Frankly there are so many that it tends to make you picky. Many a times, we sent up a group representative to the rooftop to check out the place (and the menu). And since all rooftops are 4 floors up, there were never too many representatives for this job.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975889451http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975889451Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:08:00 -0500picholarestaurantsrooftopudaipurrajasthan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytnwvlhrz1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">The “other” lake, Fateh Sagar. Quiet, and seems a bit lonely.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"> </span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975388373http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975388373Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:50:55 -0500udaipurfateh sagar lakerajasthan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytnfyfkfK1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">If there is one thing I will never forget about this stay in Lohanjung, it is that sunny afternoon we spent on this lawn doing nothing, surrounded by flowers, bees, butterflies and talks of “snow on roopkund”.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975117477http://travellingteadom.com/post/16975117477Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:40:00 -0500beesflowersgardenlohajungroopkundsnowtrekuttarakhandUttaranchal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytmg7mrYw1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">A forced cup of sickly sweet tea on a tiny little ledge which seemed to have been made specifically for resting your cup.</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"><br/></span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974559485http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974559485Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:19:00 -0500roopkundsweet teatrekvilagewanuttarakhand<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytmekRSFr1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">my.perfect.place.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974535326http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974535326Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:18:00 -0500bedni bugyalmeadowsmorningperfectsunriseuttarakhand<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytmcj7Dp91qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Its very hard to describe how waking up to sub-zero temperatures, with frozen water all around, trishul peeking from the right and being alone with a cup of tea on your birthday feels like. <br/> All I can say is that it felt great then and looking at this image and thinking back to those hours waiting for the sun to arrive, I can also say that it was one of my best birthdays ever.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974504672http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974504672Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:17:00 -0500bhaguabasabirthdayroopkundtrektrishuluttarakhand<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytm9ma1vL1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">After 20 kms and 8 hours of walking, any ordinary flat camping ground would have sufficed. But we got something incredibly nicer. A pretty little FRH, with a lush green lawn and just the perfect wooden gate to complete the picture. <br/> And yes, not to mention a hot bath and a solid bed after 5 days,</span></p> <div class="fbPhotoTagList" id="fbPhotoSnowboxTagList"><span class="fcg"> </span></div>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974461979http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974461979Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:22 -0500kanoluttarakhandUttaranchaltrekroopkundFRH<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytm4hiL6f1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Long past Mandi, the clouds started having some effect without actually shedding a drop of water. <br/> We had gained some height, and the nip in the air and the smell of pines were welcomed with our heads jutting out of open windows.<br/> Cannot go without mentioning the totally awesome omlettes at this inconspicuous village, we only learned the name of which on our way back. Of course, after more omlettes.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974385704http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974385704Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:12:17 -0500aahoonhimachal pradeshjanjhelihimalayasomlettes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lytm01DH5c1qzsx59o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="hasCaption">Our destination for our 3-day break away from Delhi, we were at Janjheli, a place never mentioned in any guide book.<br/><br/> As green as a forest drunk on the heaviest monsoon. Bright green, which are still green through a layer of sunglasses. More green, cause the sun kept shining, never making us rue our decision of going to the hills in the rainy season.</span></p>http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974320472http://travellingteadom.com/post/16974320472Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:09:37 -0500janjheligreenmonsoonsindiahimachal pradesh