HASEEB SHAIKH #theshaikhwithoutcamels

 #theshaikhwithoutcamels Spending time in nature is often restorative, but there is something especially powerful about being in a natural setting which forces a nature lover to plan for a getaway into the wild. Plans are laid to scan for a destination which is unique with its topography and biodiversity. My recommendation is the ’Arid Saline Flatlands’ of the ’Little Rann of Kutch’, an inevitable getaway from the tangle of everyday life. Arrive at Ahmedabad city in Gujarat, India and take a road trip on a northwest bound road. For couple of hours run through scores of small & big villages leading into a laid-back town on the verge of an unforgiving terrain known as the ’Little Rann of Kutch’.   The ’Little Rann of Kutch’ is a globally popular biome, a highly unique ecosystem that acts as a shallow, seasonal marshland during monsoons. The same landscape turns into a hard, white salt pan in the winter months and bakes ferociously during the scorching summers. This is...

 By #theshaikhwithoutcamels  For those who applaud nature, Corbett Landscape is the inevitable end of line. Undoubtedly it compels one to appreciate the power and beauty of raw & wild nature as the topography and the biodiversity of Corbett is an ecosystem in itself. Those among the readers who have been to Corbett National Park and vicinity will relate well when I say that there’s something raw and magical about this place that one may fail to figure out in any other National park in India. I’ve recommended a different property at Pangot in a previous blog but here I have yet another recommendation when in the Corbett landscape, the ’Vanghat Lodge’, a pristine property. This serene property is located a couple of kms from Marchula town, in the buffer zone on the banks of River Ramganga and is totally run on Eco-Tourism values. The property surrounded by thick forests, seats within high Himalayan hill slopes & crests, is thickly foliaged by dense outgrowth of Sal, Ha...