Twenty Days in Chimbalhar

Time has a different texture in the mountains. It stretches, softens, and moves in quiet loops instead of straight lines. Tucked inside this gentler rhythm, a short drive from Palampur in Himachal Pradesh, is a small village called Chimbalhar. It’s easy to miss on a map and even easier to underestimate until you arrive and feel the pace of life shift around you. Nothing rushes here. Nothing interrupts. You come thinking you’re simply staying for …

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Bliss, Michigan

Over the Labor Day weekend, we made a trip up north to see Mackinac Island, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We stayed at an Airbnb in a seemingly unknown town of Bliss, which is about 20 minutes from Mackinaw City. The experience turned out to be a great one, and we learned a thing or two about the town. The town of Bliss probably has a hundred or so people who live there. There is a …

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Mackinac Island

We made the trip to Mackinac Island during the Labor Day weekend. It was our first time at the Island, and we loved it. Getting there – we boarded a ferry, and took our bicycles with us. You pay $30 per adult, and $15 per bike. Didn’t have to pay for Oliver’s ticket since he is under 4. We did StarLine as opposed to more popular Shepler’s. Also, we paid $15 for dock side parking. …

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