Excerpt from the article “Highest post office in Europe and the one in the world” by Gerhard Freund, published in the Berner Briefmarkenzeitung The Hikkim post office in India is at 4,440 m Hikkim is a village in the district of Lahaul and Spiti in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and lies at […]
Category: Posts on other blogs/Guest Articles
Ultra Racing on the Manali Leh Highway
Our bike tour “The Manali-Leh Highway – one of the highest pass roads in the world” is one of our most popular tours and is a true classic! Within nine days we manage the 577 km and five passes – three of them are over 5000 meters high. The tour is of course designed in […]
5 travel tips for India
You want to make your trip to India very special and not just follow the beaten tourist paths? Do you want to experience India as it is and get in touch with the people on the outskirts? Do you love nature and like to move? Then these 5 travel tips are perfect for you to make […]
German children donate to Indian NGO for a children’s newspaper project
On my website, I inform about the Indian NGO Chetna, a Delhi-based non-profit organization that is trying to support disadvantaged Indian children through various projects and reintegrate them into the system. […]
Financing your holiday trip with credit – that’s how it works
Sometimes the holiday cannot be postponed despite a tight cash register. A holiday loan is cheaper than using the MRP. Everything you need to know: Travel on credit: This is important! The stressful everyday life makes everyone ready for a holiday at some point. Sometimes, however, the money is not enough to spend an extended […]
Exoticism and adventure – sporty india
On his Audauerblog.de Thorsten Pretzsch published my guest article “Exoticism and Adventure – Experiencing Sporty India”. In this article I report mainly on worthwhile trekking and cycling trips in India. […]
Chalo! Travels in the Media
A nice interview in the MAZ about me, my life in India and to Chalo! Travels. […]
Post from Gracy- a report of a Solo Traveler
Namaste lovely Chalo! Travels friends, I’ve been in India for five weeks now and I can report a lot. I have experienced many things and have gone through ups and downs. In India, holidays are until July and this is particularly noticeable on the roads in the mountains. The beautiful landscape with the relatively cool […]
Chalo! Travels and Frosch Sportreisen are Partners
For Chalo! Travels it is not only a great opportunity, but above all an honour to work with such an experienced sports tour operator as Frosch Reisen. Since February 2018 we sat together to develop the perfect experience trip for Rajasthan. The result is a multi-active trip with many bike tours and hikes, wildlife safaris, […]
About my life in India
As the founder and owner of my own small travel company ” Chalo! Travels” I offer trips in India. But how did this actually happen? What is the connection to India? What is my life like in India? Answers to these questions and some more impressions from my life in India can be found in […]
Life and Yoga in Indian Ashrams
Three ashrams- three very different experiences. One Ashram and another Ashram can be 2 complete different things. If you plan to stay in one for a while in India, you should know exactly what to expect from an ashram stay in India and then make the right decision. I have published an article on the […]
My trip to India and to myself- advice from a spiritual seeker
“A guest post by Lisa, who started her trip to India with a trek in the Himalayas with Chalo! Travels. Lisa did a yoga teacher training at Shri Jasnath Ashram, a small ashram in Rajasthan where Chalo-Travels offers yoga and Ayurveda retreats and Sarah teaches as a yoga teacher. In addition, Sarah met Lisa again […]
Tourism as an economic factor in India
Around 6 million people spend their holidays in India every year. 140,000 holidaymakers are Germans. In comparison, around 12 million people fly to Thailand every year, and in Malaysia there are around 25 million tourists. Indian tourism accounts for just 1 percent of annual gross domestic product, or about 7 percent in Thailand. But if […]
Yoga in India
After a long time, but again a guest post from me. This time on the blog of Yoga Vidya. Have fun reading. […]
Traditional Indian martial arts
If you travel to Kerala, you not only have the opportunity to attend an impressive Kalari (Indian martial arts) show, but you can even learn this sport in an ashram. In the following guest article by Raphael Gorschlüter you can learn more about Kalari and that it is much more than just a martial art! […]