A detour to the offbeat – Manila Travelogue by Ghaniya Aureen
“You could go trekking in the night too. People do that. But you have to be careful as there are leapords in the forest.” Said the chai vaala at the base camp of Dayara Bugyal. If only we had known that we could trek after dark, it would have saved us a day.
Well we face this every time we visit a new place. No matter how much you read about it, nobody can tell you better than a local would. And we always felt a void between wondering about a lot of things, assuming what they could mean and what they actually meant.
So this new year’s day, we decided to visit with MylocalDost, who have some really offbeat places with some local hosts to make the travellers explore like a local resident. (more…)