spacing places: a travel blog
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Spacing Places
Of places, spaces, and experiences.
Snapshot
• Pageviews: 2,00,000 +• Followers: 700 +• Community: Google+: 1,000, 000+ profile views • Honors: The Pioneer, US Consulate Hyderabad, Life
as a Human, Wildcraft, The Statesman, and more
Spacing Places
Spacing Places A Personal Travel Blog
What’s in a Name?
This blog essentially “spaces” the various “places” I have experienced traveling to on the web. Yes I could have named this as “Impressionistic Cartography” too, but “Spacing Places” somehow struck a chord.
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What’s it All About?
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• The places themselves are all about the Himalayas and other places, both urban and natural.
• Occasionally I also write about cartography and certain software programmes like Google Earth.
Who Views the Blog?
I get the largest number of my traffic from the United States. In Second and third spots, come India and Russia.
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Why Himalayas?
“Because it’s there.”
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What Will You Find About the Himalayas?
Narration of my experiences. It may not be very informative if you are looking for hard-core travel information.
The areas covered so far are – the Garhwal, Himachal, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Bhutan, and Sikkim.
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Top Posts from Himalayas
• Magical Meghalaya: The living root bridge • The surreal mountains. A trek to Mount Stok Kangri, Ladakh• Run, river, run. Trekking through the course of a Himalayan river• People of the Himalayas: The eternal journey at world's highest pilgrimage circuit • Trekking to Pin Parvati: A surreal moment
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The Other Places
Narration of my experiences. Again, may not be very informative if you are looking for hard-core travel information.
The areas covered are: •Urban - Hyderabad, Burdwan, •Short Travels – Places in East, West, and South India
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Top Posts from Other Places
• Chirala: A chiaroscuro by the sea • A Bengali Babu Who Became A British Spy Who Became A Lama in Disguise. In 19th Century Tibet• Urban Collage: Charminar, Hyderabad• Musings by the mangroves. A trip to Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary• Thimmamma Marrimanu: Finding the world's largest banyan tree in Anantapur
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Getting Noticed. The Pioneer, Sunday Edition
Date: 01/11/2015URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/travel/from-the-himalayas.html Spacing Places
Getting Noticed. Life as A Human
Traffic wise this is the top blog from Canada.Published multiple times. Find links here:
•http://lifeasahuman.com/2016/photography/parvati-river-trek/•http://lifeasahuman.com/2014/photography/pangong-tso-a-pristine-lake-in-the-indian-himalayas/
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And Some More Honors
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Where What
US Consulate, Hyderabad Selected as one of the top bloggers from the city for a meet and seminar.
The Sunday Statesman, Kolkata A translation of a series on Cyberabad
Gear for Life (An initiative by Wildcraft) Multiple Stories
Tripoto Multiple Stories
A bit about me
• A total travel nerd.• Love all things travel.• Among those, love
trekking in the Himalayas the most.
Professionally:A digital media enthusiast. Currently working as Social Media Manager for a Hyderabad based mobile app development start-up. Previously worked for MNCs and one of India’s oldest Ad Agencies.
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Thanks for Your Time!
Apratim Kundu