Hello, I’m Prachi 👋
Welcome to The Wander Letters — a travel blog born from a simple belief: that the world is too beautiful, too varied and too full of extraordinary people and food and moments to experience only from a distance.
I am from Pune, Maharashtra — and I travel with my family, the people who make every journey richer and every memory more meaningful.
Why I Travel
For me, travel has never been about quick getaways or ticking destinations off a list.
It is about exploring — walking into a city with no agenda and seeing where it takes you. It is about meeting people — the hotel owner who tells you the real story of his town, the street vendor whose food you will dream about for years. It is about trying new cuisines — sitting at a table where everything on the menu is unfamiliar and ordering anyway. And it is about seeing different colours of nature — the turquoise of Kuang Si waterfall, the gold of a Mekong sunset, the green of Himachal’s mountains.
Travel, for me, is also deeply personal. Every trip teaches me something new about the world — and about myself. What I love, what moves me, what I can do that I didn’t know I could.
Where I Have Been
I have travelled across India — deeply and slowly, from the mountains of Himachal Pradesh to the beaches of the south. I have explored Southeast Asia — Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I have wandered through Eastern Europe and driven the West Coast of the United States.
Each place has left something behind in me. A flavour. A view. A conversation. A moment of pure, quiet happiness.
My heart belongs to Himachal Pradesh — the mountains, the air, the stillness. Right now I am writing up our offbeat Himachal travels — Jibhi, Tirthan Valley and Kinnaur — the places beyond the usual Shimla-and-Manali circuit. It is my favourite place in the world so far. But I have a feeling Italy and France might give it some competition one day — a dream trip that is very much in the making! 🇮🇹🇫🇷
Why The Wander Letters
I started this blog because I wanted to share.
Not just travel tips and hotel recommendations — though you will find plenty of those here — but the real experience of being somewhere new. The moment at the top of Mount Phousi in Laos where I found a sapling grown from the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, and felt unexpectedly proud of being Indian. The first time I snorkelled in the South China Sea and forgot, completely, that I was nervous. The garden breakfast in Luang Prabang with birds singing and nowhere to be.
These are the moments that travel gives you. Peace. Quiet. Happiness.
I want you to find them too. Wherever you are, whatever your budget, whoever you travel with — I hope The Wander Letters helps you get there.
What You’ll Find in Every Guide
Every guide here comes from a trip we actually took — my partner, my daughter and me. Every cost you read is money we genuinely spent, not a theoretical budget. If a place was overrated, I say so. If we got our route wrong, I tell you what we’d do differently.
That means real itineraries, honest numbers, the specific places we stayed, and practical advice — road conditions, drive times, what to book ahead — all of it family-tested with a child along.
Let’s Stay in Touch
I would love to hear from you — your travel questions, your own stories, your dream destinations.
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I travel not to escape life, but so that life doesn’t escape me.
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