← Writing
Substack · 18 June 2026
A Coun-trees
A country of trees. At Wah Lodge, Kandbari, the spartan quiet unwinds an overworked life and makes you feel like one of the trees.
Wah Lodge at Kandbari, Palampur offers a rare mix of grounding and centering to the overstimulated energies of the mind, body, and soul. Its spiritual appeal lies in offering the luxury of austere living.
It was a homestay, but became a home — a hammock, as if one end is tied to a mountain peak and the other to the root of a tall pine.
Trees were a poetree. The deodar and cedar, the pine — tall vertical roads between sky and earth.