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The plan was for us three (my wife, my 6yr old son, and myself) to start from Bangalore at 3am and reach the temple by 9am, with a leisurely breakfast stop in between. Then spend a max of 2 hours…

We decided to take the Manali-Leh-Manali circuit as taking Srinagar route is a bit risky affair due to rigorous road construction and lot of reported traffic jam in jammu-srinagar highway. I have…

The pitter patter of rain on leaves and wet earth is sweet music and if I have a room with a view, I don’t need much else. Hence the plan was 6 cars with one goal, drive out to experience monsoon…

While casually checking the holiday list for current FY, I came across that we have a holiday on Janmasthami which fortunately falls on Monday, so all I needed to do was take a leave on Saturday and…

Hampi hasn't changed much (the pandemic induced devastation of tourism aside). It still remains a place that has something for everyone. You could visit Hampi for pilgrimage, you could visit it for…

Let me get to the more interesting part - the driving plan and the photos. The drive was a simple one in the onward direction. We drove straight to Sakleshpur from Bangalore, with a small detour for…

We had four days to spare & wanted to go on a relaxed trip. So the grand plan was to drive for roughly 500-600 km each way, relax for a couple of days and return. Hence we were contemplating options…

It became easier once the sun came up and since we were travelling on August 15th, the roads had quite a lot of people going for various Independence day events. Goa - Karwar stretch was full of bicyclists…

The car has seen excellent roads, bad roads, no roads, steep climbs, snowfall, incessant rains and even had to climb down a 3 to 4 step stair-case at one point. Even in these less than ideal conditions…

This trip started with a "conventional" plan for a typical Hampi trip. We wanted to go out early morning for the sunrise views, then explore the monuments and ruins through the day, and end the day…