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  • Awesome Guwahati Getaways!

    From 2017 to 2019, I was posted in my hometown, Guwahati and I used this time exploring nearby places during the weekends. As parents of a newborn, we had to limit trips of a longer duration and stuck…
  • Wild Northern Lights, Finland!

    The final itinerary was that we would be flying into Helsinki, take a connecting flight to Ivalo and then travel by road from there to Inari (Inari doesn’t have an airport). On the way back, we…
  • Kolkata to Bengaluru in a Honda

    Overall, it was an amazing roadtrip! Thanks to the amazing Honda City ZX which is smooth as butter on highways... great experiences, amazing cuisines, breath-taking sceneries, different languages.…
  • Kodaikanal | Zen of hill driving

    Driving to Kodaikanal in my own car has always been into my bucket list. Somehow, with great 2020 approaching it's end, I decided that we should try to visit Kodaikanal during the Christmas holidays.…
  • Drive to Asanboni & Ghatshila

    Discussed with my wife and concluded that 4 days travel to those 3 places will not leave us with ample time to explore the places and hence decided to plan for some other destination. Thought about…
  • Fun with BMWs in Germany

    The 3L inline 6 was creamy smooth and combined with the insulation, double glazed windows etc.- you wouldn't hear even a snarl even at speeds over 200 kph. The gearbox is so well tuned, it's telepathic.…
  • Puri beach in an Innova Crysta

    In order to distance ourselves from the crowd we booked at Hotel Jeevan Sandhya at the very end of the New Marine Drive road along with one of my colleagues Mr Pallab who was booked for a week on…
  • Life is good with a Range Rover

    Our Range Rover Sport aka The Little Devil has been serviced this week in preparation for the long trip to the Alps next week. Today is the last weekend before we start for the trip. Winter kit had…
  • Drive to the land of Crocodiles

    Armed with some preliminary knowledge and some friends joining as well, we set out for a trip to Bhitarkanika National Park and Sanctuary. The tentative plan was for two nights and three days. There…
  • A day's drive to Mysore

    Last week, after having cooped up in Bengaluru for 11 months, decided to revisit Mysore. Being a history buff and animal lover, my son was keen to visit the zoo and palace. So planned a day trip to…
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