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Cousin from Australia suggested week long trip to New Zealand and agreed to join in. Suddenly the family visit trip turned to a 15 days backpackers journey within Australia and neighboring New Zealand.…

Instead of the cool confines of home, I was out under the hot and muggy Delhi Sky, staring up at the distant stars. I was all alone, barring a few drunkards floundering around in the dark night. Most…

Colorado happens to have 4 national parks in addition to other attractions. I have been to 21 parks so far, so adding another 4 was definitely a good thing. Being a family road trip and learning from…

Iceland is hands down the most beautiful country in the world. We did a road trip of the country in 2015 and stayed at campsites throughout. My only regret about visiting Iceland in the Summer of…

Khandi, Thokarwadi dam & enroute waterfalls, located about 75 km from Pune. You have to take old Pune-Mumbai highway towards Mumbai and take a right turn from Kanhe Phata, then after crossing the…

Here are the highlights of my visit: Driving in Bhutan: No traffic lights. It took me some time to adjust to driving in Bhutan. I should say, it took me some time to removing bullying behavior from…

Over the last two years, we have ridden across the North, West and Eastern parts of India. It was time we revisited the Southern coast and what better than a long weekend. We’d decided that we want…

I was up at 5am, that too without an alarm! Forests can do things to you, and surprisingly our 'civilized' bodies somehow adapt very soon. It took me a second to realize where I was, waking up to…

During September 2019 my friend Partha Mitra and I undertook a self-drive expedition from Kolkata to Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh in my Ford Endeavour 2.2 Titanium. Our route was Kolkata – Varanasi…

In 2016, we decided to take a road trip to Norway. The added bonus of these campsites are that they are generally located in amazingly scenic locations like the beds of fjords or rivers or nestled…