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  • Langkawi: I wrote a travelogue

    Langkawi is a small island in Malaysia close to the Thailand border and guess what, the whole island is duty-free. That translates to cheap chocolate, cigarettes, liquor and (the icing on the cake)…
  • Elantra: 6233 km, 9 States!

    The Elantra, on the other hand, has been a different story. She is a car with multiple personalities - extremely comfortable when you need to get from A to B, superbly fun to drive when you see that…
  • Driven: Breathtaking Scotland

    November 2017 - The month of my graduation; the month I received my master's degree. I was in Coventry, UK. My parents flew in from Bangalore to attend the graduation ceremony, whereas my cousins…
  • Gokak drive in an S-Cross

    Just before going to sleep, I was wondering what would be the next day like. A sprint of 700Kms back home form Kharad? That looked plain boring! How annoying! Immediately Gokak came to my memories.…
  • Ooty, Brio & my dog

    "Because the greatest part isn't arriving at the destination. Its all the wild stuff that happens along the way". My trip to Ooty was true to this quote. And I couldn't have asked for better car…
  • Quebec: A slice of Europe

    This trip was to help us unwind, introspect, appreciate life and forget all the hardships that we went through and move on. We were celebrating 1 year completion of chemotherapy for my wife. She survived…
  • A Ferry Ride and Jog Falls

    A quick sprint to Jog, an impromptu visit to a temple in a reserved area, driving around reservoirs, exploring tunnels, taking a ferry, and reaching back Bangalore, a rough estimate says over 1000Kms,…
  • Ladakh: The Final Frontier

    Destiny is a precarious word. It makes you lazy most of the time. Most of us are more comfortable submitting to destiny than chasing it. Heavy lines for what is a 6,000 kilometer trip. More so, as…
  • Masai Mara: In wildlife heaven

    Masai Mara. Just the name triggers a sense of awe and wonder. Mecca for all wildlife enthusiasts around the world. At some stage, any wildlife photographer will want to go there and try out their…
  • Bangalore to Bhutan road-trip

    Some of the routes which impressed me were Golden Quadrilateral, North East drives and Bhutan. Based on our key criteria which happened to be the leaves we finalized on Bhutan after reading amazing…
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