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With a sleep deprived body and groggy eyes, catching an early morning flight to Kolkata from Bangalore was not essentially my idea of fun. I could only hope for a non-bumpy 2 hours 20 minutes to get…

Since the day Bluebird entered the family, the itching to take it out for a road-trip intensified (had excel itinerary ready even before delivery of car). Since the car was only a month old decided…

I was in Japan earlier this year - on invitation of Kyoto University. Naturally my mind worked overtime to identify the things I wanted to do on my travel - buying some authentic Kyoto pottery (Kiyomizu-yaki)…

I know the title itself will make you angry with me thinking “not again, Sikkim!” This time I have a better reason for you. One of my uncle was very frequent traveler of Sikkim and North Bengal…

Come Durga Pujo every year, wife and I are either Pandal hopping in Bangalore OR homeward bound to Noida where my wife gets heavily involved in her colony’s Pujo. This year though we wanted to do…

After living a Jeeper’s life for quite a few years, we had to part with our beloved MM 440 Jeep (The story of my jeep: MM 440) around two years back because of the 15 years’ rule in NCR. Although…

Dussehra/Durga Puja was round the corner and we had no plans to utilize the holidays. We were prepared to enjoy pujas in the 'City of Joy'. As many of you may know, Durga Puja is celebrated in…

Every time there is a long weekend, I am super excited to venture out and this time it was no different for the Ramdan long weekend . Planning started a month back for the list of places to visit…

A visit to Peru is commonly regarded as incomplete without a venture to Machu Picchu - indeed entire holidays are structured around the Machu Picchu visit. My travel in January 2016 was no different…

Had a plan? Not really. Called a friend on Saturday night and he was a game for a weekend getaway for a one day return trip on Sunday. And we set off! Something about the destination – Tamhini Ghat…