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  • Holiday in the African Savanna

    Africa is a beautiful continent when it comes to wildlife. The abundance of savanna makes it a perfect living habitat for one of the most ferocious hunters this earth inherits. The big 5 (Lion, Elephant,…
  • Guide: The Hoysala Era Temples

    We have visited Belur and Halebid many times over the years - massive temple complex with breaktaking architecture, intricate carvings and beautiful sculptures. But you also have to accept the fact…
  • Ranthambore in an Isuzu V-Cross

    There were two options to drive to Rantambore. 1- Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Udaipur-Chittorgarh-Kota-Sawai Madhopur 2- Mumbai-Indore-Kota-Sawai Madhopur I decided to go with the Udaipur route since…
  • Premature return from Dzükou...

    1. This was one of the most unexpectedly beautiful place I have visited in my lifetime. 2. This was probably one of the most unplanned short notice trip I have done 3. This was the trip in which…
  • XUV500 & the Western Ghats

    I’ve always been thrilled to travel and munch up some miles. I will give it to Mr D too that he doesn’t miss a beat for travelling. He drove me to Himalayas from Vizag on a 6500 km trip last December.…
  • Leh'd on an Enfield Himalayan

    Wanting to cruise on the Ladakh Terrain on a motorbike was a decade old dream. So when I finally got the chance in Sept 2016, I thought it was worth documenting. I am going to keep it light on words…
  • Tour de Ladakh in a Dzire

    The seeds of a road trip to Ladakh were sown in my mind ever since I read a couple of travelogue articles published in a news daily around one and a half decades ago. Nonetheless back then the tourism…
  • Mahindra's Himalayan Expedition

    The Himalayan Spiti Escape is an extreme expedition to one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We were briefed about driving on rough mountain roads some of which are the highest motorable roads…
  • Leh on a Thunderbird 500

    Preparations started a couple of months in advance. We gathered all required tools, puncture kit, replacement tubes, spare cables, missing bits of riding gear for both and got the bike serviced. Since…
  • Kawasaki: In nature's cradle

    These enchantments, these pantomimes, cannot be described or expressed in the language of poets and painters, musicians and mystics, for these are creations of a higher being. A being above all that…
Redlining the Indian Automotive Scene