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t was long drive through the heart of India. Bangalore – Pench – Jhansi – Agra – Kumaon hills - Corbett - Jaipur - Bangalore. 7000+ km. While passing through Kaladhungi, I stopped for a while…

As a kid, I always admired Le-Mans 24 hours race. Little did I know one day I would end up driving continuously for 18 hours in the mighty Himalayas at an altitude north of 10,000 Ft. Left Pangong…

We had been on a trip to Kerala in the last week of July and had the time and opportunity to visit the Konni Eco-tourism center. Yes, I did mention it as eco-tourism center but in reality its more…

Plan to visit the valley of flowers was in the making from the time we came back from our Ladakh trip last year. All the bookings for the trip were in place by the end of May and we were desperately…

We needed a break. And a convenient extended weekend cropped up around 15 August. But this was not a time when we wanted to go on a roadtrip. This was the first time in many years, that we were alone…

Got the truck checked out about 10 days before the trip at Concorde Motors, Hosur Road. Really loved their service station. It’s very clean and old school. Love the countless number of Dicors and…

Unlike India, UK is quite a small country. And if you keep driving you can cover from north to south in a day. But there are lot of beautiful places you can drive up to. There are beautiful world…

Some of the folks in the group had a day to spend in Leh due to unavailability (or exhorbitant pricing) of flights. Due to this, they were checking into another hotel near the Leh market - just for…

The route we decided to take was Bengaluru-Ramanagara-Mysuru-Hunsur-Gonikoppa-Iritty-Irikkur-Sreekandapuram-Talliparamba-Payannur-Thrikaripur-Valiyaparamba Beach

In order to reach Siliguri at morning as per the plan; I decided to start at 3-3:30 PM. I always avoid staying in Siliguri as it is waste of time and money. And night drive is always faster and peaceful…